Contractual wages and salaries

The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of contractual wages (per employee or per hour) 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 March 2014 the coverage rate for the whole economy (share of national collective agreements in force) is 38.1 per cent in terms of employees and 37.3 per cent in terms of the total amount of wages.

In March 2014 the hourly index and the per employee index are unchanged from last month.

Both indices increase by 1.4 per cent comparing with the same month of 2013 and by 1.4 per cent comparing January to March 2014 with the same period a year earlier.