For workers, it was a good year – what relates to the money. The wages rose in the third quarter, an average of 3.6 percent. The higher inflation rate missed the Plus but a damper.
The gross wages of employees in Germany increased in the third quarter of 2018, as strong as in seven years. On average, the Federal Statistical office recorded a year-on-year Plus the income of 3.6 percent. Least, had merit in the early summer of 2011 so strong.
a Higher salary to rise in the East
mainly in the East of Germany, there was a sharp rise: With an average of 3.8 percent more in salary on the account in the new Federal States were above the national average. In the West, the average increase between July and September amounted to 3.5 per cent.
However, the income differences between East and West continue to exist: The gross monthly earnings for full-time employees in the East at an average of around 3170 Euro, in the West earned full time employee average of just over 4000 euros.
