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The numbers come from the federal government, the party Die Linke had asked: According to this, wages in eastern Germany are still far behind those in the west, at least in some industries.
The biggest difference was recently in the manufacture of clothing, where full-time employees in the west earn 73 percent more than in the east.
In this branch of industry, the wages for all tailoring work are included in the statistics, plus the manufacture of fur goods.
The median wage in western Germany was 3423 euros in 2019, in the east it was 1978 euros.
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Overall, full-time employees subject to social security contributions in the west received a gross median income of 3526 euros in 2019, in eastern Germany it was 2827 euros, the Federal Government said in the answer.
The pay in West Germany was thus 24.7 percent higher than that of East Germans.
A higher collective bargaining agreement is now required
In absolute terms, there was the greatest gap in the manufacture of automobiles, engines, bodywork, trailers and auto parts.
In this area gross income in the west was 5354 euros, in the east 3690 - a difference of 1664 euros.
Thus, 45.1 percent more was earned in the west.
There was also a clear gap in mechanical engineering (43.8 percent), the manufacture of data processing equipment, electronic and optical products (43.4 percent), in other vehicle construction (29.9 percent) and the manufacture of chemical products (27.1 percent) ).
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The left-wing MP Sabine Zimmermann, who had made the request, said: “The division in the labor market continues over 30 years after the fall of the Wall.” It is necessary to strengthen collective agreements and collective bargaining agreements, which are much less pronounced in the east than in the west .
Zimmermann expressly supported the demand of IG Metall, which wants to create an east-west harmonization of working conditions in the east German metal and electrical industry in the current collective bargaining round.