How much can you earn in Czechia? The best-paying careers and cities in 2025

A new, detailed wage report from the Information and Statistics on Average Earnings System (ISPV) reveals sharp differences in pay across Czechia—not only between private and public sectors, but also among job types and regions. 

While overall salaries grew last year, certain professions and locations continue to earn significantly more than others, underscoring persistent inequality in the national labor market.

Managers remain the top earners across both public and private sectors. In the private sector, company executives earned an average of CZK 89,280 (gross) per month, while their counterparts in the public sector brought in a median of CZK 74,210. At the very top of the scale, senior managers in Prague reported gross monthly earnings of CZK 167,460.

Technical and professional roles also commanded higher salaries. Specialists in fields such as science, consulting, and engineering had median monthly wages of CZK 48,428 nationwide, ISPV underlines.

Healthcare and social care workers saw a significant wage bump of 10 percent, bringing their median to just over CZK 41,000. In education and public administration, salaries were lower. Public sector teachers and civil servants earned a median between CZK 43,000 and CZK 45,000.

The private sector, employing over three million people, saw a higher average salary growth (7.9 percent) than the public sector (3.4 percent). However, the gender gap persisted: men in private firms earned a median of CZK 44,064, compared to CZK 36,461 for women.

Salary differences between regions remain stark. Workers in Prague continue to lead national earnings. The median wage in the capital stood at CZK 49,142, while the average wage reached CZK 63,106—56 percent higher than in Karlovy Vary, the region with the lowest private-sector pay.

Numerous different job professions underscore this. For example, a salesperson in Prague earns just shy of CZK 35,000 monthly. In contrast, salespeople in South Bohemia have the lowest salaries in the whole country, at just CZK 28,555.

A general administrative assistant can expect the highest salary in Prague, at almost CZK 37,000 on average. Vysočina pays the lowest for this role, at under CZK 30,000.

Take the case of a senior computer technician. In Prague, this role fetches CZK 90,207 monthly on average. Over in Vysočina, this drops sharply down to CZK 64,111. A secondary school teacher? You’d get about CZK 56,000 in Prague, whereas in Pardubice—the lowest-paid region for this job—under CZK 52,000.

Curiously, some professions pay more outside of Prague than in the capital. Chefs, for example, can expect to earn CZK 31,518 on average in Prague—over in Karlovy Vary, this grows to CZK 39,000, the highest figure nationwide. 

In a similar vein, truck drivers earn around CZK 34,000 in the capital—this rises to almost CZK 38,000 in Moravia-Silesia. Cleaners get paid the most in the South Moravia region (CZK 27,000), around CZK 1,500 more than in the capital.

"In the capital there is a significantly different structure of professions, and also more university graduates. The Karlovy Vary region, on the contrary, is skewed towards low-skilled professions," economist Dominik Rusinko from the ČSOB bank explained the disparity to Czech media outlet Novinky.cz.

In 2025, wages are set to increase across the board. Economists expect wages to rise by 5.5 to 6 percent on average in 2025, and according to a survey by the ČSOB Company Expectations Index, four in 10 small- and medium-sized businesses intend to increase salaries in Czechia this year.

The fastest wage growth is occurring in sectors like IT, engineering, logistics, e-commerce, and finance, where demand for skilled workers is high. In contrast, industries such as agriculture, general administration, and manufacturing are seeing slower wage growth.