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German Real Wages and Nominal Wages (Reallohnindex) — Destatis, Quarterly since 2007

Official real wage index and nominal wage index for Germany (2025=100) with the change vs. the same quarter of the previous year, quarterly since 2007. Real wages = nominal wages adjusted for consumer prices.

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/de-real-wages?quarters=8&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"de-real-wages"}

Parameters

quartersHistory length in quarters, 1-120 (default: 8)
monthOptional YYYY-MM: show the window ending in that month
yearOptional YYYY: show the window ending in that year

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "de-real-wages",
  "data_freshness": "live",
  "data": {
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-Q2",
      "real_wage_index": 102.7,
      "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 1.5,
      "nominal_wage_index": 105.2,
      "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.1
    },
    "units": {
      "index": "2025=100",
      "rates": "%"
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2024-Q3",
        "real_wage_index": 93.3,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 3,
        "nominal_wage_index": 91.6,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.9
      },
      {
        "period": "2024-Q4",
        "real_wage_index": 105.2,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 2.4,
        "nominal_wage_index": 103.7,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.7
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q1",
        "real_wage_index": 95.7,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 1.3,
        "nominal_wage_index": 94.8,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 3.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q2",
        "real_wage_index": 101.2,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 1.9,
        "nominal_wage_index": 101.1,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q3",
        "real_wage_index": 95.6,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 2.5,
        "nominal_wage_index": 96,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.8
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-Q4",
        "real_wage_index": 107.2,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 1.9,
        "nominal_wage_index": 108,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-Q1",
        "real_wage_index": 97.4,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 1.8,
        "nominal_wage_index": 98.7,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.1
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-Q2",
        "real_wage_index": 102.7,
        "real_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 1.5,
        "nominal_wage_index": 105.2,
        "nominal_wages_change_vs_year_ago_pct": 4.1
      }
    ],
    "attribution": "Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online, dl-de/by-2-0"
  },
  "source": "Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online",
  "license": "Destatis GENESIS-Online, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0"
}

Source & license

SourceStatistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online
LicenseDestatis GENESIS-Online, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0
Source URLhttps://www-genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/62361/table/62361-0010
Termshttps://www.govdata.de/dl-de/by-2-0
CategoryFinance & Markets › Germany: Official Statistics (Destatis)