
Why are salaries in the North higher than in the South? The causes of the divide in Italy
Who works at Milan and who works at Reggio Calabria is part of the same labor market, pays the same taxes and is covered by the same national collective agreement. Yet their paychecks, on average, are nothing alike. According to the JP Salary Outlook 2026 of the JobPricing Observatory – the main analysis of Italian wages, updated every six months ...








