Bulgarians with the lowest payment per hour in EU
Updated on: 15.05.2009, 16:21
Published on: 15.05.2009, 08:52
The Bulgarians get the lowest payment per hour work in the European union, while the Danes get the highest.
The difference between the payments is nearly 15 times. This show data from the German federal statistic service in Germany, cited by Deutsche Welle.
According to the statistics the average income per hour in Denmark is 36.5 euro. The last place holds Bulgaria where 2.5 euro are paid for an hour of work.
The full time employed Germans in 2008 have earned 41 500 per year on average.
The German workers have paid an average of 29 euro and 80 cents per hour.
The average value for the EU is 23 euro and 10 cents per hour. Thus Germany holds the seventh place in EU together with Austria after Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, France and Netherlands.
