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Earnings & labour costs
Therefore, the information offered here is not updated regularly. See our GENESIS-Online database for current data.
In the late 1940s, average gross monthly earnings of full-time employees in the former territory of the Federal Republic were over 100 euros for the first time. Less than 30 years later - in the late 1970s - earnings had exceeded the threshold of 1,000 euros. In 2016, a full-time employee earned an average of over 3,800 euros.
In the new Länder, average gross monthly earnings did not reach the 1,000 euro threshold until the early 1990s. In 2016, average earnings were over 2,900 euros, which was 24% below the value for the former territory of the Federal Republic.
How has the earnings gap between eastern and western Germany developed in the years following German reunification? What are the earnings gaps in eastern and western Germany between full-time employed women and men?
You will get an answer to the above and similar questions by taking a glance at our long time series on average gross monthly earnings. In these tables, the earnings of full-time employees are linked up in the best way possible to form a long time series. They give a long-term overview of the development of earnings and the earnings level.