Press release No. 333 of 21 September 2017
WIESBADEN – According to the results of the quarterly earnings survey, the index of real earnings in Germany rose by 1.2% in the second quarter of 2017 year on year. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the increase in nominal earnings was 2.9%. The consumer price index was up by 1.7% in the same period.
The clear rise of real earnings was due to above-average increases in the employees' earnings. The 2.9% increase in nominal earnings was half a percentage point higher than the average for the last 20 quarters.
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