Contractual wages and salaries - April – June 2026

The index of wages according to the national collective bargaining agreement 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 2021).  

At the end of April 2026 the coverage rate (share of national collective agreements in force for the wage setting aspects) was 69.9% in terms of employees and 67.3% in terms of the total amount of wages.

In June 2026, the hourly index growth by 0.1% from last month and the per employees index increased by 0.2%.

Compared with March 2025 the hourly index increased by 2.4% and the per employee index increased by 2.5%.

In the period January-March 2025 the hourly index and the per employee index increased both by 2.6%.