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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. 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. 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. 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 …

Press release No. 088 of 7 March 2022 Gender pay gap 2021: hourly earnings of women again 18% lower than those of men

Women in Germany earned an average of 18% less per hour than men in 2021. The pay gap between women and men, that is, the unadjusted gender pay gap, remained unchanged compared with the previous year. To coincide with the Equal Pay Day on 7 March …

Press release No. 080 of 1 March 2022 Agreed earnings in 2021 up 1.3% on the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average 1.3% in 2021 compared with the annual average of 2020. This is shown by the index of agreed monthly earnings including extra payments. The provisional result published by press release on 16 December 2021 …

Press release No. N 008 of 23 February 2022 Minimum wages in the EU: between 332 euros and 2,257 euros in gross terms per month

The statutory minimum wage in Germany has stood at 9.82 euros per hour since 1 January 2022. Arithmetically, this corresponds to a minimum wage level of 1,621 euros per month (in gross terms) for a full-time job. The Federal Statistical Office ( …

Press release No. 065 of 16 February 2022 Real earnings expected to be down 0.1% in 2021 year on year

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

Press release No. 589 of 21 December 2021 3^rd quarter of 2021: real earnings unchanged from the same quarter a year earlier

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 …

Press release No. 586 of 20 December 2021 7.8 million low-wage jobs in April 2021  

Slightly more than one in five persons in dependent employment (21%) worked in the low-wage sector in Germany in April 2021. This means that roughly 7.8 million jobs were low-wage jobs earning less than a gross 12.27 euros per hour. The Federal …

Press release No. 579 of 16 December 2021 Agreed earnings in 2021 expected to be up 1.3% on 2020

Based on provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the collectively agreed earnings in Germany are expected to increase by 1.3% in 2021, on an annual average, compared with 2020. This would be the lowest increase in …

Press release No. 543 of 30 November 2021 Agreed earnings in the 3^rd quarter of 2021: +0.9% on the same quarter of the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average of 0.9% in the third quarter of 2021 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. This was the smallest increase since the beginning of the time series in 2010. The result includes the agreed …

Press release No. 504 of 1 November 2021 Nearly 9 in 10 employees covered by collective agreements will receive a Christmas bonus in 2021

87.2% percent of employees covered by collective agreements in Germany will receive a Christmas bonus in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the proportion of employees covered by collective agreements and entitled to a …

Press release No. 446 of 22 September 2021 2^nd quarter of 2021: real earnings up 3.0% year on year

Press release No. 407 of 30 August 2021 Agreed earnings in the 2nd quarter of 2021: +1.9% on the same quarter of the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average of 1.9% in the second 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 …

Date: August 12, 2021 The gender pay gap

A cause analysis based on the structure of earnings survey 2018.

Following on from previous analyses, this article presents results on the unadjusted and adjusted gender pay gap (GPG) based on the structure of earnings survey for 2018 and explains …

Date: July 6, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by enterprises and economic branch, New Länder 2018

Date: July 6, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by enterprises and economic branch, New Länder 2018

Date: July 6, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by enterprises and economic branch, Former territory 2018

Date: July 6, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by enterprises and economic branch, Former territory 2018

Date: July 5, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by employees and economic branch, Former territory 2018

Date: July 1, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by employees and economic branch, Germany 2018

Date: July 1, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage of employees by sex, agreed hours of work, performance group and enterprise size class

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage of employees, by sex, agreed hours of work, performance group and enterprise size class 2018

Date: July 1, 2021 Collective bargaining coverage

Tables on the subject: Collective bargaining coverage, by employees and economic branch, New Länder 2018

Press release No. 300 of 28 June 2021 1^st quarter of 2021: real earnings down 2.0% year on year

The index of nominal earnings in Germany was down by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2021 on the same quarter a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings including extra payments. Consumer prices rose by 1.3% in the same …

Press release No. 252 of 28 May 2021 Agreed earnings in the 1^st quarter of 2021: +1.3% on the same quarter of the previous year

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 …

Press release No. N 032 of 11 May 2021 Wages in long-term care: gross earnings of skilled staff in hospitals and homes in 2020 up by roughly one third on 2010

There was a lack of nursing staff in Germany even before the coronavirus crisis. Since the pandemic broke out, however, there have been more and more reports about staff shortage and overburdened nurses in hospitals and homes and there have been many …

Date: May 3, 2021 Wide comparison of non-wage costs in the European Union

9Tables on the subject: Non-wage costs in relation to gross earnings in the business economy (NACE B-N) in 2020. Employers paid an additional x euros of non-wage costs per 100 euros of gross earnings

Date: April 12, 2021 Quality Report - Quarterly Earnings Survey

Quality Report - Quarterly 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 performance …

Press release No. 143 of 24 March 2021 Real earnings down 1.1% in 2020 year on year

According to final results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the index of nominal earnings in Germany decreased by an average of 0.7% in 2020 compared with a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings including …

Press release No. 106 of 9 March 2021 Gender pay gap 2020: women earned 18% less than men

Women in Germany earned 18% less than men in 2020. The earnings difference between men and women, the unadjusted gender pay gap, was one percentage point lower than in 2019. It has to be noted that special effects due to short-time work in the …

Press release No. 091 of 1 March 2021 Agreed earnings in 2020: +2.1% on the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average 2.1% in 2020 compared with 2019. This is shown by the index of agreed monthly earnings including extra payments. The provisional result released on 21 December 2020 (+2.1%) is thus confirmed. This has …

Press release No. 070 of 17 February 2021 Real earnings down 1.0% in 2020 year on year

According to provisional results of the quarterly survey of earnings, the index of nominal earnings in Germany decreased by an annual average of just over 0.6% in 2020 compared with a year earlier. The index reflects the development of gross monthly …

Press release No. 528 of 22 December 2020 3^rd quarter of 2020: real earnings down 1.3% on the same quarter a year earlier

The index of nominal earnings in Germany was down by 1.3% in the third quarter of 2020 on the same quarter a year earlier. This index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings including extra payments. The Federal Statistical Office …

Press release No. 524 of 21 December 2020 Agreed earnings in 2020 expected to be up 2.1% on 2019

Based on provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the collectively agreed earnings are expected to increase by 2.1% in 2020, on an annual average, compared with 2019. This would be the lowest increase of agreed earnings …

Press release No. 503 of 14 December 2020 Temporary work in 2018: median gross hourly earnings 24% below those of the total economy

In April 2018, the median earnings of temporary employees amounted to 12.66 euros per hour. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was 3.92 euros or nearly a quarter (24%) less than the median gross hourly earnings in the …

Press release No. 484 of 8 December 2020 Gender pay gap under 20% for the first time in 2019

Women in Germany earned an average 19% less than men in 2019. The earnings difference between men and women, the unadjusted gender pay gap, thus was 1 percentage point lower than in 2018, falling under 20% for the first time, according to revised …

Press release No. 473 of 30 November 2020 Agreed earnings in the 3^rd quarter of 2020: +1.2% on the same quarter of the previous year

Agreed earnings in Germany rose by an average of 1.2% in the third quarter of 2020, year on year. This was the lowest increase on the same quarter a year earlier since the second quarter of 2011 (also 1.2%). The result includes the agreed basic …

Press release No. 447 of 11 November 2020 Christmas bonus in 2020 for 87.4% of employees covered by collective agreements

Nearly 9 in 10 employees covered by collective agreements (87.4%) in Germany will receive a Christmas bonus in 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this proportion is slightly larger than in 2019 (86.9%). The collectively …

Press release No. 423 of 27 October 2020 Earnings by occupation: interactive salary comparison is online

The choice of an occupation depends on many factors. It is a known fact, however, that it largely determines the level of future earnings. For example, those who are uncertain whether to start an apprenticeship as a hairdresser or in mechatronics …

Press release No. 416 of 21 October 2020 8 million low-wage jobs in 2018

Slightly more than one in five persons in dependent employment (21%) worked in the low-wage sector in Germany in April 2018. This means that roughly eight million jobs were low-wage jobs (pay of less than a gross 11.05 euros per hour). The Federal …

Date: October 15, 2020 Comparison of labour costs and competitiveness in the EU 2000 to 2019

Labour costs per hour worked are an important indicator for assessing the international competitiveness of economies. These costs can be influenced in the short term by economic policy and business management measures in order to improve …

Press release No. 366 of 22 September 2020 2^nd quarter of 2020: real earnings down 4.7% year on year

The index of nominal earnings in Germany was down by 4.0% in the second quarter of 2020 on the same quarter a year earlier. This index reflects the development of gross monthly earnings including extra payments. The Federal Statistical Office …