The average gross hourly earnings show the income situation of employment relationships of different age groups, economic sectors and types of employment.
It contains no information about wage spreads within the mentioned groups. For example, individual gross hourly earnings may deviate significantly from the calculated average earnings within an industrial sector. The results presented take into account employment relationships that were not in part of education (for example vocational training, etcetera).
Employees earn 22.65 euros per hour
Employees in Germany earned an average of €22.65 per hour in April 2022. The wage level of €19.08 in the New Länder was €4.14 less and well below the average earnings in the Former territory of the Federal Republic (€23.22).
Marginally employed and temporary workers earned the least
Most employees with low earnings in 2022 were atypically employed. Atypical employment includes four forms of employment: part-time employment with up to 20 working hours per week, fixed-term employment, temporary work and so called marginal employment.
Atypical employees earned an average of €18.21 gross per hour. For employees in standard employment, gross hourly earnings were much higher at €24.87. A standard employment relationship is permanent, with more than 20 working hours a week, which is not exercised as a marginal job and not as a temporary work. Decisive for these differences in gross hourly earnings are qualification requirements, additionally to the forms of employment. In marginal employment, these requirements are usually relatively low. With an average of €11.92 this group therefore had the lowest gross hourly earnings of atypical employees, followed by temporary workers with €17.28. Fixed-term employees had the highest gross hourly earnings of atypical employees at €18.22. Part-time employees with up to 20 working hours per week earned an average of €17.79.
| Specification | Total | Women | Men | Former territory ofthe Federal Republic includingBerlin | New Länder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Earnings Survey,April 2022. | |||||
| Gross hourlyearnings | |||||
| Total | 22.65 | 20.38 | 24.32 | 23.22 | 19.08 |
| Persons instandard employment | 24.87 | 22.30 | 26.54 | 25.67 | 20.11 |
| Atypical employed persons | 18.21 | 17.71 | 18.76 | 18.37 | 16.85 |
| Part-time employees | 17.79 | 17.40 | 18.71 | 17.91 | 16.27 |
| Fixedterm employees | 18.22 | 17.62 | 18.72 | 18.37 | 17.10 |
| Marginally employed persons | 11.92 | 11.88 | 11.98 | 11.94 | 11.64 |
| Temporary employees | 17.28 | 18.03 | 17.01 | 17.73 | 14.89 |
Information on the Indicator
Description or definition
Arithmetic mean of gross hourly earnings of persons in employment.
Source
Earnings Survey April 2022.
Information for interpretation
The calculation is based on employment relationships in all economic sectors (NACE – groups) in companies with at least one person employed paying social security contributions.
Only employment relationships were taken into account that were not part of education (for example vocational training, etcetera).
