As of 2023, the average annual wage of Germany was 48,301 euros per year, a growth of almost 6,000 Euros when compared with 2000. From 2000 until 2007, wages rose by less than a thousand euros, with wage growth accelerating mainly in the period after 2010. Comparisons with rest of the EU Within the European Union Luxembourg had an average annual salary of almost 80 thousand Euros, with Germany having an annual salary comparable to other large European Countries, such as the United Kingdom and France. In neighboring Poland, the average annual salary was just over 39 thousand U.S dollars, meaning that German’s earned, on average, 20 percent more than what their Polish counterparts did. German economy slowing in 2023 While Germany initially had one of the strongest recoveries from the 2008 financial crash and as of 2020 had the largest economy in Europe its economy has started to slow in recent years. For 2023 the German economy is contracted by 0.26 percent, and while 2024 marked a slight improvement, the expectations are that 2025 remains a year of slow growth.

Wages in Germany increased to 4479 EUR/Month in 2023 from 4244 EUR/Month in 2022. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Germany Average Gross Monthly Earnings - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

A structured overview of the average, net, median, and minimum wage in Germany for 2025. This dataset combines original market research conducted by KUMMUNI GmbH with publicly available data from the German Federal Statistical Office. It includes values with and without bonuses, hourly minimum wage, and take-home pay after tax.

In April 2023, full-time employees in the financial and insurance activities sector had the highest average gross monthly earnings in Germany, at 5,841 euros. Other high-earning sectors in this ranking included information and communication and electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply.

Key information about Germany Monthly Earnings

• Germany Monthly Earnings stood at 5,369 USD in Dec 2024, compared with the previous figure of 5,026 USD in Sep 2024
• Germany Monthly Earnings data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1991 to Dec 2024, with an average number of 3,739 USD
• The data reached the an all-time high of 5,369 USD in Dec 2024 and a record low of 2,213 USD in Jun 1991

CEIC calculates quarterly Monthly Earnings from quarterly Compensation per Employee divided by 3 and converts it into USD. Statistisches Bundesamt provides Compensation per Employee in EUR. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Monthly Earnings include wages and salaries and the employers' actual and imputed social contributions.


Further information about Germany Monthly Earnings

• In the latest reports, Germany Population reached 85 million people in Dec 2023
• Unemployment Rate of Germany remained the same at 3 % in Dec 2024
• The country's Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 56 % in Jun 2024

In 2024, the average monthly wage of women in Germany was ***** euros. Men had a higher monthly salary at ***** euros. Generally, wages increased yearly.

Germany had an average salary of 65.7 thousand U.S dollars per year in 2023, the highest among the five largest European economies. Germany has consistently had the highest wages in Europe over the last thirty years. Many countries in Europe experienced a significant decrease in their average wage level following the global financial crisis of 2008, with France and Germany bucking this trend by retaining robust wage growth. While British wages have stagnated since the crash, only surpassing their 2007 level in 2019, Italian and Spanish wages have in fact fallen, driven by the macroeconomic troubles of these countries since the Eurozone crisis.

Wages in Germany increased 1.20 percent in March of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Germany Wage Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Wages in Manufacturing in Germany increased to 103.52 points in April from 101 points in March of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Germany Hourly Wages in Manufacturing Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The analysis of real wages has a long tradition in Germany. The focus of the acquisition is on company wages, on wages of certain branches or for categories of workers as well as on the investigation of long term aggregated nominal and real wages. The study of Ashok V. Desai on the development of real wages in the German Reich between 1871 and 1913 is an important contribution to historical research on wages. The study is innovative and methodically on an exemplary level. But mainly responsible for the upswing in the historical research on wages in the 50s and 60s is an extraordinary publication by Jürgen Kuczynski. “The new historical research on wages in Germany is insolubly connected with Jürgen Kuczynski. In his broad researches the history of wages is only one section among many other themes but it is a very important one can be seen as the core piece of his work.” (Kaufhold, K.H., 1987: Forschungen zur deutschen Preis- und Lohngeschichte (seit 1930). In: Historia Socialis et Oeconomica. Festschrift für Wolfgang Zorn zum 65. Geburtstag. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, S, 83). In his first study on long series on nominal and real wages in Germany he used a broad empirical basis and encouraged more research in this area. His weaknesses are methodological inconsistencies and a restricted representativeness. For example he includes tariff wages but also actually paid wages. Some important industries like food or textile industry are not taken into account. Wages in agriculture were often estimated but without enough material necessary for a good estimation. Wages for work at home are not regraded in the calculation of the index. The weight of cities in the calculation of the index is relatively too high compared to rural regions and therefor it leaks regional representativeness.In his study Desai uses the reports of trade associations for the Reich´s insurance office on the persons who are insured in the accident insurance and their wages as a basis for the calculation of annual nominal average wages. Desais focusses on industrial wages because only for them long term series are available. As the insurance premiums are calculated according to the income level the documents of the trade associations can be used for the calculation of an index for wages development. Desais study is also very useful regarding the calculation of a new index for costs of living based the model of a typical worker family. „F. Grumbach and H. König have used the same sources to derive indices of industrial earnings. The main differences between their series and ours are: (a) we have adopted the industrial classification followed by the Reichsversicherungsamt, while Grumbach and König have made larger industrial groups, (b) we have calculated average annual earnings, while they claim to have calculated average daily earnings (i.e. to have adjusted the annual figures for the average number of days worked per year per worker), and (c) they have failed to correct distortions in the original data” (Desai, A.V., 1968: Real Wages in Germany 1871–1913. Oxford. Clarendon Press, S. 4). Register of tables in HISTAT:A. OverviewsA.1 Overview: Different estimations of the real and nominal gross wages in the German Reich, index 1913 = 100 (1871-1913)A.2 Overview: Development of costs of living, index 1913 = 100 (1871-1913)A.3 Overview: Development of nominal and real wages, index 1913=100 (1844-1937) D. Study by Ashok V. DesaiD.01 Different estimations of real wages in the German Reich, index 1895 = 100 (1871-1913)D.02 Annual average wage (1871-1886)D.03 Annual gross wages in chosen production segments (1887-1913)D.04 Annual average wage in industry, transportation and trade (1871-1913)D.05 Construction of an index for costs of living, 1895 = 100 (1871-1913)D.06 Real wages, in constant prices from 1895 (1871-1913)D.07 Wheat prices and prices for wheat bread (1872-1913)D.08 Rye prices and prices for rye bread (1872-1913)D.09 Average export prices by product groups, index 1895 = 100 (1872-1913)D.10 Average import prices by product groups, index 1895 = 100 (1872-1913)D.11 Average export prices, import prices and terms of trade, index 1895 = 100 (1872-1913) O. Study by Thomas J. OrsaghO. Adjusted indices for costs of living and real wages after Orsgah, index 1913 = 100 (1871-1913)

The latest data indicates that the average yearly salary in Germany is approximately EUR 48,000. This figure can vary significantly based on factors such as job role, experience level, and the specific industry of employment. The median monthly gross salary in Germany is estimated to be EUR 4,000, with variations depending on the region.

In 2023, men in Germany who were employed full-time earned a monthly average of 4,702 euros. This figure has been increasing during the whole period displayed. The timeline at hand shows the average monthly gross earnings of men employed full-time in Germany from 1991 to 2023.

The average net annual salary per employee in Germany amounted to around 32,367 euros in 2024. Around 7,500 German households had a monthly net income of 5,000 euros or more that year.

The study constructs new series of nominal wages in industry and crafts as well as a new consumer goods price index for the period 1850-1889; the coefficient of the two series gives the real wage. While such information was collected and published by government agencies from the late 1880s onwards, the decades before are part of the pre-statistical age. After all, information is available from municipal authorities, from branches of territorial state authorities and from individual companies. For the construction of a new nominal wage series, the current study refer to Kuczynski´s material (1961/62), supplements it with information from individual studies of the past 50 years, and constructs wage indices for the heavy ironware, machine construction, mining, printing, and municipal construction industries on this basis by means of unbalanced panel regression with fixed effects. Of the 38 individual wage series on which these sector indices are based, 27 come from Kuczynski, the remainder from more recent studies. Wages in the textile sector are represented by those in the cotton industry. The study uses the wage series published by Kirchhain (1977). Weighted according to employment figures, all these sector-specific series (excluding miners´ wages) are aggregated into a Fisher index of nominal wages in industry and crafts. Both this index and the indices at sector level are linked in 1888/89 with the series by Hoffmann (1965); the resulting values denote annual earnings in Marks. The sector indices differ little from those of Kuczynski and Hoffmann despite the expansion of the database and the different methodology of index construction, but the aggregated index shows a stronger growth rate than that of Kuczynski; the latter index is obviously erroneous (Pfister 2018, 576). The consumer goods price index is based on five sub-indices for (1) food, (2) beverages and luxury foods, (3) rent, (4) furniture, household goods and heating, and (5) clothing. The sub-indices for food and rent are new, the other three are from Hoffmann (1965). Weights are determined for 1848/49 and 1889 on the basis of research literature, values in between are interpolated linearly. Both the sub-index of food prices and the overall index are constructed as Fisher indices. Both the rental index and the food prices rise more strongly in the long term than the two corresponding Hoffmann indices (Pfister 2018, 578 and 582). Hoffmann constructs the rental price index only indirectly by multiplying the estimated building capital by an assumed interest rate. The rent index of the current study is based on data from three major cities. Only if it is assumed that large cities are completely unrepresentative for the entire real estate market should Hoffmann´s series still be considered. In the case of food prices, the comparatively stronger long-term increase - compared to previous research - results from the higher weight of prices from the southern parts of the country far from the sea in the new sub-index. Here, the price dampening effect of growing imports of American grain had a weaker effect than in the coastal regions in the north. Thus, one of the main findings of the study is that the assessment of the development of the living standards of urban workers from the 1850s to 1880s strongly depends on how one determines the effect of the first wave of modern globalization on the German price structure. The greater consideration given in this study to food prices in areas distant from the sea results in a more pessimistic view of the development of real wages during this period than has been the case with some previous research. To the data: 1. individual wage series (table set A.01) This set of tables contains wage series from six branches at the level of regions, cities, individual enterprises and in one case (cotton industry) an entire branch. Only series containing data for at least 15 years were taken into account. In detail, the series are the following:Heavy IronwareBochum 1869-1889: Average annual income of the workers of the Bochumer Verein (steelworks) in Mark; Däbritz (1934, Annex Table 4).Essen 1848-1889: Average annual income of the workers of the Krupp works in Mark; Kuczynksi (1961-62, vol. I, 377, vol. II, 227, vol. III, 426).Ruhr 1855-1889: Average annual income of the workers at the blast furnaces in the Ruhr district in Mark; banks (2000, Table A59).Saar 1869-1889: Day wage of workers at the blast furnaces of the Burbach Ironworks in Mark; Kuczynksi (1961-62, vol. III, 426).Silesia 1869-1889: Average annual income of workers at the blast furnaces in Silesia in Mark; banks (2000, Table A59). Machine constructionAugsburg 1851-1889: Average annual income of the workers of the Machine Factory Augsburg in Mark; Vol. II, 227; Kuczynski (1961-62, Vol. III, 426).Chemnitz 1860-1887: Weekly wage of machinists in Mark; Kuczynski (1961-62, vol. II, 227; vol. III, 426).Esslingen 1848-1889: Average annual income of workers at the Ess...

Germany Gross Wages & Salaries: per Hour: Manufacturing data was reported at 44.150 EUR in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 39.800 EUR for Sep 2024. Germany Gross Wages & Salaries: per Hour: Manufacturing data is updated quarterly, averaging 25.715 EUR from Mar 1991 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 136 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.360 EUR in Jun 2024 and a record low of 12.980 EUR in Mar 1991. Germany Gross Wages & Salaries: per Hour: Manufacturing data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Statistisches Bundesamt. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.G038: Compensation of Employees, Gross Wages and Salaries: ESA 2010.

The average net monthly salary in Germany amounted to 2,697 euros in 2024. Figures generally increased annually during the timeline shown in the graph. Germany recorded the highest average salaries compared to other leading EU economies.

The present study aims to estimate the development of employment and wages in Germany based on accident insurance statistics. Data on the number of insured persons allow an estimation of employment by economic groups. Thereby it is important to take the increasing share of insured persons in the entire labor force in consideration. Data from the accident insurance is suitable for wage statistics because besides the values of the earned wages it also contains numbers on the yearly average of employees corrected for the number of working days. The investigation period is from 1888 to 1954 with the exception of the years of war and hyperinflation. The first three years after the introduction of the accident insurance are not taken into account as there are no reliable documents for this period. The analysis is restricted to the economic sectors which were subject to compulsory insurance since the beginning of the investigation period: industry, crafts and traffic. In the sector of traffic extra sources for data on railways were used. The increasing significance of the industrial sector regarding the overall economic employment volume as well as the income generation can be seen looking at the development of the number of employees and wages in relation to the per capita income growth. The industrialization process leads to structural changes in the entire economy which results in a steady relative decline in the agrarian sector. Within the industrial sector most chances and developments are in favor of the industries producing mainly investment goods. This process causes that the growth rates of industrial employment, of average wages and of the wage level primarily depend on those industry groups. Due to these different growth processes within the industrial sector a theoretical differentiation of the wage structure of both groups is necessary because the investment goods industries which has a higher need of expansion need to pay higher wages in order to get the necessary workforce for their expansion. At the beginning of the first world war the wage difference between the two industry groups has increased to 36,5% in 1913 ( it was only 26,5% in 1888). But in the following years there is not such a strong tendency. Probably the increasing power of trade unions caused a consolidation of the “traditional” wage structure. This is also supported by the fact that wage differences between all industries are quite small in the period after the First World War. The increases in real wages during the investigation period are smaller than 100%. This results in a yearly average increase of ca 1%. This is a development of real wages on a significantly lower level compared to other countries such as Sweden, France, Great Britain and The US. A reason for this is the missing real wage increase during the years of war and the first years after the war. Register of tables in HISTAT: - Working population in thousands with their main profession in Germany (1882-1950)- Employees in Germany (1882-1954)- Index number for costs of living, nominal wages and real wages in Germany (1888-1954)- Development of average wages in the industry groups in the German (1888-1912)- Shares of different industry groups in the total labor force in Germany (1882-1954)

About this dataset

Context

The dataset presents median income data over a decade or more for males and females categorized by Total, Full-Time Year-Round (FT), and Part-Time (PT) employment in New Germany. It showcases annual income, providing insights into gender-specific income distributions and the disparities between full-time and part-time work. The dataset can be utilized to gain insights into gender-based pay disparity trends and explore the variations in income for male and female individuals.

Key observations: Insights from 2023

Based on our analysis ACS 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates, we present the following observations: - All workers, aged 15 years and older: In New Germany, the median income for all workers aged 15 years and older, regardless of work hours, was $53,438 for males and $33,889 for females.

These income figures highlight a substantial gender-based income gap in New Germany. Women, regardless of work hours, earn 63 cents for each dollar earned by men. This significant gender pay gap, approximately 37%, underscores concerning gender-based income inequality in the city of New Germany.

- Full-time workers, aged 15 years and older: In New Germany, among full-time, year-round workers aged 15 years and older, males earned a median income of $62,778, while females earned $47,813, leading to a 24% gender pay gap among full-time workers. This illustrates that women earn 76 cents for each dollar earned by men in full-time roles. This analysis indicates a widening gender pay gap, showing a substantial income disparity where women, despite working full-time, face a more significant wage discrepancy compared to men in the same roles.

Surprisingly, the gender pay gap percentage was higher across all roles, including non-full-time employment, for women compared to men. This suggests that full-time employment offers a more equitable income scenario for women compared to other employment patterns in New Germany.

Content

When available, the data consists of estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019-2023 5-Year Estimates. All incomes have been adjusting for inflation and are presented in 2023-inflation-adjusted dollars.

Gender classifications include:

• Male
• Female

Employment type classifications include:

• Full-time, year-round: A full-time, year-round worker is a person who worked full time (35 or more hours per week) and 50 or more weeks during the previous calendar year.
• Part-time: A part-time worker is a person who worked less than 35 hours per week during the previous calendar year.

Variables / Data Columns

• Year: This column presents the data year. Expected values are 2010 to 2023
• Male Total Income: Annual median income, for males regardless of work hours
• Male FT Income: Annual median income, for males working full time, year-round
• Male PT Income: Annual median income, for males working part time
• Female Total Income: Annual median income, for females regardless of work hours
• Female FT Income: Annual median income, for females working full time, year-round
• Female PT Income: Annual median income, for females working part time

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This study examines the short-term effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on hourly wages, monthly wages and paid working hours. We exploit a novel panel dataset by linking the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) 2014 and the Earn-ings Survey (ES) 2015 and apply a difference-in-differences approach at the establishment level. The results indicate an effect of the introduction of the statutory minimum wage on the average hourly wages of employees in minimum wage establishments of up to 5.9 percent. Due to negative effects on average working time of approximately minus 3.1 percent, the effects on monthly gross earnings are smaller but still amount to up to 2.7 percent on aver-age. The results further suggest that the minimum wage effects on earnings were greater among low-wage employees than on average, in eastern Germany than in western Germany, and among part-time employees and marginal employees than among full-time employees.