Press release No. 252 of 28 May 2021
WIESBADEN – Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average of 1.3% in the first quarter of 2021, year on year. The result includes the agreed basic remuneration and the extra payments provided for in wage settlements, such as one-off payments, annual extra payments or agreed back payments. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further reports that, excluding extra payments, the year-on-year increase also amounted to 1.3%. Likewise, consumer prices increased by 1.3% 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.
