Average wages - 1. quarter of 2026

“In the Q1 2026, the average real wage increased by 6.4%. In nominal terms, it increased by 8.1% to CZK 50 282. The smallest y-o-y increase was recorded in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply’ economic activity (CZ-NACE). However, the wage level there is still high above the total average,“ Jitka Erhartová, Head of the Labour Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), comments.

In the Q1 2026, the average gross monthly nominal wage^*) (hereinafter only referred to as “the average wage”) per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee in the national economy in total was CZK 50 282, which is by CZK 3 789 (8.1%) more than in the corresponding period of 2025. In the aforementioned period, consumer prices increased by 1.6% and the wage thus increased in real terms by 6.4%. The volume of wages increased by 8.8%; the number of employees increased by 0.6%.

Compared to the previous quarter, the seasonally adjusted average wage increased by 2.0% in the Q1 2026.

According to the breakdown of economic activities (industries) by CZ-NACE section, the highest increase of the average wage compared to the corresponding period of 2025 was recorded in ‘real estate activities’ (22.1%), ‘administrative and support service activities’ (18.8%), and in ‘construction’ (12.6%). The lowest increase occurred in ‘electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply’ (2.1%).

 ______________________
*) The average gross monthly wage is a share of wage funds (including extra pay for overtime work, bonuses, compensation of wages, etc.) per one employee per month. Therefore, it does not indicate what wage one specific employee has.
It has to be kept in mind that from the gross wages the employers pay appropriate amounts for premiums for health insurance and social security and advances of income taxes of natural persons for their employees. Employees are paid net wages.
Median wage values and decile ranges are temporarily unavailable, because along with the reference year of 2025, the data source for modelling those data was terminated (Average Earnings Information System (abbreviated “ISPV” in Czech) of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) and the new data source – the Unified Monthly Employer Report (abbreviated “JMHZ” in Czech) – is not in operation yet.