Real wages have now risen again for the first time after the Corona lull. Wages rose by 6.0 percent, the fastest they have been since 2008.
But in real terms there was hardly anything left because consumer prices rose almost as strongly, at 5.9 percent. The increase in the minimum wage also had a positive effect. This meant that last year, the fifth of full-time employees with the lowest earnings received the largest wage increase: they rose by 11.4 percent. However, the Böckler Foundation found that collective wages were developing weaker than inflation.