Press release No. 303 of 11 August 2020
WIESBADEN – The agreed gross monthly earnings of full-time and part-time workers in Germany declined by an average of 2.2% in the second quarter of 2020, year on year. Based on provisional results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the paid weekly working hours of employees declined by an average of 4.7%. Short-time work, which was widely spread as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, had a negative impact on the level and development of both gross monthly earnings and working hours although short-time working benefits largely mitigated the income losses experienced by employees. However, gross hourly earnings were not affected by short-time work. They increased by an average of 2.6% from the same quarter a year earlier.
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.
