There Campania is among the regions with the lower salaries of Italy, as emerged from the national report on the tax return in 2024 based on the tax year of 2023, published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
As happens in other rankings, it is the Lombardythe locomotive of Italy, to open the list of Italian regions regarding the average amount of wages. The ranking is closed by Calabriaofficially the poorest region in Italy for the parameters considered.
The richest municipalities in Campania
On the podium of the wealthiest municipalities in Campania we find three cities that the whole world envies to Italy, three tourist destinations “postcard”, that is to say Positano (31,815 euros), Capri (30,092 euros) e Sorrento (25,404).
Below is the top 10 of the municipalities with the highest average incomes of Campania:
- Positano – 31,815;
- Capri – 30.092;
- Sorrento – 25,404;
- Caserta – 25,252;
- Salerno – 24,486;
- Avellino – 24,312;
- San Sebastiano al Vesuvius – 23,986;
- Amalfi – 23.043;
- Procida – 22,998;
- Piano di Sorrento – 22,628.
However, we are light years away from other tourist municipalities that overlook the sea such as, for example, Portofino that opens the ranking of the richest cities in Liguria with its 94,505 euros of average salary.
Naples
In this ministerial ranking based on the data of the Revenue Agency, Naples, the regional capital, is located at position number 15 with an average per capita income equal to 21,940 euros per year. It is roughly 1,828 euros per month.
The poorest municipalities in Campania
With the figure of 11,087 eurosthe municipality with the lowest average incomes of Campania is Castelvetere in Val Fortorea country of almost 1,000 inhabitants of the province of Benevento. The podium is completed by Castelfranco in Miscano (Benevento) with its 11,385 and from Rofrano (Salerno) with 11,949 euros.
Below is the Top 10 of the Campania municipalities in which the lowest average incomes are recorded:
- Castelvetere in Val Fortore – 11.087;
- Castelfranco in Miscano – 11,385;
- Rofrano – 11,949;
- Castelpagano – 11,994;
- Baselice – 12.128;
- Cairano – 12.187;
- Pago Veian – 12,232;
- Valle Agricola – 12,368;
- San Giorgio La Molara – 12,459;
- Castelnuovo di Conza – 12,594.
In Campania, lower life expectancy
The economic parameters are associated with the health ones: according to the latest Istat data, Campania is the region with the life expectancy lower both among men (79.7 years) and among women (83.8 years).
As for the fertility rateCampania stands in third place with 1.26 children per woman. Campania is behind Trentino-Alto Adige (1.39) and Sicily (1.27).
The regional ranking
Returning to the economic data, with its 21,940 euros of medium per capita income, the citizens of Naples are positioned above the Campania regional average, equal to 20,000 euros. Campania thus sets itself in 16 place in the national ranking.
To consider the data, the disparity between North and South is evident:
- Lombardy: 28,100 euros;
- Bolzano (Autonomous Province): 27,300 euros;
- Emilia-Romagna: 25,900 euros;
- Lazio: 25,900 euros;
- Piedmont: 25,200 euros;
- Valle d’Aosta: 25,200 euros;
- Veneto: 24,900 euros;
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 24,800 euros;
- Trento (Autonomous Province): 24,700 euros;
- Liguria: 24,500 euros;
- Tuscany: 24,300 euros;
- Marche: 22,800 euros;
- Umbria: 22,000 euros;
- Abruzzo: 21,200 euros;
- Sardinia: 20,600 euros;
- Campania: 20,000 euros;
- Basilicata: 19,400 euros;
- Sicily: 19,300 euros;
- Puglia: 19,200 euros;
- Molise: 19,200 euros;
- Calabria: 17,900 euros.
The provincial ranking
Among the Italian provinces, Milan is the only one to exceed 30,000 euros of average income (32,480). The podium is completed by Monza and Brianza (28,530 euros) and Bologna (29,060 euros).
The three most “poorer” provinces in Italy are all located in the South, Calabria and Sicily: Crotone (17,040 euros), Vibo Valentia and Agrigento (17,200 euros).
