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Austria, in hours

What the same things cost the average worker in Austria, in hours of take-home pay.

iPhone 18 Pro €1,449

71 hours of work

The first week of January, and the next until Thursday 4 pm.

11th of 28. In Switzerland the same phone takes 30 hours; in Türkiye, 487.

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The sums

The average full-time worker in Austria earns €63,054 a year before tax and takes home €42,574 after income tax and social security contributions (OECD, 2025, a single worker without children). Divided by 2,080 working hours, an hour of work pays €20.47.

An iPhone 18 Pro: €1,449 ÷ €20.47 = 71 hours. The first week of January, and the next until Thursday 4 pm.
A Tesla Model Y: €40,990 ÷ €20.47 = 2,002 hours. January to mid December.
A Big Mac: €5.63 ÷ €20.47 = 0.28 hours, or 17 minutes.

The Tesla: before Tesla's €980 destination and authority fee (€41,970 in all). Hours count 52 weeks of 40, whatever people in Austria actually work. More in what the index leaves out.

Against the other 37

iPhone 18 Pro 11th of 28

  1. 1Switzerland CHF 1,199 30 hours
  2. 7 more
  3. 9Denmark DKK 10,999 66 hours
  4. 10Ireland €1,489 69 hours
  5. 11Austria €1,449 71 hours
  6. 12Germany €1,449 74 hours
  7. 13Sweden SEK 16,495 80 hours
  8. 14 more
  9. 28Türkiye (see the note) ₺137,999 487 hours

All 28 countries on the index

Tesla Model Y 11th of 37

  1. 1Switzerland CHF 40,990 1,033 hours
  2. 7 more
  3. 9Denmark DKK 300,310 1,798 hours
  4. 10United Kingdom £41,000 1,982 hours
  5. 11Austria €40,990 2,002 hours
  6. 12Germany €39,990 2,034 hours
  7. 13Ireland €44,339 2,043 hours
  8. 23 more
  9. 37Mexico MX$799,000 8,716 hours

All 37 countries on the index

Big Mac joint ninth of 36

  1. 1Switzerland CHF 7.30 11 minutes
  2. 5 more
  3. 7Netherlands €6.26 16 minutes
  4. 7United Kingdom £5.49 16 minutes
  5. 9Austria €5.63 17 minutes
  6. 9Denmark DKK 46 17 minutes
  7. 9New Zealand NZ$8.80 17 minutes
  8. 24 more
  9. 36Colombia (see the note) COP 25,900 102 minutes

All 36 countries on the index

Sources

Pay: OECD, Taxing Wages 2026: net take-home pay of a single worker without children on 100% of the average wage, 2025 (the OECD's own estimate, as for most countries).

Prices, checked 29 September 2026: Apple, the iPhone 18 Pro with 256 GB; Tesla, the cheapest Model Y on sale; The Economist, the Big Mac index, July 2026 (data, CC BY 4.0).

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