Press release No. 040 of 8 February 2018
WIESBADEN – According to provisional results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the index of real earnings in Germany rose by nearly 0.8% in 2017 compared with a year earlier. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that nominal earnings in 2017 increased by roughly 2.5% year on year. Consumer prices were up 1.8% in the same period.
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
