Contractual wages and salaries - July – September 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 September 2026 the coverage rate (share of national collective agreements in force for the wage setting aspects) was 80.8% in terms of employees and 78.5% in terms of the total amount of wages.

In September 2026, the hourly index and the per employees indices were unchanged from last month.

Compared with September 2025 both indices increased by 2.5%.

In the period January-September 2025 the hourly index increased by 2.5% and the per employee index rose by 2.6%.