THE UK WAS THE MOST WELL-REPRESENTED EUROPEAN
COUNTRY, with about a quarter of the sample, followed
by Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands. By far, the highest
salaries were in Switzerland, with
a median salary of €117K, followed
by Norway with €96K, although
the latter figure is only based on
five respondents. Among countries
represented by more than just a
handful of respondents, the UK had
the second-highest median salary:
€63k (£53).
Even within Western Europe, there was significant variation
in salary. While UK, Swiss, and Scandinavian salaries were
significantly higher than the Western European median of €54K, Spanish and Italian respondents tended to have much
lower salaries (€35K). Portugal was somewhat of an outlier in
Western Europe, with a median of €22K. The median salaries
of Germany, the Netherlands, and
France were close to the regional
median (about €53K).
Salaries drop dramatically as we
move south and east. The median
salary of respondents from Central
and Eastern Europe was €17K. Russia
and Poland, the two most well-represented
countries in this half of the
continent, also had median salaries of €17K: unlike in the west,
Eastern European salaries appeared to be fairly consistent,
even across national borders.
Note
Unlike in the west, Eastern
European salaries appeared
to be fairly consistent, even
across national borders.
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