Press release No. 176 of 30 May 2016
WIESBADEN – In the first quarter of 2016, the collectively agreed monthly earnings in Germany, including extra payments, were up by an average of 2.1% from the same quarter last year. The items included in the calculation were the agreed basic remuneration and agreed extra payments such as one-off payments, annual extra payments or agreed back payments. Consumer prices went up by 0.3% over the same period.