The increase of collectively agreed wages has reached a seven-year high in the 3rd quarter of 2016. Compared to last year, wages went up with 2.1%. Statistical data indicate that, since the 3rd quarter of 2014, the increase of collectively agreed wages outpaces inflation. The difference between the wage increase and the inflation (at 0.1%) has reached a size that was last noted in 1986. Wages increased most for civil servants, who benefited from a 3.5% rise after several years of frozen pay. Private sector wages increased by an average of 1.9% and in public organisations by 1.1%.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/10/pay-rises ...
Dutch (with graphs): https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2016/40/grootste-cao-loonstijging ...
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