Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of wages and salaries (per employee or per hour) determined by contractual provisions set by collective agreements; the indices are calculated with reference to the fixed employment structure of the base period (December 2010).

At the end of January 2015 the coverage rate (share of national collective agreements in force for the wage setting aspects) was 43.1 per cent in terms of employees and 39.9 per cent in terms of the total amount of wages.

In January 2015 the hourly index increased by 0.7 per cent while the per employee index rose by 0.6 per cent from last month.

Compared with January 2014 the hourly index increased by 1.1 per cent while the per employee index  rose by 1.0 per cent.

Date of next release: 23 march 2015