Indicator in all countries

Differential pay rates?

• Austria

  Yes.

• Bulgaria

  No.

• Cyprus

  Yes

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  No data available.

• France

  Overall immigrants and their descendants receive an average hourly wage lower than the majority population

• Germany

  Yes, third country nationals receive lower pay rates.

• Greece

  No official data available; nevertheless studies show that migrants receive lower wages than Greeks.

• Hungary

  No.

• Ireland

  Data shown in the Integration Authority’s ‘Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2010’ reveals differential pay rates between Irish nationals and non-nationals. With non-nationals earning less than their Irish counterparts, on average. The report also found that immigrants from English speaking countries pay rates are roughly equivalent to Irish nationals.

• Italy

  Yes.

• Poland

  Yes.

• Portugal

  Yes, although not conclusive there is some evidence pointing to the fact that differential pay rates for migrants exist.

• Romania

  Yes. A 2010 World Bank research covering Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania and Serbia found that Roma employees are paid less than non-Roma employees. On average across men and women, it found that labor earnings for individual employed Roma in Romania are a mere 39% of the labor earnings for employed non-Roma (see source in long answer).

• Slovenia

  There is no information available on pay segregated by migration background. According to Eurostat, households of third country nationals in Slovenia have a lower annual income comparing to nationals.

• Spain

  Yes.

• Sweden

  Yes.