| Länder | Survey 2014 | Updating | Survey 2018 | Updating | Survey 20221 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||
| % | |||||||||
2006 - 2021: Structure of Earnings Survey, updated with the results of the Quarterly Earnings Survey. From 2022 onwards: New Earnings Survey | |||||||||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Hamburg | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Niedersachsen | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Bremen | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| Nordrhein-Westfalen | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Hessen | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 |
| Rheinland-Pfalz | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Baden-Württemberg | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| Bayern | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
| Saarland | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
| Berlin | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Brandenburg | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Sachsen | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Sachsen-Anhalt | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Thüringen | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Germany | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
As at 30 January 2023