Press release No. 589 of 21 December 2021
WIESBADEN – The index of nominal earnings in Germany was up by 3.9% in the third quarter of 2021 on the same quarter a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings including extra payments. Consumer prices also rose by 3.9% in the same period. This means that real (price-adjusted) earnings grew by 0.0%. "The increase in nominal earnings in the third quarter of 2021 was completely eroded by inflation", said Susanna Geisler, Assistant Head of the Earnings Statistics Section of the Federal Statistical Office. "As a result, there was no year-on-year increase in real earnings, either", Geisler continued.
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.
