| Income, receipts and expenditure | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1: Excluding households of farmers and self-employed persons as well as households with a monthly net household income of EUR 18,000 and over. Source: Continuous household budget surveys. | |||||
| Averages per household and month in EUR | |||||
| Gross household income | 4,337 | 4,474 | 4,734 | 4,715 | 4,979 |
| Gross income from employment | 2,751 | 2,864 | 3,063 | 2,979 | 3,136 |
| Gross income from dependent employment | 2,718 | 2,831 | 3,030 | 2,958 | 3,104 |
| Gross income from self-employment | 33 | 33 | 33 | 21 | 32 |
| Property income | 421 | 437 | 404 | 410 | 434 |
| Income from public transfer payments | 961 | 980 | 1,031 | 1,075 | 1,155 |
| Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from subletting | 205 | 193 | 236 | 252 | 253 |
| Minus: | |||||
| Taxes and expenses | 1,058 | 1,114 | 1,198 | 1,143 | 1,213 |
| Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge | 475 | 500 | 553 | 516 | 538 |
| Compulsory social security contributions | 583 | 615 | 644 | 627 | 675 |
| Plus: | |||||
| Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insurance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insurance | 33 | 37 | 41 | 37 | 44 |
| Subsidies of pension insurance funds towards voluntary or private health insurance | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Net household income | 3,314 | 3,399 | 3,580 | 3,612 | 3,813 |
| Plus: | |||||
| Receipts from selling goods and other receipts | 60 | 61 | 65 | 69 | 67 |
| Disposable income and receipts | 3,374 | 3,461 | 3,645 | 3,681 | 3,880 |
| Income from property change and loans | 913 | 849 | 1,018 | 1,087 | 1,053 |
| Private consumption expenditure | 2,480 | 2,517 | 2,574 | 2,507 | 2,623 |
| Other expenditure | 1,698 | 1,678 | 1,959 | 2,049 | 2,171 |
As at 02 December 2022