Austria -Minimum wage index updated -August 05, 2014

Statistics Austria compiled an updated Index of Agreed Minimum Wages (basis: 2006 annual average = 100). The index is a key evaluation criterion for wage and salary negotiations. In June 2014 the index reached a value of 122.8 (provisional figure), there was no change compared to the previous month. The rate of increase compared with June 2013 was 2.3%. In 2013 the annual average of the Index of Agreed Minimum Wages amounted to 119.8. In general, minimum wages were 2.6% higher than in the previous year (+3.3% for blue collar workers, 3.0% for white collar workers and 0.7% for civil servants).

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