This page will no longer be updated. It contains results from the continuous household budget surveys and the sample survey of income and expenditure up to the 2021 survey year.

The European EU-SILC survey is the official main data source for measuring income, the risk of poverty and living conditions. Therefore, current results for household income can be found under income, living conditions, risk of poverty.

Current results for household expenditure from the continuous household budget surveys and the sample survey of income and expenditure can be found under consumption expenditure.

Receipts, expenditure Income, receipts and expenditure of households, New Länder and Berlin

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households1 in the time comparison2
New Länder and Berlin
Income, receipts and expenditure20162017201920202021

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.
2: In the year 2018 not part of the survey.
() = Limited informational value because the numerical value based on the number of households (25 to under 100 households) is of limited statistical reliability (relative standard error of 10% to under 20%).

Source: Continuous household budget surveys.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross house­hold income3,5153,6613,9063,9484,231
Gross income from employment2,2142,3262,4952,4862,673
Gross income from dependent employment2,1932,3072,4762,4752,654
Gross income from self-employment(21)(19)(19)(11)(19)
Property income230250233256284
Income from public transfer payments9539671,0161,0751,131
Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from sub­letting117116162131142
Minus:
Taxes and expenses810873939925992
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge329360402392417
Compulsory social security contributions481512538533575
Plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insurance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insurance17(19)(21)22(26)
Subsidies of pension insurance funds towards voluntary or private health insurance(2)(2)(2)(2)(1)
Net household income2,7242,8082,9893,0473,266
Plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts4354626058
Disposable income and receipts2,7682,8623,0503,1063,324
Income from property change and loans628599544608661
Private consumption expenditure2,0782,1242,2142,1552,318
Other expenditure1,2281,2391,2461,3831,486

As at December 2, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households
New Länder and Berlin1
Income, receipts and expenditure19982003200820132018

1: Until 2009: New Länder and Berlin-East, from 2010: New Länder and Berlin.

2: Since 1 January 2009 including contri­butions to private health insurance and voluntary contri­butions to statutory health insu­rance.

3: Other taxes, voluntary contri­butions to statutory pension, insu­rance premiums, other transfers and expen­ditures, interest paid on loans, and statisti­cal difference.

| = Funda­mental change within a series affecting com­parisons over time.

– = No figures or magnitude zero.

Source: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross household income2,5972,8252,867| 3,2153,927
Gross income from employ­ment1,5311,5521,7231, 9812,478
Gross income from dependent employment1,4231,4281,580| 1,8172,262
Gross income from self-employment108124143164216
Property income176225211235266
Income from public transfer payments8219468258731,005
Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from sub­letting68103107126178
minus:
Taxes and social charges522532576708932
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge215221250284396
Compulsory social security contri­butions2307311326| 424536
plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards volun­tary or private health insu­rance and towards long-term care insu­rance in cases of volun­tary or private health insu­rance- - - | 1218
Subsidies of pension insu­rance funds towards voluntary or private health insu­rance- - - | 12
Net household income2,0752,2932,292| 2,5213,015
plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts3732363752
Disposable income and receipts2,1122,3252,328| 2,5583,066
Income from property change and loans444514638660712
Private consumption expen­diture1,7111,8281,857| 2,0482,329
Other expen­diture8829821,129| 1,1341,389
memo­randum item:
Remaining expendi­ture3173279258307372
Savings228219213203365

As at February 28, 2020

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