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 2026B
21 February
A year of gyros costs 14.2% of annual net income, that is 52 days of work.
Earliest
23 January
1989B1985D1984B1990C
Practically tied
Latest
21 February
2025A2026B· this year
Practically tied
- 1976D5 February
- 1977B4 February
- 1978B1 February
- 1979D2 February
- 1980B2 February
- 1981D31 January
- 1982D24 January
- 1983B24 January
- 1984B23 January
- 1985D23 January
- 1986D25 January
- 1987D25 January
- 1988D24 January
- 1989B23 January
- 1990C23 January
- 1991C24 January
- 1992C25 January
- 1993C26 January
- 1994C25 January
- 1995C25 January
- 1996C25 January
- 1997C25 January
- 1998B25 January
- 1999C27 January
- 2000A28 January
- 2001A29 January
- 2002B29 January
- 2003C28 January
- 2004C28 January
- 2005C27 January
- 2006C27 January
- 2007C26 January
- 2008C26 January
- 2009C25 January
- 2010C26 January
- 2011B27 January
- 2012C3 February
- 2013C4 February
- 2014C3 February
- 2015B5 February
- 2016C6 February
- 2017C8 February
- 2018C8 February
- 2019A6 February
- 2020B6 February
- 2021A9 February
- 2022A12 February
- 2023B13 February
- 2024A18 February
- 2025A21 February
- 2026B21 February
The scale runs to April, not to the end of the year.
In 1976 Gyro Day fell on 5 February. In 2026 it falls on 21 February, a difference of 16 working days for one wrap a day - always comparing the same, present-day classic wrap.
Assumption: one wrap for every day of the year (365 in 2026), at the classic-equivalent price, against the net annual income of the minimum wage (11,036.64 EUR in 2026, from 14 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 214. The first two scenarios are not guesses: they are the rates measured in the series itself.
Five-year rates
171
classic gyros/month · -43 vs today
Gyro day 2030: 6 March
Wage +7.1%/yr, price +13.2%/yr
measured 2021-2026
1,210.08 € · 7.06 €
Ten-year rates
186
classic gyros/month · -28 vs today
Gyro day 2030: 1 March
Wage +4.8%/yr, price +8.5%/yr
measured 2016-2026
1,109.43 € · 5.96 €
Parity
214
classic gyros/month · +0 vs today
Gyro day 2030: 21 February
Wage +4.8%/yr, price +4.8%/yr
A hypothetical reference point: wage and price growing at the same rate, so the index holds steady. In reality the price outran the wage in every recent window.
1,109.43 € · 5.19 €
Build your own scenario
With these assumptions, in 2030 the index is 186 gyros/month and Gyro Day falls on 1 March (wage 1,109.43 EUR, price 5.96 EUR).
A simple constant-rate projection, not a forecast. It ignores policy decisions, crises and changes in taxes or contributions. Rates can also turn negative: the minimum wage was cut by 22% in 2012 and the catering price index was negative in 2013-2014.