The data is seasonally and calendar adjusted data measuring the percentage change compared to same period in the previous year for industry, construction, and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies).Â
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Nominal wage and salary growth in the European Union and Euro area 2010-2025
Nominal wage growth in both the European Union and the Euro currency area (comprising 20 of the 27 EU members) reached a record high in the second quarter of 2022, when wages increased by *** percent and *** percent, respectively. This trend continued during 2023, with a wage increase of *** percent and *** percent during the third quarter of 2023. Nominal wage growth is the increase in wages compared to the same period the previous year in nominal values - i.e., in monetary values unadjusted for inflation.
´¡²õÌýinflation in Europe increased faster than nominal wages during this period, this in fact meant that real wages (increases adjusted for inflation) fell.Â
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