Real Gross Wage Growth rose 52.7% to 1.43% in Austria in 2015, according to OECD.
Historically, Real Gross Wage Growth in Austria reached an all time high of 3.74% in 1991 and an all time low of -1.51% in 2011. When compared to Austria's main peers, Real Gross Wage Growth in Germany amounted to 2.66%, -2.80% in Hungary, 0.951% in Italy and 0.384% in Switzerland in 2015.
Austria has been ranked 37th within the group of 71 countries we follow in terms of Real Gross Wage Growth, 20 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Real Gross Wage Growth | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Austria | % | -1.51% | 0.354% | 0.152% | 0.938% | 1.43% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 0.582% | 0.074% | 0.904% | 0.562% | -0.713% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 0.531% | -1.14% | -1.66% | 2.36% | 2.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | -0.650% | -0.084% | 0.255% | 0.509% | 0.971% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 1.30% | 0.514% | 0.652% | 1.71% | 2.66% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | -0.244% | -3.21% | 0.343% | 0.431% | -2.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | % | -1.64% | -3.69% | 0.109% | 0.402% | 0.951% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.669% | -1.30% | 0.648% | 1.93% | 1.97% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | -1.13% | -1.44% | 0.643% | 1.94% | 3.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | % | -0.464% | -4.11% | -1.05% | 1.38% | 1.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 0.116% | 1.37% | 1.21% | 0.017% | 0.384% |
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