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: net household income

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households1 Net household income in 2021
Income, receipts and expenditureHouseholds,
total		Households with a monthly net income from EUR ... to under EUR ...
under 1,2501,250
to
2,500		2,500
to
3,500		3,500
to
5,000		5,000
and more2

1: Excluding households of farmers and self-employed persons.
2: Households which do not have a regular monthly net house­hold income of 18,000 euros or more, but which, due to one-off payments or the like, were above this income thres­hold in the reference quarter.
/ = No data because the numerical value is not sufficiently reliable.
() = 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 income4,9791,0442,2953,7315,45310,064
Gross income from employment3,1362861,0372,0193,4507,147
Gross income from dependent employment3,1042861,0312,0013,4267,057
Gross income from self-employment32/(6)(18)2490
Property income434- (80)1203175291,007
Income from public transfer payments1,1557631,0301,2371,2671,328
Income from non-public transfer payments and receipts from subletting25374106157207580
Minus:
Taxes and expenses1,2131404077661,2942,783
Income tax, wage tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge538(25)1132675201,409
Compulsory social security contributions6751152944987741,374
Plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insurance and towards long-term care insurance in cases of voluntary or private health insurance44///30142
Subsidies of pension insurance funds towards voluntary or private health insurance3/(2)(2)(4)5
Net household income3,8139061,8912,9724,1947,429
Plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts6718306163133
Disposable income and receipts3,8809241,9213,0344,2587,562
Income from property change and loans1,0534664546861,0002,229
Private consumption expenditure2,6231,0301,5922,3162,9654,383
Other expenditure2,1713847181,3242,1145,108

As at December 2, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Income, receipts and expenditure of households
Net household income in 2018

Income, receipts and expenditure

Households, totalHouseholds with a monthly net income from EUR ... to under EUR ...
under 900900
to 1,300		1,300 to 1,5001,500 to 2,0002,000 to 2,6002,600 to
3,600		3,600 to
5,000		5,000
and more1

1: Households which do not have a regular monthly net house­hold income of 18,000 euros or more, but which, due to one-off payments or the like, were above this income thres­hold in the reference quarter.

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

/ = No data because the numerical value is not suffi­ciently reliable.
() = 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: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure.

Averages per household and mont in EUR
Gross household income4,8468501,2671,6652,1762,9193,9785,65810,393
Gross income from employ­ment3,1221774307451,1471,6162,3253,7577,393
Gross income from dependent employ­ment2,8171233806901,0791,5122,1613,4926,496
Gross income from self-employ­ment30454505568104163265897
Property income458428531062113675731,126
Income from public transfer pay­ments9935837087577989501,1071,1171,185
Income from non-public transfer pay­ments and receipts from sub­letting27285101110126142179212689
minus:
Taxes and social charges1,2221251692684286329191,4402,914
Income tax, church tax and solidarity surcharge5804428581282273596221,614
Compulsory social security contri­butions642821412093004055608181,300
plus:
Employers’ subsidies towards voluntary or private health insu­rance and towards long-term care insu­rance in cases of volun­tary or private health insu­rance34/////1228122
Subsidies of pension insu­rance funds towards volun­tary or private health insu­rance3(1)(1)(1)22356
Net household income3,6617261,0991,4001,7502,2903,0734,2527,607
plus:
Receipts from selling goods and other receipts6520262735415275133
Dispo­sable income and receipts3,7267471,1251,4271,7862,3313,1254,3277,739
Income from property change and loans1,1244022592043085348141,4512,586
Private consum­ption expen­diture2,7049011,1521,3521,6252,0162,5513,2534,657
Other expenditure2,0692762592994728371,3382,3995,441
memorandum item:
Remaining expen­diture24842047961562433896151,128
Savings539- 174- 75- 215711854591,955

As at February 28, 2020

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