Greek Take-Home Pay Now Tops 10 Other EU Countries, Eurostat Data Shows

15:27 10/9/2026 - Πηγή: iEfimerida

Net wages for Greek workers now exceed those in at least 10 other European Union countries, after household income surged more than 30% over the past six years, according to new Eurostat data.

A single, childless worker earning Greece's average wage took home

21,498 euros in 2025, up 37.8% from 15,112 euros in 2019 — a gain of nearly 1,000 euros a year.

That placed Greece 17th among the EU's 27 member states, just ahead of Portugal and well above Romania and Bulgaria, the bottom two.

Dual-income couples with two children saw net earnings rise 31.6% over the same period, to 44,528 euros, equivalent to roughly an extra month's pay. Single-earner families with two children gained 33.2%, while childless dual-income households rose 31%.

The recovery follows a sharp reversal: between 2015 and 2019, net incomes fell across every household category in Greece even as wages rose elsewhere in the EU, widening the country's income gap with the bloc.

Eurostat's figures reflect wage income only and exclude earnings from other sources.

The figures come as government officials, including minister Akis Skertsos, have pushed back on opposition claims that Greek wages have fallen to levels comparable with Bulgaria's.

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Net wages for Greek workers now exceed those in at least 10 other European Union countries, after household income surged more than 30% over the past six years, according to new Eurostat data.

A single, childless worker earning Greece's average wage took home 21,498 euros in 2025, up 37.8% from 15,112 euros in 2019 — a gain of nearly 1,000 euros a year.

That placed Greece 17th among the EU's 27 member states, just ahead of Portugal and well above Romania and Bulgaria, the bottom two.

Dual-income couples with two children saw net earnings rise 31.6% over the same period, to 44,528 euros, equivalent to roughly an extra month's pay. Single-earner families with two children gained 33.2%, while childless dual-income households rose 31%.

The recovery follows a sharp reversal: between 2015 and 2019, net incomes fell across every household category in Greece even as wages rose elsewhere in the EU, widening the country's income gap with the bloc.

Eurostat's figures reflect wage income only and exclude earnings from other sources.

The figures come as government officials, including minister Akis Skertsos, have pushed back on opposition claims that Greek wages have fallen to levels comparable with Bulgaria's.

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