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Labour costs in the 4th quarter of 2009: -0.5% on the previous quarter
Press release
No.
093
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2010-03-11
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a seasonally and calendar adjusted decline of 0.5% was recorded for labour costs per hour worked in Germany in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the third quarter of the same year. Hence the trend observed in the third quarter of 2009 (–0.2%) continued. At the same time, the marked increase in labour costs stopped, which had been recorded at the beginning of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 (+2.3) and the first quarter of 2009 (+1.4%).
Gender pay gap in 2008: Germany still trailing behind other EU Member States
Press release
No.
079
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2010-03-05
The gender pay gap, that is the percentage difference between the average gross hourly earnings of men and women, amounted to 23.2% in Germany in 2008. Hence it was again clearly larger than the average recorded for the European Union (18.0%). As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (8 March), of the 27 EU Member States, only Estonia (latest figure for 2007: 30.3%), the Czech Republic (26.2%), Austria (25.5%) and the Netherlands (latest figure for 2007: 23.6%) showed a larger gender pay gap than Germany.
Markedly lower collectively agreed pay increases in the 2nd half of 2009 than in the year before
Press release
No.
066
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2010-02-26
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the new pay increases negotiated in Germany in the second half of 2009 were in many instances notably lower than in earlier years: in view of the economic crisis, most agreed pay increases ranged between 1.0% and 2.0%, while in the second half of 2008 increases of 4% or more had been negotiated in the metal industry and several other small branches. However, there were only few new wage agreements in the second half of 2009.
Agreed earnings up 2.8% in 2009
Press release
No.
038
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2010-01-29
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), agreed monthly earnings of employees in Germany rose 2.8% on an annual average in 2009 compared with 2008. As some collective agreements included an increase in weekly working hours, the rise in agreed hourly earnings was slightly smaller (+2.7%). For comparison, consumer prices were up 0.4% in the same period. However, not all persons employed under collective agreements benefited fully from the agreed pay increases because of short-time work, the reduction of extra payments, and the temporary suspension of agreed pay rises through opening clauses.
3rd quarter of 2009: higher real earnings due to both increasing earnings and declining prices
Press release
No.
496
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2009-12-18
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), real earnings increased an average 0.6% in the third quarter of 2009 on the same quarter a year earlier. After a decline in the previous two quarters, this was the first rise in 2009. Gross monthly earnings were up 0.4% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter a year earlier, while consumer prices were down 0.2% in the same period.
3rd quarter of 2009: No further rise in labour costs
Press release
No.
476
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2009-12-09
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis ), labour costs per hour worked in the third quarter of 2009 did not continue their seasonally and calendar-adjusted increase in industry and the service sector (–0.0% on the second quarter of 2009). Before, they had shown marked quarter-on-quarter increases in the context of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 (+2.3%) and in the first quarter of 2009 (+1.9%), while in the second quarter of 2009 that increase had already been smaller (+0.6%).
2008: Gender pay gap remaining at 23%
Press release
No.
428
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2009-11-12
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), women in Germany earned an average Euro 14.51 per hour in 2008, which was Euro 4.39 less than the amount earned by their male colleagues. So the gender pay gap, which is the percentage difference in average gross hourly earnings between women and men, was a constant 23%, as it was in the previous years.
Agreed earnings in July 2009: +3.0% on the same month a year earlier
Press release
No.
406
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2009-10-28
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), agreed monthly earnings of employees in Germany rose an average 3.0% between July 2008 and July 2009. For comparison, consumer prices decreased 0.5% in the same period. However, not all persons employed under collective agreements benefit fully from the agreed pay increase because of short-time work, the reduction of extra payments, and the temporary suspension of agreed pay rises through opening clauses.
2nd quarter of 2009: Short-time work and lower extra payments leading to decrease in nominal and real earnings
Press release
No.
354
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2009-09-21
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), real earnings in the second quarter of 2009 were an average 1.2% lower than in the same quarter of the previous year. The decrease in real earnings is mainly due to the decline in nominal gross monthly earnings (–1.0%). In the same period, consumer prices rose 0.3%. The main reason for the decline in earnings was extra payments which were down by 9.2% compared with the second quarter of 2008. The basic remuneration, that is gross monthly earnings excluding extra payments, rose 0.9% in the same period.
2nd quarter of 2009: labour costs per hour rise 4.8%
- Correction of the press release of 8 September 2009 (text and table) -
Press release
No.
347
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2009-09-15
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), employers in industry and in the service sector paid a calendar-adjusted 4.8% more for one hour worked in the second quarter of 2009 than in the second quarter of 2008. Following an increase by 5.3% in the first quarter of 2009, that is the second highest rise in a year-on-year comparison since the labour cost index time series began to be calculated in 1997. Against the preceding quarter, however, labour costs were up only a seasonally and calendar-adjusted 0.3% and thus rose markedly slower than in the fourth quarter of 2008 (+2.4%) and in the first quarter of 2009 (+1.6%).
Women in the public sector earning 7% less than men
Press release
No.
331
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2009-09-08
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), women in the public sector earned about 7% less than men in the fourth quarter of 2008. The earnings gap in the private sector was approximately three times that percentage (23%). On average, gross hourly earnings of women in the public sector amounted to EUR 17.57 (private sector: EUR 15.08); average earnings of men, however, were EUR 18.89 (private sector: EUR 19.50). One of the reasons is differences in the qualification structure of the employees: While women in management positions in the private sector are rather underrepresented when compared with men, the share of female managers in all women in employment in the public sector is approximately the same as for men.
2nd quarter of 2009: labour costs per hour rise 5.2%
Press release
No.
330
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2009-09-08
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), employers in industry and in the service sector paid a calendar-adjusted 5.2% more for one hour worked in the second quarter of 2009 than in the second quarter of 2008. Following an increase by 5.7% in the first quarter of 2009, that is the second highest rise in a year-on-year comparison since the labour cost index time series began to be calculated in 1997. Against the preceding quarter, however, labour costs were up only a seasonally and calendar-adjusted 0.3% and thus rose markedly slower than in the fourth quarter of 2008 (+2.4%) and in the first quarter of 2009 (+1.6%).
Collective bargaining round in the first half of 2009: real increases and long-term agreements
Press release
No.
318
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2009-08-28
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), many of the standard wage increases which became effective in Germany in the first half of 2009 ranged between 2.0% and 3.0%. Hence these increases were significantly higher than the year-on-year rises in consumer prices which ranged between 1.0% (February) and 0.0% (May) during the first six months of 2009.
Agreed earnings again rose more strongly than consumer prices in April 2009
Press release
No.
282
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2009-07-29
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the monthly agreed earnings of employees in Germany increased by an average of 2.8% between April 2008 and April 2009. As some pay settlements included an increase in weekly working hours, the rise in agreed hourly earnings amounted to not more than 2.6%. Since consumer prices rose by just 0.7% over the same period, employees covered by collective agreements again saw a significant increase in their purchasing power if they benefited from the full extent of the agreed pay rises.
Agreed earnings have been up more strongly in France than in Germany for five years
Press release
No.
237
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2009-06-26
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), agreed monthly earnings of employees in 2008 were up on average by 2.8% on a year earlier in Germany and by 3.1% in France. Hence, average increases in earnings in Germany were smaller than in France for the fifth year in a row. The harmonised consumer price index in 2008 was up 2.8% both in Germany and in France.
1st quarter of 2009: Real earnings down 0.4%
Press release
No.
231
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2009-06-23
According to results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), real earnings in the first quarter of 2009 were down 0.4% compared with the same quarter of the previous year. This is the result of the index of real earnings, which has been calculated for the first time; it compares the development of earnings with the price trend. The decrease in real earnings is mainly due to the small increase in earnings (+0.4%). Major reasons were the decline in extra payments, which were down by 7.9% compared with the first quarter of 2008. In the same period, the basic remuneration, that is gross monthly earnings excluding extra payments, rose by 1.5%.
1st quarter of 2009: Extra payments in banks down by one third
Press release
No.
219
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2009-06-10
According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), extra payments made to full-time employees in banks in the first quarter of 2009 were down by an average EUR 1,506 or 36.4% compared with the same quarter a year earlier. Average total gross monthly earnings of bank employees, including extra payments, decreased by 5.2% on the same quarter of the previous year.
1st quarter of 2009: one hour worked costs 5.8% more
Press release
No.
216
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2009-06-09
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), employers in industry and in the entire service sector paid a calendar-adjusted 5.8% more for one hour worked in the first quarter of 2009 than in the first quarter of 2008. That is the highest increase since the labour cost index time series began to be calculated in 1997. Compared with one quarter earlier, labour costs were up a seasonally and calendar-adjusted 1.7%.
2008: Earnings in Germany and labour costs in an EU comparison
Press release
No.
179
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2009-05-13
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a full-time employee in industry and services in Germany earned a gross EUR 41,509 on average in 2008. That was 2.8% more than in 2007. In the new Länder, the increase in earnings (+3.0% to EUR 30,151) was slightly larger than in the former territory of the Federal Republic (+2.8% to EUR 43,310). Employees in eastern Germany thus reached 70% of the earnings level in western Germany.
Agreed earnings 2.4% higher in January 2009 on a year earlier
Press release
No.
162
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2009-04-29
As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the monthly agreed earnings of employees in Germany increased an average 2.4% between January 2008 and January 2009. As some pay settlements included an increase in weekly working hours, too, the rise in agreed hourly earnings amounted to not more than 2.2%. By way of comparison, consumer prices were up 0.9% in Germany in January 2009 on a year earlier.
