Median Equivalised Net Income in Germany (2025)
Germany's Median Equivalised Net Income: 28,891 EUR per person in 2025, +4.6% YoY, roughly 126% of the EU-27 average. Eurostat (ILC_DI03), 2010–2025.
Data
| Year | EUR per person | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,891 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 27,619 | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 26,274 | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 24,925 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 24,946 | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 26,008 | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 23,515 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 22,713 | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 21,920 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 21,275 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 20,668 | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 19,733 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 19,582 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 19,595 | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 19,043 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 18,797 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Germany's median equivalised net income — the typical per-person disposable income after adjusting household income for household size — reached approximately 28,891 EUR in 2025, according to Eurostat's EU-SILC series (ILC_DI03). That marks a 4.6% increase from 27,619 EUR in 2024, continuing a run of gains above 4% in each of the last three years.
For analysts benchmarking purchasing power across European markets, the more useful reference point is Germany's position relative to the EU-27 average. In 2010, Germany's median income of 18,797 EUR was already about 129% of the EU-27's 14,521 EUR. That premium widened through the 2010s and spiked to roughly 142% in 2020, before typically narrowing in most years since to reach 125.9% in 2025 — its lowest point in the series, even as Germany's absolute income kept climbing.
Growth has not been perfectly linear. Germany's income rose steadily from 18,797 EUR in 2010 to 23,515 EUR in 2019, then jumped sharply to 26,008 EUR in 2020 (+10.6%) — likely a compositional effect of pandemic-era short-time work schemes and job losses concentrated among lower earners, which can mechanically lift a median without broad-based wage gains. The level eased back over the next two years to 24,925 EUR in 2022 before resuming growth, rising to 26,274 EUR in 2023, 27,619 EUR in 2024, and 28,891 EUR in 2025. Because EU-SILC income figures are denominated in current-year euros and not adjusted for inflation, part of the 2022–2025 gains likely reflects nominal wage growth amid elevated inflation rather than an equivalent rise in real purchasing power.
Coverage and methodology: Eurostat compiles median equivalised net income annually from EU-SILC (Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) microdata, adjusting household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD equivalence scale (first adult = 1, each additional adult 14+ = 0.5, each child under 14 = 0.3). Figures are denominated in current-year euros and are not adjusted for inflation, so cross-year comparisons reflect nominal rather than real purchasing-power changes. The EU-27 aggregate used for comparison is Eurostat's EU27_2020 composition. Germany's national statistical office (Destatis) provides the underlying survey data feeding into this series.