Press release No. 210 of 23 June 2017
WIESBADEN – According to the results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the index of real earnings in Germany rose a good 0.6% in the first quarter of 2017 year on year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the increase in nominal earnings was 2.6%. Although the increase in consumer prices (+1.9%) - measured on a quarterly basis - was higher than any time since the end of 2012, real earnings increased year on year for the 13th quarter in a row.
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