Wages and salaries in the Euro Area increased 3.4% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, following a 3.1% rise in the last three months of 2025. The largest annual wage gains were seen in mining and quarrying (5.7% vs -1.5%), real estate (4.8% vs 4.5%), construction (44% vs 3.8%), and education (4.4% vs 4.5%). Wages in manufacturing also accelerated (3.6% vs 2.6%). Among the bloc's largest economies, wages rose faster in Germany (3.4% vs 2.7%), France (1.8% vs 1.4%), Italy (2.8% vs 2.2%), and Spain (5.1% vs 3.8%) but slowed in Netherlands (3.2% vs 4.5%). source: EUROSTAT
Wages In the Euro Area increased 3.40 percent in March of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in Euro Area averaged 2.49 percent from 2009 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 5.50 percent in the first quarter of 2024 and a record low of -0.50 percent in the second quarter of 2021. This page provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Wage Growth - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Euro Area Wage Growth - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2026.
Wages In the Euro Area increased 3.40 percent in March of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Wage Growth in Euro Area is expected to be 2.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Euro Area Wage Growth is projected to trend around 2.50 percent in 2027 and 2.30 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.