Statutory minimum wage is to be increased: What can low-wage earners expect?

Created: 12/23/2021Updated: 12/23/2021, 12:20 PM

By: Anne Hund

On the German labor market, more than 20 percent of employees are still paid with what is known as low wages.

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On the German labor market, more than 20 percent of employees are still paid with what is known as low wages.

What will change for low wage earners?

The

will be adjusted from the current EUR 9.60 to EUR 9.82 per hour on January 1, 2022.

On July 1, the minimum wage is to be increased again by a further 63 cents to 10.45 euros per hour.

Together that means an increase of almost 9 percent, as reported by the German Press Agency (dpa).

It could possibly be even more in the future.

Because in their

, the traffic light parties had agreed to raise the minimum wage to 12 euros an hour.

However, when will this be implemented

should, according to dpa, was still uncertain.

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The remuneration will also be adjusted for numerous trainees who are paid according to the minimum wage as of January 1, 2022: The statutory minimum training allowance * in the first year of training increases from EUR 550 per month in the 2021 training year to EUR 585 in the 2022 training year according to dpa accordingly.

You can find out more about what will change for trainees and numerous employees in terms of

on January 1, 2022 here.

Coalition agreement: minimum wage of 12 euros planned - who would benefit?

The minimum wage is currently EUR 9.60. On the German labor market, more than 20 percent of dependent employees are still

paid

with so-called

,

dpa also described on the occasion of the current figures: In April 2021, 7.8 million men and women received

, according to the Federal Statistical Office on December 20 reported. According to the international definition, according to the report, an hourly wage is considered to be low if it is less than two thirds of the median earnings in a country. From the

provided for

coalition agreement

According to the evaluation, 92 percent of employees in the low-wage sector would benefit, according to the dpa report.