Eurostat collects the data on earnings of the paid employees between the ages of 16-64 who are employed in an employment of minimum 15 hours weekly.

Sources of data:
• European Community Household Panel- ECHP
• European Union survey on income and living conditions- EU-SILC
• Other national sources

Attention! Summerising the features of Eurostat data:
• it uses more, not neccessarily compatible sources,
• the national sources are incomplete
• time series are unreliable
• Strength: it contains data of the public and business sectors as well.