Germany increased its statutory minimum wage to 12 euros gross per hour effective 1 October 2022, an extraordinary one-off rise of about 15% legislated by the Bundestag in June 2022 (outside the usual Minimum Wage Commission procedure). The government stated that more than six million workers, especially in eastern Germany and many women, benefited - a direct labor-market response to cost-of-living pressure.
Germany increased its statutory minimum wage to 12 euros gross per hour effective 1 October 2022, an extraordinary one-off rise of about 15% legislated by the Bundestag in June 2022 (outside the usual Minimum Wage Commission procedure). The government stated that more than six million workers, especially in eastern Germany and many women, benefited - a direct labor-market response to cost-of-living pressure.
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Raising the minimum wage lifted the incomes of low-paid workers, partially offsetting cost-of-living pressure for that group (though it can add modest upward price pressure).
