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 by territory

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households 2021 by territory1
Income, receipts and expenditureGermanyFormer territory of the Federal Republic excluding Berlin-WestNew Länder and Berlin

1: Excluding households of farmers and selfemployed persons as well as households with a monthly net household income of EUR 18,000 and over.
() = 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 income4,9795,1734,231
Gross income from employment3,1363,2572,673
Gross income from dependent employment3,1043,2212,654
Gross income from self-employment3236(19)
Property income434474284
Income from public transfer payments1,1551,1621,131
Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from subletting253282142
Minus:
Taxes and expenses1,2131,270992
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge538570417
Compulsory social security contri­butions675701575
Plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insurance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insurance4448(26)
Subsidies of pension insurance funds towards voluntary or private health insurance34(1)
Net household income3,8133,9553,266
Plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts676958
Disposable income and receipts3,8804,0243,324
Income from property change and loans1,0531,155661
Private consumption expenditure2,6232,7032,318
Other expenditure2,1712,3491,486

As at December 2, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households 2018 by territory
Income, receipts and expenditureGermany

Former territory
of the Federal Republic

excluding Berlin-West

New Länder
and Berlin

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

Source: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure.

Averages per household and month in EUR
Gross household income4,8465,0863,927
Gross income from employ­ment3,1223,2902,478
Gross income from dependent employ­ment2,8172,9632,262
Gross income from self-employ­ment304328216
Property income458508266
Income from public transfer pay­ments9939901,005
Income from nonpublic transfer pay­ments and receipts from sub­letting272297178
minus:
Taxes and social charges1,2221,298932
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge580628396
Compulsory social security contri­butions642670536
plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insu­rance and towards long-term care insu­rance in cases of volun­tary or private health insu­rance343818
Subsidies of pension insu­rance funds towards volun­tary or private health insu­rance342
Net household income3,6613,8303,015
plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts656952
Dispo­sable income and receipts3,7263,8993,066
Income from property change and loans1,1241,231712
Private consump­tion expen­diture2,7042,8022,329
Other expen­diture2,0692,2471,389
memo­randum item:
Remaining expen­diture1484513372
Savings539584365

As at February 28, 2020

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