Extrapolation to income: More purchasing power: tariff wages probably rise more than prices
In some large industries, negotiations are still underway, with the current tariff increases benefiting more than 15 million employees
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Summary
In some large industries, negotiations are still underway, with the current tariff increases benefiting more than 15 million employees. The decline in real wages from the crisis years 2021 to 2023 has not yet been fully compensated. For the full year 2025, the tariff archive of the Economic and Social Science Institute (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation had calculated an average increase in wages of 2.6 percent and a real wage increase of 0.4 percent.
Furthermore, The calculations took into account the tariff agreements from the first half of the current year and the tariff increases already agreed in previous years for 2026. The bottom line is that, after inflation has been deducted, wage growth of 0.7 percent could remain for wage workers, as the WSI tariff archive of the trade union Hans Böckler Foundation has calculated. On this basis, collective wages increase in nominal terms by an average of 3.1 percent in the current year.
In addition, In July of this year, the inflation rate in Germany had climbed to 2.8 percent.
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In some large industries, negotiations are still underway, with the current tariff increases benefiting more than 15 million employees.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe decline in real wages from the crisis years 2021 to 2023 has not yet been fully compensated.
reliability low1/3 sourcesFor the full year 2025, the tariff archive of the Economic and Social Science Institute (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation had calculated an average increase in wages of 2.6 percent and a real wage increase of 0.4 percent.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe calculations took into account the tariff agreements from the first half of the current year and the tariff increases already agreed in previous years for 2026.
reliability low1/3 sourcesThe bottom line is that, after inflation has been deducted, wage growth of 0.7 percent could remain for wage workers, as the WSI tariff archive of the trade union Hans Böckler Foundation has calculated.
reliability low1/3 sourcesOn this basis, collective wages increase in nominal terms by an average of 3.1 percent in the current year.
reliability low1/3 sourcesIn July of this year, the inflation rate in Germany had climbed to 2.8 percent.
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