Press release No. 103 of 22 March 2017
WIESBADEN – According to final results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the index of real earnings in Germany rose by 1.8% in 2016 compared with a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this confirms the provisional result released on 6 February 2017. 2016 was the third year in a row with a strong increase in the index of real earnings. The consumer price index was up by 0.5% in the same period. Nominal earnings grew by 2.3%.
As in the preceding year, above-average increases in nominal earnings were recorded in 2016 in particular for employees with below-average earnings.
Basic data and long time series are available in tables Gross earnings, weekly working hours (62321-0001) and Indices of agreed earnings, weekly working hours (62231-0001) in the GENESIS-Online database