Accounting Bolla
  • Corporate
    • Business Incorporation >
      • Registered Business and Corporate Secretarial
      • Offshore Solutions
      • Certificate of Good Standing
      • Internationalization
    • Corporate Tax Services
    • EU VAT
    • Escrow
    • Data Protection
    • Corporate Restructuring
    • Generational Handover
    • Trademark Registration
  • Advisory
    • Business Plan & Startup Service
    • Mergers & Acquisitions >
      • Investing in Europe & Globally
      • Business Valuation
    • Forensics Accounting >
      • Derivatives and Complex Financial Calculations
    • Risk Assessment & Risk Advisory
    • Expert Witness & Litigations Support
    • Web Analysis & Web Optimization
  • Outsource
    • Bookkeeping
    • Payroll
    • Managerial Accounting
    • Social-Environmental Performance
    • Integrated Reporting
  • Individuals
    • Self assessment
    • Personal Tax Planning
    • Property Tax and Estate Planning
    • Inheritance Estate and Taxes
    • Wealth Protection
    • Trustee Services
  • Expat Desk
    • New Residents Tax Regime
    • Immigration
    • Flat tax Italy
    • Airbnb
    • Retire to Italy
  • Blog
  • Contacts

Average Salary in Italy: gender, region and cities' differences

12/29/2020

0 Comments

 

Find out what is the average salary in Italy and the most important factors to get paid more

​Everyone knows the saying “money cannot buy happiness,” but it is an important means to achieving a higher standard of living and well-being in the world we live in. Salaries in Italy are not among the highest in Europe (Switzerland being over €6,000; Luxembourg over €5,000; Germany over €4,000), but the cost of living is lower to compensate.

A look at the average household

The amount of money that a household earns each year after taxes is called net adjusted disposable income. This is the amount of money available to a household for spending on goods and/or services. In Italy, this income is around €22,000 (per capita) per year

What is the difference between median and average salary?

If your salary happens to be higher than both the average and the median then, in this case, you are doing very well. But, if your salary is lower than both, then many people are earning more than you are. Both are used as indicators.
 
Salary Range: In Italy, salaries tend to range from €920, which is the lowest average,  per month to €16,300 per month which is the highest average (for statistical purposes) though the actual maximum is higher.
 
Median Salary: The current median salary is around €3,720 per month. This means that half of the population are earning less than that amount while the other half are earning more. The median is simply the value of the middle salary. This average monthly salary includes housing, transport, and other benefits. It is important to keep in mind that salaries vary drastically between different careers and this number includes both the highest paying jobs and the lowest paying ones.
Bologna
Catania
Genova
Milano
Napoli
Palermo
Parma
Roma
Torino
Trieste
​€3,850
€3,780
€3,930
€4,220
€4,150
€4,000
€3,670
€4,300
€4,080
​€3,720
These figures are merely estimates. The numbers vary greatly if you consider specific jobs and locations.

​Source of the data: Istat.it.

The North-South Disparity

Lombardy has the highest gross salary (around €31,400) in the country, while the island of Sardinia was the lowest. The Lazio region, in central Italy, stands third, with an average gross salary of €30,500. The last positions are Southern regions. For example, residents of Basilicata received the lowest wages in all of Italy, with an average of €24,300 per year.
 
Southern Italy has the highest percentage of low paid employees. These are employees with an hourly salary of less than two-thirds of the median salary divided by the total number of employees. This is likewise for Sicily and the islands.
Woman showing a folding fan on money | Average salary in Italy

How important is experience?

Experience level is the most important factor when determining a salary in Italy. It comes as no surprise that the more years of experience a person has then the higher the wage they receive is. This, however, tends to vary drastically between locations and also depends on the career field.
 
Employees that have experience anywhere from two to five years earn, on average, 32% more than first-time and junior employees. This applies across all industries and disciplines. Professionals on the other hand, with more than five years experience, tend to earn about 36% more than those with five years or less experience. This continues to increase as you approach the ten-year mark there is about a 21% increase; and, those who cross the fifteen-year mark will see another 14% increase.

How dependent is salary on education level?

​Like experience, changes in salary that are based on education vary from one location to another. They are also dependent on the career field, but this is true of any country. There remains a steady increase accompanying each subsequent level of education.
 
Workers with a certificate or diploma earn on average 17% more than their peers who only reached the high school level. Employees with a Bachelor's Degree earn 24% more than those with a certificate or diploma. Those with a Master's Degree generally receive 29% more than those with a Bachelor's Degree. Last but not least, PhD holders earn 23% more than those with a Master's Degree while holding the same position.

Is there a gender pay gap?

Though gender should not—even by EU law—have an effect on pay it does, though not nearly as much as in the past. As with many other countries male employees in Italy earn 6% more on average than their female counterparts across the board.

Pay gaps tend to differ across different sectors. For instance, in 2019 within the banking and financial service sectors, the difference between the salaries of men and women favored men by several thousand euros. One exception to this is the construction industry where women earned, on average, around €5,000 more than men. Meanwhile in some other sectors (like metallurgy and steel), the gap between salaries was very slight or completely equal.

What’s the pay difference between public and private sectors?

Simply put, jobs in the public sector are highly coveted and as such public sector employees in Italy earn about 5% more than their private sector counterparts along with all the accompanying benefits that come from working for the State.

What percentage of salary goes to social security?

Social security contributions  differ yearly but tend to hover around 40%. This is not all on the shoulders of the employee. Companies are generally responsible for contributing 30% while the employees pay the remaining 10%.

Which jobs have the highest salaries?

Employees working in banking and financial services had some of the largest salaries in Italy. However, men earned roughly 25% more than women. Italy, as part of the EU, is slowly becoming a country where work is becoming less “manual” (though its manufacturing sector remains strong) and more “intellectual,” and this generally means that salaries rise. Doctors, lawyers, financiers, engineers (chemical specifically): the usual suspects, all earn higher than average across the board.
 
If you’re curious about the minimum wage in Italy, be sure to check out our complete guide here.
Do you want to read more? Check also our article about income taxes in Italy as well.
If you want to open a business in Italy, consider reading article about freelancing italy, or buying a shell company in Italy.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Business And Companies' Establishment
    Economy In Italy
    Employees Management In Italy
    Financial Supports
    Fiscal Calendar
    Import Export
    Imposte Sul Reddito In Italia
    Income Tax
    Investing In Italy
    Invoices In Italy
    Pensions
    Real Estate Taxes
    Residency And Citizenship In Italy
    Salary
    Short Term Rental In Italy
    Sport
    Tasse
    Taxes
    Tax Return Italy
    Vat
    Visa
    Working In Italy

    Archives

    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    December 2019
    April 2019
    October 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    Author

    ​After moving back to Italy from the United States in 2013, I realized how much an accounting and tax firm was needed to help expats living in Italy to comply with the local tax regulations.

    My idea seeded when I had to go through the complicated Italian tax system myself, and that’s when I started Accounting Bolla. Its mission is very simple, yet utopian: to make Italian taxes easy and manageable.

    At Accounting Bolla we aim to help our clients with straightforward solutions.

    Since 2017 we can proudly claim to have helped thousands of clients in optimizing their taxes and in safely investing in Italy.

    We help EU based ecommerce business selling in Italy. If you are confused about Italian VAT we'll handle that.

​

Corporate

Business Incorporation
Corporate taxes
Registered business
Offshore solutions
​Internationalization
EU VAT
Certificate of Good standing
Escrow
Data protection
Corporate restructuring
Generational Handover
Trademark Registration

Individuals

Self Assessment
Personal Tax Planning
​​Property Tax
Inheritance Tax​
Wealth protection
Trustee Services

Expat Desk

New Residents regime
Flat tax
​Immigration and Citizenship
Airbnb
​Retire to Italy
Partita IVA setup

Advisory

Business Plan and Startup
​Mergers & Acquisition
Investing Globally
​Business valuation
Forensics Accounting
​Financial calculations
Risk assessment and advisory
​Expert witness litigation
Web performance optimization
Outsource
Bookkeeping
Payroll
​Managerial Accounting
Social and Environmental Performance
Integrated Reporting

ACCA Member

Foto

Dottore Commercialista

Foto

General Information

​Email us
​Privacy
Terms of Use
AccountingBolla
via La Spezia n. 6
43125 Parma (PR)
VAT IT02783230341
© COPYRIGHT 2020. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

  • Corporate
    • Business Incorporation >
      • Registered Business and Corporate Secretarial
      • Offshore Solutions
      • Certificate of Good Standing
      • Internationalization
    • Corporate Tax Services
    • EU VAT
    • Escrow
    • Data Protection
    • Corporate Restructuring
    • Generational Handover
    • Trademark Registration
  • Advisory
    • Business Plan & Startup Service
    • Mergers & Acquisitions >
      • Investing in Europe & Globally
      • Business Valuation
    • Forensics Accounting >
      • Derivatives and Complex Financial Calculations
    • Risk Assessment & Risk Advisory
    • Expert Witness & Litigations Support
    • Web Analysis & Web Optimization
  • Outsource
    • Bookkeeping
    • Payroll
    • Managerial Accounting
    • Social-Environmental Performance
    • Integrated Reporting
  • Individuals
    • Self assessment
    • Personal Tax Planning
    • Property Tax and Estate Planning
    • Inheritance Estate and Taxes
    • Wealth Protection
    • Trustee Services
  • Expat Desk
    • New Residents Tax Regime
    • Immigration
    • Flat tax Italy
    • Airbnb
    • Retire to Italy
  • Blog
  • Contacts