# Italy Average Hourly Earnings

Italy Average Hourly Earnings was up 2.1% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 2.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 112.1 (Index 2020=100).
Among the 21 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 2nd lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4.1% (Q2 2021) to 8.0% (Q2 2020), averaging 1.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.AHE.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Index 2020=100
- Coverage: 2014-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (50 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/average-hourly-earnings

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 112.1 | 2.1 |
| Q1 2026 | 111.6 | 2.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 110.8 | 2.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 110.0 | 2.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 109.8 | 3.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 108.6 | 3.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 108.3 | 4.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 107.8 | 4.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 106.4 | 3.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 104.6 | 2.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 103.8 | 2.2 |
| Q3 2023 | 103.4 | 2.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 102.7 | 2.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 101.8 | 1.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 101.6 | 1.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 100.6 | 0.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 100.4 | 1.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 100.4 | 1.0 |
| Q4 2021 | 99.70 | 0.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 100.0 | 2.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 99.20 | −4.1 |
| Q1 2021 | 99.40 | 0.1 |
| Q4 2020 | 99.20 | 2.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 98.00 | 2.0 |

## API

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

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