Press release No. 110 of 25 March 2020
WIESBADEN – The index of real earnings in Germany rose by an average of 1.2% in 2019 compared with a year earlier. The index of real earnings shows the development of nominal earnings taking into account the inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index. Based on final results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that nominal earnings in 2019 increased by 2.6% year on year, while consumer prices rose by 1.4%. Hence, there was no change to the provisional results published on 12 February 2020.
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.
