Average monthly net salary (after tax) in the Balkans and Eastcentral Europe

[Jana]

Yeah, but Western Europeans aren’t who they used to be a couple of generations ago. Look at what’s happening in their countries now and how they are allowing it. I know so many people from Ukraine and Moldova and the stories I hear from them and their families are ridiculous. Ukraine, Moldova, and parts of Russia are the most Darwinist countries in Europe. You get eaten alive in you’re weak. Extortion, corruption, drugs, it’s a shit show.


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Most of ex Yugoslavia is not any better sadly.

[Not a Cop]

I don't agree. I think now Eastern/Southeastern Europeans are exactly where they should be, if you think that each country is sum of all of its parts.

You know there is one of the things i dislike about Eastern Euros/Post-Commie countries is that they still whine about the lower life standarts compared to the west, even if they have a pretty good and stable standarts like Poland. They got so much into a myth that once they'll turn to democracy and capitalism they'll become just like west that they still can't believe that it can't happen overnight, all this whining really stops people from enjoing their lifes even if they are much better off than most of the world.

[Nurzat]

let's see how this changed after 5 years (2018 to 2023).

read this list as follows: 2018 data - city name - 2023 data


1,100.00 € - Nicosia, CYP - 1,419.60 €
1,090.52 € - Ljubljana, SVN - 1,377.96 €
1,001.31 € - Maribor, SVN - 1,335.71 €

948.95 € - Bratislava, SVK - 1,240.44 €

836.17 € - Zagreb, CRO - 1,183.58 €

781.01 € - Cracow, POL - 1,358.77 €
718.50 € - Athens, GRE - 960.38 €
713.89 € - Košice, SVK - 1,002.18 €

694.44 € - Heraklion, GRE - 803.79 €
661.96 € - Rijeka, CRO - 914.24 €
657.23 € - Budapest, HUN - 1,075.88 €
653.66 € - Thessaloniki, GRE - 807.56 €
636.39 € - Split, CRO - 1,028.67 €
623.18 € - Patras, GRE - 686.10 €
615.27 € - Sofia, BUL - 1,062.15 €

580.62 € - Bucharest, ROU - 955.25 €
565.42 € - Győr, HUN - 947.50 €
540.55 € - Cluj, ROU - 934.28 €
516.39 € - Debrecen, HUN - 848.18 €
504.83 € - Timișoara, ROU - 763.21 €

487.72 € - Plovdiv, BUL - 776.19 €
481.89 € - Podgorica, MNE - 680.71 €
479.78 € - Iași, ROU - 682.58 €
459.13 € - Varna, BUL - 761.58 €
452.02 € - Sarajevo, BIH - 756.16 €
445.19 € - Prishtinë, XKX - 438.06 €
440.04 € - Mostar, BIH - 624.19 €
431.01 € - Szeged, HUN - 858.87 €
423.70 € - Burgas, BUL - 671.78 €
417.98 € - Banja Luka, BIH - 577.11 €
405.74 € - Minsk, BLR - 557.39 €

399.03 € - Novi Sad, SRB - 650.84 €
393.83 € - Belgrade, SRB - 667.02 €
339.27 € - Skopje, MKD - 505.87 €
334.30 € - Istanbul, TUR - 458.15 €
322.01 € - Izmir, TUR - 356.17 €
321.71 € - Kiev, UKR - 485.74 €
318.81 € - Tiranë, ALB - 545.75 €
306.60 € - Niš, SRB - 546.09 €

278.16 € - Chișinău, MDA - 502.21 €
241.20 € - Odesa, UKR - 329.95 €
212.08 € - Lviv, UKR - 445.88 €
209.63 € - Chernivtsi, UKR - 376.20 €

[щрбл]

more readable but as expected
polska and slovenia most civilized of the slavic realm, cyprus tax evasion.
places like warsaw are missing too
should have thrown in putin's paradize in there to see how it compares to the rest.

nb  place              2018      -> 2023      (+?)
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 1. Nicosia, CYP:      1100.00 € -> 1419.60 € (+0)
 2. Ljubljana, SVN:    1090.52 € -> 1377.96 € (+0)
 3. Cracow, POL:       781.01 €  -> 1358.77 € (+3)
 4. Maribor, SVN:      1001.31 € -> 1335.71 € (-1)
 5. Bratislava, SVK:   948.95 €  -> 1240.44 € (-1)
 6. Zagreb, CRO:       836.17 €  -> 1183.58 € (-1)
 7. Budapest, HUN:     657.23 €  -> 1075.88 € (+4)
 8. Sofia, BUL:        615.27 €  -> 1062.15 € (+7)
 9. Split, CRO:        636.39 €  -> 1028.67 € (+4)
10. Košice, SVK:       713.89 €  -> 1002.18 € (-2)
11. Athens, GRE:       718.50 €  -> 960.38 €  (-4)
12. Bucharest, ROU:    580.62 €  -> 955.25 €  (+4)
13. Győr, HUN:         565.42 €  -> 947.50 €  (+4)
14. Cluj, ROU:         540.55 €  -> 934.28 €  (+4)
15. Rijeka, CRO:       661.96 €  -> 914.24 €  (-5)
16. Szeged, HUN:       431.01 €  -> 858.87 €  (+12)
17. Debrecen, HUN:     516.39 €  -> 848.18 €  (+2)
18. Thessaloniki, GRE: 653.66 €  -> 807.56 €  (-6)
19. Heraklion, GRE:    694.44 €  -> 803.79 €  (-10)
20. Plovdiv, BUL:      487.72 €  -> 776.19 €  (+1)
21. Timișoara, ROU:    504.83 €  -> 763.21 €  (-1)
22. Varna, BUL:        459.13 €  -> 761.58 €  (+2)
23. Sarajevo, BIH:     452.02 €  -> 756.16 €  (+2)
24. Patras, GRE:       623.18 €  -> 686.10 €  (-10)
25. Iași, ROU:         479.78 €  -> 682.58 €  (-2)
26. Podgorica, MNE:    481.89 €  -> 680.71 €  (-4)
27. Burgas, BUL:       423.70 €  -> 671.78 €  (+2)
28. Belgrade, SRB:     393.83 €  -> 667.02 €  (+5)
29. Novi Sad, SRB:     399.03 €  -> 650.84 €  (+3)
30. Mostar, BIH:       440.04 €  -> 624.19 €  (-3)
31. Banja Luka, BIH:   417.98 €  -> 577.11 €  (-1)
32. Minsk, BLR:        405.74 €  -> 557.39 €  (-1)
33. Niš, SRB:          306.60 €  -> 546.09 €  (+6)
34. Tiranë, ALB:       318.81 €  -> 545.75 €  (+4)
35. Skopje, MKD:       339.27 €  -> 505.87 €  (-1)
36. Chișinău, MDA:     278.16 €  -> 502.21 €  (+4)
37. Kiev, UKR:         321.71 €  -> 485.74 €  (+0)
38. Istanbul, TUR:     334.30 €  -> 458.15 €  (-3)
39. Lviv, UKR:         212.08 €  -> 445.88 €  (+3)
40. Prishtinë, XKX:    445.19 €  -> 438.06 €  (-14)
41. Chernivtsi, UKR:   209.63 €  -> 376.20 €  (+2)
42. Izmir, TUR:        322.01 €  -> 356.17 €  (-6)
43. Odesa, UKR:        241.20 €  -> 329.95 €  (-2)

[Dušan]

Salaries are shitty low in Balkans.

[Nurzat]

Salaries are shitty low in Balkans.

but still considerably better than 5 years ago by the numbers above (I copied them one by one from Numbeo, I am only sorry I didn't include even more cities)