Significant changes to private sector wages are expected in Greece in 2026, with many employees set to see pay increases ranging from 15% to as much as 20%. The projected rise is linked to a government-backed effort to revive and expand collective bargaining agreements across a wider range of industries, alongside further increases to the national minimum wage.

Salary increases in the public and private sectors. Pension increases of more than 3% in 2024. One-off support for those who have a personal difference in their pension. Significantly less burden on working pensioners. Exemption from participation in medicines for those pensioners who were previously beneficiaries of the supplementary fund EKAS. Reduction of employer contributions by one percentage point. And announcement of the goal to reduce unemployment to 8% at the end of the four years.

Data to describe the dire situation on the labor market in Greece were presented by Labour Minister Efi Achtsioglou at a press conference in Berlin.