A large majority of collective bargaining employees in Germany receive a Christmas bonus.
But the differences are sometimes huge.
Here are the current numbers and developments.
Collective bargaining employees receive an average of 2,661 euros
Christmas bonus *
.
This is reported by the AFP news agency, citing figures from the Federal Statistical Office.
Accordingly, the vast majority of collective bargaining employees in Germany will also receive Christmas bonuses this year.
Collective bargaining employees receive an average of EUR 2,661 Christmas bonus
According
to the report, a total of
87.4 percent of employees with a collective agreement
receive the
additional remuneration
.
A year earlier it was 86.9 percent.
On average, collective bargaining employees will now receive 2,661 euros gross in 2020 - 1.1 percent more than in the previous year, according to the Federal Statistical Office.
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Christmas bonus for collective bargaining employees - differences between West and East
The differences between East and West Germany are, therefore,
in terms of the Christmas bonus
:
In West Germany the Christmas bonus is an average of 2684 euros, 7.2 percent higher than in East Germany with 2,503 euros
.
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Christmas bonus for employees also differs depending on the industry
But also between the different
sectors
there are major differences: In
an industry comparison
, the report says lead
salaried employees in the "extraction of oil and natural gas"
with
an average of 5,910 euros Christmas bonus
in the year
2020
the rankings.
The
collectively agreed Christmas bonus
for
broadcasters at 5,509 euros
and in the
“energy supply”
sector
at 4,991 euros is also above average
.
The
lowest Christmas bonus
will therefore be paid to those
employees in the area of “placement and leasing of workers”
.
According to the Federal Office, an average of
364 euros is
paid here.
There is also
a below-average Christmas bonus of 493 euros in the area of “agriculture, hunting and related activities”
.
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Study: Only a good half of employees in Germany receive Christmas bonuses
According to
a
recent study
, however, only a
good half of employees in Germany
receive
a
Christmas bonus:
According to data from the WSI Internet portal “Lohnspiegel.de”, a total of 53 percent of all employees receive the
annual special payment,
as stated in a report by the German Press Agency (dpa) is called.
But the differences are considerable: 77 percent of the collective bargaining employees, but only 41 percent of the other employees, according to the WSI, would benefit from Christmas bonuses.
According to the portal mentioned, the data from 48,988 employees who have been employed for at least a year were taken into account for the evaluation.
Christmas bonus is an issue especially in the year of the corona pandemic
"The
chances of receiving a Christmas bonus
are highest
if the company
is bound
by a
collective agreement
, which also and especially applies in this
year marked
by the
corona pandemic
," emphasized the head of the WSI collective bargaining archive of the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Thorsten Schulten, according to the announcement.
Read more about the study here and which factors also increase the chances of receiving a Christmas bonus.
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