Earnings and labour costs

Expected increase of 1.0% in real earnings in 2011

Real earnings, that is, the price-adjusted gross monthly earnings of full-time employees are expected to have increased by an average 1.0% in Germany in 2011 on the previous year. In comparison, they had increased by 1.5% in 2010 and declined by 0.4% in 2009. According to the results available so far, nominal earnings are expected to have increased by 3.3% in 2011 on the previous year, while consumer prices were up 2.3% in the same period.

Agreed earnings up 1.6% in 2010

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