Statistische Nachrichten - Summaries November 2020
- Structure of Earnings Survey 2018
- Minimum Income Scheme 2019
- CPI of September 2020
- Gross Domestic Product 2019
- Revision of the Quarterly National Accounts
Structure of Earnings Survey 2018
Development and distribution of earnings
According to the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) 2018 the median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) in the private sector amounted to EUR 15.09. Compared to the SES 2014 the gross hourly wages rose nominally by 8.8% or 2.2% per year. Real gross hourly earnings, which are adjusted for inflation, increased by 2.6% or 0.7% per year. In industries and construction (ÖNACE 2008 B-F) the increase in wages between 2014 und 2018 was nominally 9.7% (real 3.5%) and therefore stronger than in trade and services (ÖNACE 2008 G-N, P-S) with 8.1% (real 2.0%). With EUR 16.66 the hourly earnings in industries and construction were traditionally higher than in trade and services with EUR 14.19. By individual economic sectors the highest earnings were found in section (D) electricity (EUR 24.75), (K) financial and insurance activities (EUR 22.29) as well as in (J) information and communication (EUR 21.10). The lowest gross hourly earnings were observed in (I) accommodation and food service activities (EUR 9.67). In all economic sectors examined, the (median) gross hourly earnings of women were lower than those of men. Overall, women earned EUR 13.43 and men EUR 16.26 per hour. This means women earned 17.4% less than men in 2018. Compared to 22.7% in 2006 the wages difference between men and women decreased by 5.3 percentage points or 0.4 percentage points per year.
Minimum Income Scheme 2019
Results of the provinces
In 2019 a total of
CPI of September 2020
The inflation rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI,
base year 2015) in September 2020, was 1.5% (August 2020: 1.4%). Housing,
water and energy
Gross Domestic Product 2019
This article provides an overview of the recent results
of the Austrian national accounts for the year 2019 and explains the
major revisions for the years 2016 to 2018. Most of the changes are
due to the availability of more recent and detailed business statistics
and to the balancing process of supply and use tables. Gross domestic
product (GDP) grew by 1.4% in real terms in 2019, which means a slowdown
in growth dynamics compared to the previous years (2017:
Revision of the Quarterly National Accounts
In September 2020 Statistics Austria published QNA time series, which for the first time were compiled by Statistics Austria. In Austria QNA were formerly provided by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO). The implementation at Statistics Austria involved revisions of recent quarterly QNA aggregates, as well as quarterly patterns of the time series ranging back to 1995. This article gives an overview of the implementation steps and presents main indicators, statistical estimation methods and the technical frame of the now published QNA aggregates. The article analyses main reasons for differences to the formerly published figures and provides latest estimation results for the 2nd quarter of 2020.