EU salaries rose 4.3% in 2025; Poland led our markets with +10% in euro terms

Salaries in EstateScope markets, 2025

• Cyprus: €29,547 (+5.0% on 2024).
• Poland: €23,853 (+10.0%); in zloty the rise was 8.3%.
• Romania: €20,818 (+7.3%); in lei the rise was 8.8%.
• Greece: €18,772 (+4.3%).
• Bulgaria: €16,201 (+5.3%), the lowest level in the EU.

According to Eurostat, the highest salaries were in Luxembourg (€85,600), Denmark (€73,500) and Ireland (€64,400), and the lowest in Bulgaria, Greece and Hungary (€20,100). Country growth rates above are calculated by EstateScope from the Eurostat dataset; the figures are not adjusted for inflation.

Why it matters for buyers

Salaries are the base of local housing demand. In Poland part of the 10% rise in euro terms came from a stronger zloty, while in Romania a weaker leu cut the euro-terms gain below the growth in lei. For foreign buyers comparing markets, this means local purchasing power and the euro price of a flat can move differently.

Bulgaria and Greece remain the lowest-wage EU markets, so price growth there depends more on tourism and foreign demand. We compared house prices and wages in Cyprus in an earlier report.