Employee lobby group launches salary comparison tool

A salary comparison tool enabling workers to see where their wage stands in relation to the overall population has been launched by Luxembourg’s lobby group for employees, the Chambre des Salariés (CSL).

To start the test, you need to enter your weekly working hours, gross annual salary and gender, as well as whether you are a resident or cross-border worker. The salary comparison then shows how many people earn more or less than the inputted amount.

For example, in the case of a female resident of Luxembourg with a gross annual income of €35,000, the tool shows that her salary is higher than that of 27% of women who live and work in Luxembourg and 30% above that of cross-border commuters.

Only jobs with an employment contract of at least two months and at least ten hours per week are taken into account on the tool, which is based on data from the General Inspectorate of Social Security (IGSS).

The tool covers “all employees and civil servants covered by Luxembourg’s social security system, regardless of whether they work in the private or public sector,” the CSL said, although staff working in international institutions are not included in the comparison.

(This article was originally published by the Luxemburger Wort. Machine translated, with editing and adaptation by John Monaghan.)