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Chile
Chile's tax wedge is 7.46 %, the lowest of 36. And its tax on pay is 7.11 %, the 2nd lowest of 37.
Of 25 fields published for Chile, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
48 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$2,079 PPP/mo
The average employee in Chile earns about $2,079 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Average annual salary
$40,626 PPP
Money's value
39.70 %
100 saved in Chile in 2000 buys what 40 buys today — 60 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Tax on pay
7.11 %
Of every $100 of gross pay at the average wage in Chile, about $7 goes to income tax and employee social contributions.
Average monthly salary
$2,079 PPP/mo
The average employee in Chile earns about $2,079 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Take-home pay
$37,737 PPP
The average job in Chile pays about $37,737 a year (PPP) after income tax and the employee's social contributions.
Minimum wage
$1,076 PPP/mo
The law in Chile sets the floor at about $1,076 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
What does borrowing actually cost here?
House price growth
2.40 %
Real house prices in Chile rose 2.4 % over the past year — beyond general inflation.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
1.86 %
A bank account in Chile currently gains about 1.9 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
6.07 %
Inflation rate
4.21 %
At 4.2 % a year, prices double in about 17 years if it holds.
Median income
$13,797 PPP
ranked 38th of 42
Public holidays
16 days
ranked 12th of 104
Average annual salary
$40,626 PPP
ranked 32nd of 37
Minimum wage
$1,076 PPP/mo
ranked 17th of 85
Corporate tax
27.00 %
ranked 76th of 96
Where Chile sits, field by field
Each dot is Chile’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Tax wedge7.46 %1 of 36
- Tax on pay7.11 %2 of 37
- Median income$13,797 PPP38 of 42
- Public holidays16 days12 of 104
- Average annual salary$40,626 PPP32 of 37
- Minimum wage$1,076 PPP/mo17 of 85
- Unemployment rate8.97 %100 of 124
- Corporate tax27.00 %76 of 96
- Take-home pay$37,737 PPP26 of 37
- Debt per person$2,36639 of 123
- Government debt41.80 %40 of 124
- Top income tax40.00 %13 of 37
- Deposit rate6.07 %26 of 70
- Retirement age (women)65 years31 of 49
- Savings vs inflation1.86 %27 of 69
- Retirement age (men)65 years21 of 49
- GDP growth2.46 %74 of 127
- Inflation rate4.21 %70 of 123
- Price level48 % of US prices71 of 125
- GDP per capita$17,99557 of 127
- Real policy rate0.29 %29 of 53
- Median salary$1,506 PPP/mo37 of 78
- Money's value39.70 %55 of 116
- Average monthly salary$2,079 PPP/mo45 of 92
- House price growth2.40 %27 of 54
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
The money journey · average earner
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Dominican Republic
avg gap 16.7 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 8.97 % (Chile) vs 5.09 %
Uruguay
avg gap 18.6 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $1,076 PPP/mo (Chile) vs $63 PPP/mo
Colombia
avg gap 20.1 pp · 23 shared fields
Most separates them: retirement age (women) — 65 years (Chile) vs 57 years
Costa Rica
avg gap 20.2 pp · 23 shared fields
Most separates them: corporate tax — 27.00 % (Chile) vs 5.00 %
| Take-home pay | $37,737 PPP | ranked 26th of 37 | |
| Debt per person | $2,366 | ranked 39th of 123 | |
| Government debt | 41.80 % | ranked 40th of 124 | |
| Top income tax | 40.00 % | ranked 13th of 37 | |
| Deposit rate | 6.07 % | ranked 26th of 70 | |
| Retirement age (women) | 65 years | ranked 31st of 49 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 1.86 % | ranked 27th of 69 | |
| Retirement age (men) | 65 years | ranked 21st of 49 | |
| GDP growth | 2.46 % | ranked 74th of 127 | |
| Inflation rate | 4.21 % | ranked 70th of 123 | |
| Price level | 48 % of US prices | ranked 71st of 125 | |
| GDP per capita | $17,995 | ranked 57th of 127 | |
| Real policy rate | 0.29 % | ranked 29th of 53 | |
| Median salary | $1,506 PPP/mo | ranked 37th of 78 | |
| Money's value | 39.70 % | ranked 55th of 116 | |
| Average monthly salary | $2,079 PPP/mo | ranked 45th of 92 | |
| House price growth | 2.40 % | ranked 27th of 54 |
✓ 25 fields published for Chile, every one dated and sourced · 10 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Chile: mortgage rate, lending rate, bank spread, house price growth since 2015, rent, petrol, electricity, minimum wage, vat, currency.
Sources for all 25 figures
- Tax wedge — OECD Taxing Wages + OECD Tax Database · 2025
- Tax on pay — OECD Taxing Wages + OECD Tax Database · 2025
- Median income — OECD Income Distribution Database · 2022
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Average annual salary — OECD Average annual wages · 2023
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Take-home pay — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2023
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2000
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Top income tax — OECD Personal Income Tax rates · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Retirement age (women) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Retirement age (men) — OECD Pensions at a Glance — current normal retirement age (DF_DPS, CRPLF22) · 2024
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-08
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- House price growth — BIS residential property prices · 2026-Q1
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 13.1456400046218 → 41.8 |
| 28 Aug 2026 | House price growth (real, y/y) | 2.0349 → 2.4035 |
| 1 Aug 2026 | Take-home pay after tax wedge (USD PPP) | 37596 → 37737 |