# Euro Area Wages / earnings (avg earnings or wage index)

Euro Area Wages / earnings (avg earnings or wage index) was up 3.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 122.4 (Index, 2020=100).
That is the lowest reading since Q3 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.3% (Q2 2021) to 5.3% (Q3 2023), averaging 3.0%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.WAGES.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Index, 2020=100
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/wages-earnings-avg-earnings-or-wage-index

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 122.4 | 3.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 121.5 | 3.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 120.5 | 3.5 |
| Q3 2025 | 119.5 | 3.5 |
| Q2 2025 | 118.7 | 3.8 |
| Q1 2025 | 117.6 | 3.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 116.4 | 4.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 115.5 | 4.7 |
| Q2 2024 | 114.4 | 4.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 113.6 | 5.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 111.5 | 4.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 110.3 | 5.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 109.1 | 4.9 |
| Q1 2023 | 108.1 | 4.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 107.1 | 4.4 |
| Q3 2022 | 104.7 | 2.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 104.0 | 4.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 103.3 | 2.6 |
| Q4 2021 | 102.6 | 2.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 102.1 | 2.1 |
| Q2 2021 | 99.50 | −0.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 100.7 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 100.3 | 2.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 100.0 | 3.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.WAGES.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.WAGES.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```