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Date: June 5, 2025 Index of real earnings

Tables on the subject: The development of real earnings, nominal earnings and consumer prices in quarters.

Date: June 5, 2025 Development of nominal earnings by severals breakdowns, change in %

Tables on the subject: Development of nominal earnings by severals breakdowns, change in %

Date: April 3, 2025 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by enterprises and economic branch, in Germany 2024

Date: April 3, 2025 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by enterprises and economic branch, in Germany 2024

Date: February 26, 2025 Index of real earnings

Tables on the subject: The development of real earnings, nominal earnings and consumer prices in annual average.

Date: February 13, 2025 Unadjusted Gender Pay Gap (GPG) by economic sector

Tables on the subject: Gender Pay Gap by economic sector 2014 to 2024 (unadjusted)

Date: January 23, 2025 Unadjusted Gender Pay Gap (GPG) by Länder

Tables on the subject: Gender Pay Gap by Länder 2014 to 2024 (unadjusted)

Date: July 29, 2024 Quality Report - Earnings Survey

Quality Report - Earnings Survey

Purpose of the statistics: Data input for several sets of short-term economic and structural statistics, representation of short-term trends in gross earnings and working hours (by sex and requirement level) as well …

Date: June 1, 2023 Collective agreements

Tables on the subject: Selected agreed pay rises

Press release No. 209 of 31 May 2023 Agreed earnings in 1^st quarter of 2023 up 2.7% year on year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average of 2.7% in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the same quarter a year earlier. This is shown by the index of agreed monthly earnings including extra payments. Agreed earnings excluding extra payments …

Press release No. 166 of 27 April 2023 After revision: real earnings down 4.0% in 2022 from 2021

According to revised results, nominal earnings in Germany rose by an annual average of 2.6% in 2022 on a year earlier. The increase is 0.9 percentage points lower than published on 1 March 2023 on the old basis. On account of the redesign of the …

Press release No. N 020 of 23 March 2023 Short-distance transport: Proportion of the 55 plus age group among bus and tram drivers above average

Smoothly running short-distance transport is crucial for the envisaged transformation of mobility. This requires bus and tram drivers especially for the introduction of the Germany ticket in public short-distance passenger transport. However, many of …

Press release No. 084 of 6 March 2023 New “gender overall earnings gap” indicator broadens the perspective of earnings inequality

The gender pay gap is regarded as the central indicator of earnings inequality between women and men. Earnings inequality does not only refer to gross hourly earnings, however. There will be earnings consequences in the medium to long term if people …

Press release No. 081 of 2 March 2023 Agreed earnings in 2022 up 2.2% on the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average 2.2% in 2022 compared with the annual average of 2021. This is shown by the index of agreed monthly earnings including extra payments. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that agreed …

Press release No. 078 of 1 March 2023 Real earnings down 3.1% in 2022 year on year

The index of nominal earnings in Germany rose by 3.5% in 2022 compared with a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings of employees including extra payments. Inflation rate at +8.7% in January 2023.The Federal …

Press release No. 048 of 7 February 2023 Real earnings down 4.1% in 2022 year on year

According to provisional results of the earnings survey, the index of nominal earnings in Germany increased by an annual average of 3.4% in 2022 compared with a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings of employees …

Press release No. 036 of 30 January 2023 Gender pay gap 2022: hourly earnings of women 18% lower than those of men

Women in Germany earned an average of 18% less per hour than men in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the average gross hourly earnings of women (20.05 euros) were by 4.31 euros lower than those of men (24.36 euros). When …

Date: January 30, 2023 Unadjusted Gender Pay Gap (GPG) by economic sector

Tables on the subject: Gender Pay Gap by economic sector 2014 to 2022 (unadjusted)

Date: January 30, 2023 Unadjusted Gender Pay Gap (GPG) by Länder

Tables on the subject: Gender Pay Gap by Länder 2014 to 2022 (unadjusted)

Press release No. N070 of 14 December 2022 Below-average increase of 6% in earnings of postal and parcel service employees in the last ten years

In the time before Christmas, post and parcel deliverers are particularly busy. The continuing boom in e-commerce has also contributed to the significant growth of demand for parcel industry services and of the relevant turnover. The increase in …

Press release No. 497 of 29 November 2022 High inflation led to a 5.7% decrease in real earnings in the 3^rd quarter of 2022

The continuing high inflation in Germany again led to a decrease in real earnings in the third quarter of 2022. The index of nominal earnings was up 2.3% in the third quarter of 2022 on a year earlier according to provisional results of the new …

Press release No. 496 of 25 November 2022 Number of low-wage jobs down by 0.5 million in April 2022 from April 2018

Nearly one in five persons in dependent employment (19%) worked in the low-wage sector in Germany in April 2022. This means that roughly 7.5 million jobs were low-wage jobs earning less than a gross 12.50 euros per hour. The number of low-paid jobs …

Press release No. 481 of 16 November 2022 Christmas bonus in 2022 for just under 86% of employees covered by collective agreements

85.7% of employees covered by collective agreements in Germany will receive a Christmas bonus in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the proportion of employees covered by collective agreements and entitled to a Christmas …

Press release No. 361 of 29 August 2022 High inflation led to a 4.4% decrease in real earnings in the 2^nd quarter of 2022

The continuing high inflation in Germany again led to a decrease in real earnings in the second quarter of 2022. The index of nominal earnings was up 2.9% in the second quarter of 2022 on a year earlier according to provisional results of the new …

Press release No. 220 of 30 May 2022 Agreed earnings in the 1^st quarter of 2022: +4.0% on the same quarter of the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average of 4.0% in the first quarter of 2022, year on year. The result includes the agreed basic remuneration and the extra payments provided for in wage settlements. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …

Press release No. 219 of 30 May 2022 Real earnings in 1^st quarter of 2022: -1.8% on the same quarter of the previous year

The high inflation in Germany led to a decrease in real earnings in the first quarter of 2022. The index of nominal earnings in the first quarter of 2022 was up 4.0% on a year earlier according to first provisional results of the new earnings survey …

Press release No. N 026 of 11 May 2022 Number of people working in hospital nursing care up 18% in ten years

The demand for labour in nursing care has been growing for years. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the skilled labour shortage and the working conditions in nursing care have come even more into focus. To mark International Nurses Day on 12 …

Date: May 5, 2022 Labour cost comparison across EU countries (annual estimate of labour costs)

Tables on the subject: Labour costs per hour worked in 2023 by economic sectors (NACE). Position of computations: 4th quarter 2023 by B to N Business economy, C Manufacturing and G to N Business services

Press release No. N 023 of 4 May 2022 Truck traffic: one third of all professional drivers are aged 55 or over

The current shortage of supplies and the problems regarding global supply chains have drawn the attention to the importance professional drivers have for keeping the economy running – about three quarters of the transport performance in freight …

Press release No. 127 of 24 March 2022 Real earnings down 0.1% in 2021 year on year

According to final results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the index of nominal earnings in Germany increased by just under 3.1% in 2021 compared with a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings including extra …