The Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis commented in a social media post on an annual report released by the ERGANI system earlier on Wednesday regarding a rise in the average gross salary in Greece.
In his Facebook post, Mitsotakis expressed his satisfaction with the positive findings in the report, reiterating that the government’s priority remained to raise the living standards of Greek citizens linked to an increase in the salary in Greece.
“I have said many times that the definitive answer to high living costs is a permanent increase in wages. It is our priority, a national goal,” the prime minister stated, emphasizing that “all these developments reinforce our confidence in achieving the target we set before the national elections: by 2027, the average salary in Greece should reach €1,500 and the minimum wage €950.”
The prime minister’s full post reads:
“I have said many times that the definitive answer to high living costs is a permanent increase in wages. It is our priority, a national goal. I read with great satisfaction the data from the annual ERGANI report, which shows that the average salary in our country in 2024 reached €1,342, marking a 7.2% increase compared to 2023. This represents a total rise of 28.3% since 2019, when it stood at €1,046. At the same time, the minimum wage has increased from €650 in 2019 to €830 today, with another increase scheduled for April.
In terms of employment, full-time jobs have risen to 76.4%, up 1.6% from 2023 and a total of 7.2% from 2019. Meanwhile, the rate of job creation has doubled compared to the 2022-2023 period, with 93,312 additional workers, compared to 47,246 in the previous year. The average salary for full-time employees reached €1,478 in December 2024.
