Wages and pensions will increase in four levels in 2025 with pensioners, however, being the losers of the government measures, reports Ta Nea newspaper.

Beyond her small increase which they will receive in the new year (about 2.5%) approx 2 million pensioners, those with a personal difference (before 2016) will not get any increase. The increase will be given with the January pension which is expected to be paid before Christmas. The final figure is already being worked out, as it depends on the final forecast for this year’s growth rate and inflation.

Also, according to TA NEA, retirees with personal difference and sum of main pensions up to 1,600 euros, will receive in December eregular financial aid of 100-200 euros depending on the amount of the pension.

At the same time, the pension reductions accompanying the Solidarity contribution I am retiredn. The legislative regulation that will be submitted by the holidays will freeze the EAS, but the increases in the pensions of the pensioners will also be frozen up to the amount of the highest bracket to which the pensioner belongs in order not to change the scale. With the new system, the insured person’s pension will be frozen at 1,700 euros and will not increase in order not to move to the next tier and pay a higher EAS scale.

Regarding the salaries of the State, from next spring horizontal increases of up to 100 euros per month will be given to approximately 700,000 civil servants.

Increases in the minimum wage

The annual increase in his minimum wage private sector will automatically increase the entry level as well as all other salary levels of civil servants.

Today the minimum wage in the private sector is 830 euros and the target is to rise to 950 euros in April 2027, which means that the average annual increase based on the target of 950 euros in 2027 is about 40 euros.

The entry salary at Public today it amounts to 850 euros. In order not to fall short of the new minimum wage, proportional horizontal increases in the salary of civil servants will follow (as was done with the 70 euros in 2024).

Thus, all civil servants will gradually receive a horizontal increase of 100 euros in total until 2027, so that the introductory salary will rise to 950 euros.

In the minimum wage increase scenario 40 euros per year until 2027 and in the event that the floor in 2025 is determined at 870 euros, the salaries of civil servants will increase horizontally by 20 euros (gross) per month from April 1, 2025, with a net cost for the 8 months of 72 million euros (gross cost 119 million euro).

An increase of 40 euros per month is expected for 2026 and an additional 40 euros in 2027.