Gender Pay Gaps Persist Across Salary Brackets
The largest shares of employees fell within the €1,500–€1,749 salary bracket, at 11.4%, and the €1,250–€1,499 bracket, at 11.2%.
Differences between men’s and women’s earnings remained evident across salary bands. Women accounted for a higher share of employees in the €1,000–€1,249 and €1,250–€1,499 brackets, exceeding men’s shares by 3.3 and 3.5 percentage points, respectively.
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At the higher end of the pay distribution, men had a stronger representation. In the €6,000-and-above bracket, their share exceeded that of women by 3.1 percentage points.
Finance Records Highest Earnings, Agriculture Lowest
Average gross monthly earnings in 2025 varied considerably by economic activity, ranging from €956 in agriculture, forestry and fishing to €5,038 in financial and insurance activities.
All sectors recorded annual growth in average earnings. Mining and quarrying registered the largest increase, at 10.3%, followed by information and communication at 7.7% and financial and insurance activities at 7.0%.
The figures for mining and quarrying should be interpreted with caution, as the sector employs a relatively small number of workers, making estimates more sensitive to changes in individual data points.
