# Germany raises statutory minimum wage to 12 euros (Oct 2022)

Date: 2022

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](/drivers/econ-cost-of-living-pressure).

## Drivers

- Cost-of-Living Pressure: https://factrail.ai/drivers/econ-cost-of-living-pressure

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## Methodology

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