In Italy the Net salaries are lower Compared to the average of Villages Ocse economically developed. To report it very clearly is the interactive map of the Eurostat (EU Statistical Office) which has parameterized workers’ collections with the purchasing power of the same on goods and services. The result for Italy is that more and more citizens, especially the youngest, are formed in the country and then go to work abroad attracted by better living conditions.
Italian salaries and lower
The parameter used by Eurostat for its study is the Standard Purchhing Power (PPS), or the unit of measurement that allows the comparison between the purchasing power of the different countries. The relationship, as mentioned, does not honor Italy, which is the ultimate among the great ocse economies, Behind France, Germany And Spain and 19th in the general classification consisting of 34 countries. Entering more specifically, considering an average salary of a single without children in the European Union equal, in 2023, at 27,500 pps, Italy has a value of only 24 thousand pps, or 15% compared to the average.
To understand the Italian dramatic situation, it is useful to also provide the data of the most virtuous countries, with PPS well above the threshold of 27,500. At the top we find the Swisswith 47 thousand pps, followed by Villages Low38 thousand, Norway, Luxembourg, Austria (annual wages that range between 35 thousand and 38 thousand pps). It is also interesting to note the comparison of Italy with the other great European economies:
- Germany – recorded an average income of 34,900 pps;
- France – recorded an average income of 28,500 pps;
- Spain – recorded an average income of 24,500 pps.
This highlights how for Italy we speak of less than 45, 18 and 2%respectively. Not to shine, in addition to us, are also countries like Poland, Greece and Portugal. The last positions of the ranking are instead occupied by Bulgaria, Latvia And Slovakia with wages around 14 thousand pps.
Italy also penalized by taxation
The bass recorded by Italy in the Eurostat study also affected the National tax system which, between deductions and bonuses accumulated over time, led to a defined taxation as chaotic. Just this scenario has made it possible to paradox in Italy, that is, that the increase in a gross salary can lead to a reduction of the net one.
THE problems greateron tax issue, concern in Italy who has annual salaries exceeding 50 thousand euros. In these cases, in fact, the tax burden is higher by virtue of the modification of the reduced Irpef threshold, in 2021, from 75 thousand to 50 thousand euros. Here, therefore, that the medium -high class is affected, forced to pay the same rate as those who have much higher than their gains.
The phenomenon of brain escape
The prospect of working in a country that does not guarantee a wage level comparable to that of others feeds, more and more, the so -called brain leak from Italy. Young people, in particular, completed their path of study in the country seek work satisfactions elsewhere, where they can count on a better quality of life, both in terms of services offered and of taxation.
To leave Italy are above all High medium professional categories which, therefore, have a greater potential on the international work market. Italian racing brains are also facilitated by the found quality of the training received at home, especially in the fields where greater specialization is required.
