According to the latest system accounting data «WORK», the average salary full-time at the end of 2025, i.e. before the minimum wage adjustment was incorporated by 4.55%, it was set at 1,516 euros.
In addition, the
activation of the framework for collective agreements, which already covers
About 500,000 workers, average earnings are increasing further.
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The iefimerida, with the help of the laborologist G. Karouzou, presents the wages «penthouse», the branches that remain low and how they are formed in small businesses, which are the backbone of the Greek economy.
As of today, the new increase in the minimum wage: At EUR 920 - 19 allowances increased, the amounts
Break it. «dam» of 1,500€ the average full-time wage in the private sector in 2025 -The Annual Report of THE WORK
The largest wage industries
In 11 sectors of the economy, the highest wages are found
paid to the Greek labour market, with average earnings exceeding
EUR 1,500, sometimes EUR 2,500.
Champion All
sectors, with regard to the remuneration of dependent labour,
The energy sector that has known has emerged in recent years
significant bloom. According to IOBE figures, average gross earnings
full-time in
Energy sector for 2025 amounted to 2.609€ with 96% of workers under the scheme
full-time. This is the country's highest wage level.
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On foot is followed by the branch of
financial – insurance services, with employees in banks
and insurance companies earn an average of 2,518€ a month. And here the vast majority of
persons employed (95%) working full-time, therefore the
average gross
full-time remuneration is absolutely indicative of the pay picture of all workers in the industry.
These are and
the two sectors of the economy with average earnings over 2,500 euros per month
mixed according to IOBE data.
The information and communication industry follows, with journalists and other workers earning an average of 2.088€ the month mixed.
Over 2,000€
mixed earn on average (according to labour ministry figures from
persons employed in:
- Computer programming , average salary 2.324€
- Research and development activities€
- Pharmaceutical industry
Average salary
2.108€
In the same group
5 other sectors of the economy, where averages are identified
wages in full-time from 1,500€ up to 2,000€:
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- Mines
and quarries . 1.840€ (96%) - Management
real estate€ (78%) - Water
and waste . 1,675€ (95%) - Scientific
Activities€ (85%) - Transport
and storage . 1,643€ (85%)
The penthouses
Characteristics
is the data of the annual report of the system «Ergan» for 2025,
on gross earnings in the whole economy:
- Over 3,000€ ⇒ 112,075 employees (it was 98,046 in 2024, +14%)
- 2.500€ –
3.000€ ⇒ 63.464
persons employed (they were
56,445 in 2024, +12%) - 2.000€ – 2.500€ ⇒ 126,963 employees
(was 108,573
2024, +17%)
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On her reverse
pay scale found
10 sectors with the average gross salary in full-time form
1.190€ up to 1,500€.
As it is,
rather, expected on the basis of the scale is the agriculture sector,
forestry and fisheries with average gross monthly earnings at 1.190€. Just one more place, in
low pay scale, tourism workers follow and
Especially in accommodation and focus, which despite high growth does not seem to pay corresponding fees. In particular there is the average
gross salary reaches 1,203€ In the case of the United Kingdom, there is no reason to believe that this is the case.
full-time, indicating that the average real gross salary
– if measured
47% of part-time work – is lower.
Comparable image
and in Administrative
activities where gross earnings do not exceed 1,210€ 73% in full-time employment, followed by health workers by means
gross salary 1,268€, at least for 78% working full-time.
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In Public
Administration and trade, which is the country's biggest employer after
the State, the average gross salary is set at 1,327€ and 1,343€
However, in trade, part-time employment is 21%, which is the case.
means average earnings across the industry are lower.
Corresponding
remuneration in the sectors:
- Education
⇒ 1.361€
(fulltime 50%) - Arts fun and entertainment € (full-time 49%)
In processing,
which also knows investment boom, the wages are more
satisfactory and reaching 1,500€ for full employment.
What happens to small businesses
However, according to
with IOBE
lower wages identified
in micro enterprises (with under 10 employees), where the average salary in 2025 was only 1,154€ and the minimum/average wage ratio reached
79%. I mean, the
A large majority of workers (8 out of 10 in fact) are paid
Almost the same as the minimum wage).
28% of
persons employed (730,000 persons) are employed in small enterprises. Of these, the
38% gets the minimum wage. The remaining 62% in small enterprises
receive a little above the minimum legal salary.
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