Gyro Day

The date each year from which the wage covers one gyro a day for the whole year, plus a 2030 outlook.

Gyro day

If you ate one gyro every day of the year, Gyro Day is the date until which you work only to pay for that year's gyros. From the next day on, your wage goes elsewhere.

Gyro day 2026

10 March

A year of gyros costs 18.8% of annual net pay, that is 69 days of work.

Earliest

19 January

1998

Latest

10 March

2025

JFMAMJJASOND
  • 198524 January
  • 198624 January
  • 198725 January
  • 198824 January
  • 198923 January
  • 199022 January
  • 199123 January
  • 199223 January
  • 199322 January
  • 199421 January
  • 199521 January
  • 199620 January
  • 199720 January
  • 199819 January
  • 199920 January
  • 200020 January
  • 200121 January
  • 200222 January
  • 200322 January
  • 200423 January
  • 200523 January
  • 200623 January
  • 200724 January
  • 200824 January
  • 200924 January
  • 201025 January
  • 201127 January
  • 20125 February
  • 20136 February
  • 20147 February
  • 20157 February
  • 20169 February
  • 201711 February
  • 201813 February
  • 201910 February
  • 202019 February
  • 202123 February
  • 202227 February
  • 202324 February
  • 202429 February
  • 202510 March
  • 202610 March

In 1985 Gyro Day fell on 24 January. In 2026 it falls on 10 March, a difference of 45 working days for the same 365 gyros.

Assumption: one gyro a day, 365 a year, on the net minimum wage with 12 monthly payments. The date is a comparison index, not a real consumption calendar.

Outlook to 2030

Where the index lands by 2030 if wage and price keep growing at steady annual rates. Today the index is 162.

Optimistic

182

gyros/month · +20 vs today

Wage +5.0%/yr, price +2.0%/yr

963 € · 5.29

Base

162

gyros/month · +0 vs today

Wage +3.5%/yr, price +3.5%/yr

909 € · 5.61

Pessimistic

139

gyros/month · -23 vs today

Wage +2.0%/yr, price +6.0%/yr

858 € · 6.17

Build your own scenario

With these assumptions, in 2030 the index is 156 gyros/month (wage 909 EUR, price 5.83 EUR).

A simple constant-rate projection, not a forecast. It ignores policy decisions, crises and changes in taxes or contributions.