Games price, value and perception - Tariff Edition

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SvennoJ said:

CaptainExplosion said:

All else I can say on the matter is wages need to be raised to combat inflation, and I wouldn't be surprised if much of today's inflation is Russia's fault. Nothing good has come out of Russia since the release of Tetris.

Anyway inflation is a tool of the mega rich, keep those pesky wage costs down giving smaller pay raises than price hikes due to inflation.

Wage increases in Germany (and probably many other European countries) are pretty close to inflation...
even slightly above inflation for people with lower income.

From 2017 to 2025, we had an inflation of 25.58 %.

I looked up the biggest collective bargining agreement in Germany, the "TvÖD" (collective agreement for the public service) which is relevant for millions of people and a pattern for similar agreements in other sectors. It is also very transparent comparing to other sectors.

I checked the salary increases for experience level 2 (which is reached very fast) and experience level 5 (which is usually reached after 10 years).

The lower income brackets (f.e. cleaning staff + janitors in schools / town halls) had salary increases since 2017 of 30 - 35 %.
The highest income brackets (f.e. deputy mayors in midsized towns + heads of departments) had salary increases since 2017 of 23 - 26 %: