Press release No. 067 of 28 February 2020
WIESBADEN – Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average 3.2% in 2019 compared with 2018. This is shown by the index of agreed monthly earnings including extra payments. The provisional result released on 12 December 2019 (+3.1%) has been slightly revised upwards. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that agreed earnings excluding extra payments rose by 2.7% in 2019 compared with the previous year. Consumer prices went up by 1.4% over the same period.
Basic data and long time series are available in tables Indices of agreed earnings, weekly working hours (62221-0001), (62221-0002) and Monthly index of agreed earnings and working hours (62231-0001) in the GENESIS-Online database.
