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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 earnings survey with data collection starting in January 2022, the indices of nominal and real earnings have now been rebased to 2022 and earlier results revised. The index of nominal earnings reflects the development of gross monthly earnings of employees including extra payments. Consumer prices rose by 6.9% in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that real earnings have thus decreased by an average 4.0% compared with 2021, following their previous downward trend in the last two crisis years. In line with the development of nominal earnings, the decline was 0.9 percentage points higher than had been determined using the provisional calculation basis.

1 March 2023 Real earnings down 3.1% in 2022 year on year

7 February 2023 Real earnings down 4.1% in 2022 year on year

29 November 2022 High inflation led to a 5.7% decrease in real earnings in the 3^rd quarter of 2022

29 August 2022 High inflation led to a 4.4% decrease in real earnings in the 2^nd quarter of 2022

30 May 2022 Real earnings in 1^st quarter of 2022: -1.8% on the same quarter of the previous year

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