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Average salary in Albania

Gross and take-home pay, by industry and against other countries

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Average salary

Take-home / mo

ALL 57,800

Gross / yr

ALL 902,000

GrossALL 75,100/mo
NetALL 57,80077%
Tax & contributionsALL 17,30023%

Albania is a small, opening economy on the move, where a career brings in a middling wage worldwide and a low one for Europe. Tax is gentle enough that most of your pay stays in your pocket, which counts when the headline number is modest.

Salaries in Albania by industry

What you do matters a great deal here. Finance, tech, and — unusually — mining pay the most, while factory work, utilities, and restaurants pay the least. For someone arriving with a real profession, that spread is the difference between a thin wage and a comfortable one.

take-home/mo · % vs national average
Finance & insurance
ALL 131,000+127%
IT & communication
ALL 96,800+67%
Mining & quarrying
ALL 92,800+60%
Professional & scientific
ALL 75,700+31%
Water & waste
ALL 41,900-27%
Hospitality & food
ALL 39,600-31%

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IT & communication

Take-home in Albania

ALL 38,700/mo

vs ALL 98,900 in your country

Cost of living

ALL 28,700

vs ALL 65,900 in your country

Potential savings

ALL 10,100

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How salaries in Albania compare

Albania sits at the lower edge of Europe yet middling against the world, the shape of a young economy still catching up to the continent — though it already out-earns much of the world people leave behind.

take-home/mo · % vs Albania
1Greece
ALL 123,000+114%
2Montenegro
ALL 97,400+68%
3Serbia
ALL 88,600+53%
4Bosnia
ALL 81,800+41%
5Kosovo
ALL 77,400+34%
6North Macedonia
ALL 75,200+30%
7Albania
ALL 57,800

Data source: Structure of Earnings Survey 2024 (Eurostat), adjusted to 2026 using IMF GDP-per-capita growth

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Frequently asked questions

What is the average salary in Albania?

The average salary in Albania is ALL 75,100 a month before tax, or ALL 57,800 take-home after tax and social contributions. Over a year that's ALL 902,000 before tax and ALL 694,000 after.

What is the average salary in Albania in US dollars?

The average salary in Albania in US dollars is about $10,944 a year before tax, or $702 a month after tax.

What salary do you need to live comfortably in Albania?

A typical person in Albania spends about ALL 59,200 a month, while the average take-home pay is ALL 57,800. How much you need to live comfortably depends on the city, your family situation, and how you usually spend. See the cost of living in Albania for the full picture.

What are the highest-paying jobs in Albania?

The highest-paying jobs in Albania are in finance, IT, and mining. Take-home pay in these industries averages around ALL 131,000 a month (about ALL 2,050,000 gross a year), roughly 127% above the national average.

What are the lowest-paying jobs in Albania?

Hospitality is the lowest-paying industry in Albania. Pay there averages around ALL 39,600 a month take-home (about ALL 618,000 gross a year). For comparison, the highest-paying industries pay about 3.3 times more.

What is a good salary in Albania?

A good salary in Albania is generally one above the national average — more than ALL 57,800 take-home a month, or ALL 902,000 gross a year. But a lot depends on your spending, where you live, and your financial goals.

Is Albania a high-salary country?

Moderately. By average after-tax pay, Albania is ahead of 49% of countries worldwide and ranks 39th out of 41 countries in Europe.

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