Remuneration of University Researchers by Career Stages. An International Comparison

Austrian salaries of scientists working at universities, adjusted for purchasing power, are, depending on the career level, between 65 percent and 80 percent of those in the country with the highest salaries of a particular career level. Seen internationally, Austria thus pays above-average salaries. At each career level, Austria is above the average by some 5 to 20 percentage points of the best-paying country in an EU-15 comparison and higher by 5 to fully 25 percentage points of the average in the OECD countries.