Wages and salaries in Belgium’s industrial sector (excluding construction) rose by 1.1% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, slightly accelerating from a 0.9% increase in the previous quarter. Wage Growth in Belgium averaged 2.04 percent from 2001 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 11.10 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of -10.30 percent in the second quarter of 2020. source: Statistics Belgium
Wage Growth in Belgium is expected to be 1.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Belgium Wage Growth is projected to trend around 1.70 percent in 2026 and 1.60 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.