Overview

• A recent CGIL analysis reveals 35.7% of private-sector workers in Italy earn less than €15,000 gross annually, with 6.2 million earning under €1,000 net monthly.
• 62.7% of private-sector employees earn below €25,000 gross per year, despite a 3.5% rise in average salaries in 2023 to €23,662.
• Italy holds the highest involuntary part-time employment rate in the Eurozone at 54.8%, contributing to widespread low wages and job instability.
• Approximately 2.8 million workers earn less than €9.50 gross per hour, with fixed-term and part-time contracts further depressing earnings to as low as €7,100 annually.
• The CGIL is advocating for structural reforms, including a statutory minimum wage, elimination of precarious contracts, and renewed collective bargaining agreements, ahead of June referendums.