DATA - We’re trying to complete the list of gross salaries for all the leaders of the EU. So that’s all the members of the European Council.
Countries we’re still missing: Bulgaria, Estonia, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia and Czech Republic.
And not all data already gathered is up to date or complete. So all suggestions for improvements, together with links to the source in the comments, are appreciated.
Here’s the most current overview:
We also compared this data to the recently published average labour costs per country (PDF with data).
We assumed a leader worked 2200 hours per year and calculated the hourly rate. We then compared to the average in their country. So you get a ratio. Looks like this:
Here’s the current available data in a table.
EU Leader
Country
Gross salary year
Werner Faymann
Austria
Charles Michel
Belgium
€ 212.064
Georgi Bliznashki
Bulgaria
Zoran Milanović
Croatia
Nicos Anastasiades
Cyprus
€ 77.182
Bohuslav Sobotka
Czech Republic
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Denmark
€ 195.520
Taavi Rõivas
Estonia
Jean-Claude Juncker
Europe (commission)
€ 317.496
Donald Tusk
Europe (Council)
€ 298.495
Alexander Stubb
Finland
€ 178.104
François Hollande
France
€ 179.000
Angela Merkel
Gemany
€ 250.000
Alexis Tsipras
Greece
€ 85.479
Viktor Orbán
Hungary
€ 72.000
Enda Kenny
Ireland
€ 185.000
Matteo Renzi
Italy
€ 115.000
Laimdota Straujuma
Latvia
€ 25.285