Press release No. 222 of 21 June 2018
WIESBADEN – The index of real earnings in Germany rose by 1.1% in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the same quarter of 2017. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the increase in nominal (not price-adjusted) earnings was 2.7%. Consumer prices were up 1.6% in the same period. Accordingly, real earnings have increased continuously year on year since the first quarter of 2014.
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
