Overview
- The GKV’s annual end‑October calculation puts the national average at €23.70 per hour, a 4.9% rise that is slower than last year’s 9% increase based on 11,300 tariff‑bound facility submissions.
- Regional gaps persist, with Hamburg highest at €24.55 and Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern lowest at €22.44, and larger gains reported in Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony versus more moderate increases in Baden‑Württemberg and North Rhine‑Westphalia.
- By role, care auxiliaries average €20.26 per hour (+5.2%), assistants €22.62 (+5.7%) and qualified nurses €27.06 (+4.4%), according to the GKV data.
- Residents’ personal contributions are expected to rise by about €100 a month on average, with roughly €30 offset by entlastungszuschläge, and care‑insurance spending projected to increase by around €260 million annually.
- GKV head Oliver Blatt welcomed fairer pay for workers but urged political action to curb the resulting burdens on nursing‑home residents.