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The pita gyro in 2000

Gyro price, net minimum wage and purchasing power for 2000, with its calculation and sources. Visitor reports are shown separately for comparison.

Index · classic gyros / month

400

Using the model's product rescaling

Wage · monthly equivalent

445.94 €

in 2026 prices: 771.51 €

Gross minimum by month: Jan-Jun €451, Jul-Dec €458. Year mean €454.5. After contributions, before income tax. Annual income divided by 12, using 14 payments throughout the series. Wage and contributions are twelve-month means. Purchasing power in classic gyros.

Minimum Wage: payments, contributions and the reconstruction comparison

The same wage, two comparisons

Period gyros

Price per gyro
1.09 €
With the net minimum wage / month
410

Series range: 0.95 € – 1.22 € · 370 GRD

The wrap of the period, at the historical series price. The price may be documented or estimated, as explained in the year’s sources.

Range from price bounds: 365–469 period gyros/month

How is it calculated?

Base series · period gyros/month · scenario start 1998

445.94 € ÷ 1.09 € ≈ 410 period gyros/month

After contributions, before income tax. Annual income divided by 12, using 14 payments throughout the series. Wage and contributions are twelve-month means. Purchasing power in period gyros.

The quotient is rounded to a whole number.

Only the price varies within its published bounds. Wage and composition stay fixed. This is neither a total uncertainty range nor a statistical confidence interval. Bounds come from the anchor's configured range.

Price anchor

The series uses an anchor for this year. The entry may include rescaling or time weighting. It does not certify a national sample.

Wrap at 400 GRD in central Athens (Let's Go Greece 2000, “Gyros pita 400dr”; Lonely Planet Athens 2001, Thanasis at 350 GRD and 400-450 GRD elsewhere; the French Lonely Planet, Pitta Pan at 425 GRD). Observed range 350-450 GRD. Rescaled using the model’s 1.08 Athens factor, not a measured national median for that year. Original guide pages and observation dates await verification.

Anchors used by the calculation: 2000

The era view applies no meat-weight or composition rescaling to a classic product.

What do the sources support?

A: Model price anchor; source verification is separate

Categories describe how the price enters the model. They do not certify original-source verification, representative sampling or historical product composition.

Price, date, place, compositionOriginal sources for the yearFrom source to price
Selected-series data · 2026.10.10-monthly-bulletin

Classic gyros

Price per gyro
1.114 €
With the net minimum wage / month
400

Rescaled to a common reference product with 88 g of gyro meat and fries. A calculated price, not a second observed shop price.

Range from price bounds: 356–458 classic gyros/month

How is it calculated?

Base series · classic gyros/month · scenario start 1998

445.94 € ÷ 1.114 € ≈ 400 classic gyros/month

After contributions, before income tax. Annual income divided by 12, using 14 payments throughout the series. Wage and contributions are twelve-month means. Purchasing power in classic gyros.

The quotient is rounded to a whole number.

Only the price varies within its published bounds. Wage and composition stay fixed. This is neither a total uncertainty range nor a statistical confidence interval. Bounds come from the anchor's configured range.

Price anchor

The series uses an anchor for this year. The entry may include rescaling or time weighting. It does not certify a national sample.

Wrap at 400 GRD in central Athens (Let's Go Greece 2000, “Gyros pita 400dr”; Lonely Planet Athens 2001, Thanasis at 350 GRD and 400-450 GRD elsewhere; the French Lonely Planet, Pitta Pan at 425 GRD). Observed range 350-450 GRD. Rescaled using the model’s 1.08 Athens factor, not a measured national median for that year. Original guide pages and observation dates await verification.

Anchors used by the calculation: 2000

Product rescaling

1.09 € × 1.025 ≈ 1.114 €

Model / reference grams:
85 / 88
Meat-component weight:
70%
Fries input in the composition component:
100%
Non-meat base / meat-component cap:
0.65 / 1.35

Historical meat weights and changes in composition are model assumptions, not a series of market measurements. The assumed peak and decline in portion size need verification. The present-day weight defines the reference product. The era price refers to the wrap sold at the time; the classic price and weight-adjusted index depend on these assumptions.

What do the sources support?

A: Model price anchor; source verification is separate

Categories describe how the price enters the model. They do not certify original-source verification, representative sampling or historical product composition.

Price, date, place, compositionOriginal sources for the yearFrom source to price
Selected-series data · 2026.10.10-monthly-bulletin

Both prices are expressed in money of the same year. Classic rescaling adjusts composition, not inflation.

What does the comparison assume?

Historical meat weights and changes in composition are model assumptions, not a series of market measurements. The assumed peak and decline in portion size need verification. The present-day weight defines the reference product. The era price refers to the wrap sold at the time; the classic price and weight-adjusted index depend on these assumptions.

Compare 2000 with another year

Period and classic gyro prices, wage and purchasing power, with downloadable image and CSV.

Compare: 2000 → 2026

Which findings hold up?

We combine 2 wage bases, 4 historical-price choices and 7 composition specifications across 50 completed years, 1976–2025.

Counts are not probabilities. Payroll reconstruction remains under review. Portion scenarios are not measurements; geography and sale channel stay fixed.

Period gyros

8 distinct combinations. Portion assumptions do not affect this measure.

2000 rank: 25–25 out of 50 years.

Rank one is the highest purchasing power. Published baseline: rank 25.

Minimum–maximum across cases: ≈409–410 per month.

Extremes of the selected specifications, not an uncertainty interval. Ranks precede rounding of displayed counts.

2000 remains below 1976 in every selected case.

Separate and joint peak tests
Peak years by test family
VaryCasesPeak years
Prices only41982, 1984
Wage only21982
Composition only11982
Joint81982, 1984

Separate tests keep other assumptions at the published baseline. Groups overlap and must not be added together.

One example combination for each peak year

  • 1982: Published income · Published baseline
  • 1984: Published income · Without the 1983 price

Classic equivalents

56 distinct combinations.

2000 rank: 25–32 out of 50 years.

Rank one is the highest purchasing power. Published baseline: rank 27.

Minimum–maximum across cases: ≈344–456 per month.

Extremes of the selected specifications, not an uncertainty interval. Ranks precede rounding of displayed counts.

The 1976–2000 comparison depends on the assumptions.

Separate and joint peak tests
Peak years by test family
VaryCasesPeak years
Prices only41985, 1989
Wage only21989
Composition only71982, 1985, 1989
Joint561982, 1984, 1985, 1989

Separate tests keep other assumptions at the published baseline. Groups overlap and must not be added together.

One example combination for each peak year

  • 1982: Published income · Published baseline · Reference meat weight in every year
  • 1984: Published income · Without the 1983 price · Reference meat weight in every year
  • 1985: Published income · Published baseline · Historical meat -20%
  • 1989: Published income · Published baseline · Baseline composition
Specifications and how to verify the result

Wage

  • Published income
  • Payroll reconstruction under review

Price

  • Published baseline
  • Without the 1983 price
  • Without the 1984 price
  • Without either price

Composition

  • Baseline composition
  • Historical meat -20%
  • Historical meat +20%
  • Reference meat weight in every year
  • Meat value share 50%
  • Meat value share 90%
  • No non-meat composition gap

JSON includes parameters, inputs, public citations and every case by year. CSV contains the same calculations. With Node 24, the standalone program checks the arithmetic without packages, network or private repository access. Arithmetic reproduction does not certify historical sources.

node reproduce-joint-v1.mjs joint-robustness-2026-09-14.json
JSONCSVReproduction program

joint-robustness-v1 · 2026.09.26-mean-wage-source

Source and product testsWage-basis evidence

Where this figure comes from

Price anchor. The series uses an anchor for this year. The entry may include rescaling or time weighting. It does not certify a national sample.

The era price is an input or calculation in the series. Comparison in classic gyros adds assumptions about weight and composition.

What the sources supportFollow the price calculation
AModel price anchor; source verification is separateFries includedSkewer (estimate): 0.65 €

Categories describe how the price enters the model. They do not certify original-source verification, representative sampling or historical product composition.

Detailed evidence and calculation

What is supported for this year

We examine price, date, place and product composition separately. Evidence for the price does not establish historical meat weights.

Reviewed with outstanding questions · 8 Sept 2026

Price
The anchor uses travel-guide entries. Original pages and the matching of products and shops await verification.
Date
A guide's edition year does not establish when prices were collected. Assignment to the series year remains under review.
Geography
The entries concern central Athens. The geographical adjustment is a model assumption, not a measured national median for that period.
Composition
Historical meat weights and changes in composition are model assumptions, not a series of market measurements. The assumed peak and decline in portion size need verification. The present-day weight defines the reference product. The era price refers to the wrap sold at the time; the classic price and weight-adjusted index depend on these assumptions.
See sources for this year

From source to series price

A source entry is not always the final price. These are the inputs retained by the model, without implying fresh verification of the original.

  1. 1. Amount before rescaling

    1.17 €

    The recorded original amount before any rescaling. It may be a regulated ceiling or composite input, not an individual purchase.

  2. 2. Model input

    1.09 €

    Wrap at 400 GRD in central Athens (Let's Go Greece 2000, “Gyros pita 400dr”; Lonely Planet Athens 2001, Thanasis at 350 GRD and 400-450 GRD elsewhere; the French Lonely Planet, Pitta Pan at 425 GRD). Observed range 350-450 GRD. Rescaled using the model’s 1.08 Athens factor, not a measured national median for that year. Original guide pages and observation dates await verification.

  3. 3. Period price in the series

    1.09 €

    The final price used for period purchasing power. Classic composition rescaling is a separate subsequent step.

In some years an anchor constrains the range rather than replacing the calculated price. Historical amounts use the fixed drachma-to-euro conversion, without inflation adjustment.

Sources and limitations for this year

How the number is produced

Every figure with the formula that produces it and its source. Nothing is written by hand.

The wage

Gross, per payment
454.50 €
Gross in drachmas
154,871 GRD
Employee contributions
15.90%
Net, per payment
netPerPayment = gross × (1 − contributionRate)382.23 €
Payments per year
14
Net, on a 12-month basis
netEur = netPerPayment × payments ÷ 12445.94 €

WSI Minimum Wage Database - Greece (Hans-Böckler-Stiftung)

The price

Price(model anchor)
1.09 €
In drachmas
370 GRD
Uncertainty range(−12.51% / +12.51%)
0.951 € - 1.223 €
Method
documented-anchor

Athens travel guides, 2000-2001

The index

Index
index = round(netSalary / pitaPrice)410
Change vs previous year
-31
In the hypothetical scenario(general)
513
Wage in today's prices
real = net × (CPI_2026 / CPI_year)771.51 €

How to cite it

Wrap at 400 GRD in central Athens (Let's Go Greece 2000, “Gyros pita 400dr”; Lonely Planet Athens 2001, Thanasis at 350 GRD and 400-450 GRD elsewhere; the French Lonely Planet, Pitta Pan at 425 GRD). Observed range 350-450 GRD. Rescaled using the model’s 1.08 Athens factor, not a measured national median for that year. Original guide pages and observation dates await verification.

Rescaling scenario: Base series (anchors, estimates and derived prices)

Sources for this year

Citations

Reproduce this calculationWrapped pita gyro

Wrap at 400 GRD in central Athens (Let's Go Greece 2000, “Gyros pita 400dr”; Lonely Planet Athens 2001, Thanasis at 350 GRD and 400-450 GRD elsewhere; the French Lonely Planet, Pitta Pan at 425 GRD). Observed range 350-450 GRD. Rescaled using the model’s 1.08 Athens factor, not a measured national median for that year. Original guide pages and observation dates await verification.

Evidence and open questions

Menus, reports and regulations document contemporary prices and specifications. Market prices remain distinct from regulated prices. Open questions and hypothetical comparisons do not automatically change the index.

View sources, comparisons and limitations

What the contemporary press reported

Crete: gyro-pita price in a Polish travel report

Trybuna Śląska / DZIEŃ ·

Issue dated 21–22 October 2000. Issue 247 (18553), edition K, p. 12. “Urlop na Krecie / Wyspa pełna słońca i mitów”, signed PIET, price box at lower right.

Explicit gyro-pita price in the Crete price box
750 GRD

Explicit product and drachmas. Shop, city, weight, meat and observation day are unknown. The Hersonissos photo caption does not locate or date the price. This is not a national mean.

A dated menu identifying the shop and product specification.

Supporting evidence. Not used directly as an annual price.

Open the original

Athens: minimum price in a 2000 travel guide

iDNES.cz ·

Václav Chochola, iDNES.cz, 11 December 2000. Food and price-overview sections. Publication year, with no exact observation date.

Reported minimum gyro / souvlaki price
350 GRD

One joint gyro/souvlaki row in an Athens guide. The prose identifies gyro in pita and defines the drachma prices as minima, subject to seasonal variation. It separately warns of a table-service surcharge. This is not a mean or a verified final seated price.

Adds an independent local check on the 2000 reference price. It does not establish an annual mean or national median. A new anchor requires sufficient comparable prices with dates, places and purchase channels. The publisher page was read, but no article copy was retained.

Supporting evidence. Not used directly as an annual price.

Open the original
Evidence, classifications and provenance (JSON)

What the model already uses

Wrap at 400 GRD in central Athens (Let's Go Greece 2000, “Gyros pita 400dr”; Lonely Planet Athens 2001, Thanasis at 350 GRD and 400-450 GRD elsewhere; the French Lonely Planet, Pitta Pan at 425 GRD). Observed range 350-450 GRD. Rescaled using the model’s 1.08 Athens factor, not a measured national median for that year. Original guide pages and observation dates await verification.

Existing transcriptions, not new readings of original pages. Edition year does not establish when prices were collected. Entries from the same guide are not independent sources.

  • Let's Go Greece including Cyprus 2000

    Gyro wrap

    Transcribed amount: 400 GRD

    Edition year
    2000
    Observation year
    Unverified
    Model assignment
    2000

    Transcribed from repository code without a new page reading. Edition year does not date the observation.

    Already used · Original page awaits verification

    Book catalogue, not a verified price page

  • Let's Go Greece including Cyprus 2000

    Souvlaki, format under review

    Transcribed amount: 250 GRD

    Edition year
    2000
    Observation year
    Unverified
    Model assignment
    2000

    Code treats this as a skewer. Page, context and shop are needed to verify the 250/400 pairing.

    Already used · Original page awaits verification

    Book catalogue, not a verified price page

  • Lonely Planet Athens 2001 (exact edition to verify)

    Small takeaway wrap, Thanasis

    Transcribed amount: 350 GRD

    Edition year
    2001
    Observation year
    Unverified
    Model assignment
    2000

    The transcription describes a small takeaway wrap. Pork gyro is not established. ISBN 9781864502954 is a candidate, not a verified match for the passage.

    Already used · Original page awaits verification

  • Lonely Planet Athens 2001 (exact edition to verify)

    Skewer according to transcription

    Transcribed amount: 200 GRD

    Edition year
    2001
    Observation year
    Unverified
    Model assignment
    2000

    Code pairs this price with the Thanasis 350 GRD wrap. A common shop and comparable product have not been verified.

    Already used · Original page awaits verification

  • Lonely Planet, French edition unidentified

    Pitta Pan gyro, format under review

    Transcribed amount: 425 GRD

    Edition year
    Unknown
    Observation year
    Unverified
    Model assignment
    2000

    Exact edition and page are unknown. A translation or recycled edition is possible; independence is not established.

    Already used · Original page awaits verification

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What if the portion were different?

Only the assumed meat weight changes. The period price, wage and all other assumptions stay fixed.

−20% meat

1.29 €

per classic gyro

345 classic gyros / month

Baseline model

1.11 €

per classic gyro

400 classic gyros / month

+20% meat

0.978 €

per classic gyro

456 classic gyros / month

Period purchasing power stays at 410 gyros per month in every scenario. The classic comparison changes because it depends on composition.

Selected stress tests for 1990–2010, not new measurements or a statistical confidence interval. They do not jointly test price, date and geographic uncertainty.

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