The pita gyro in 2024

Gyro price, net minimum wage and purchasing power for 2024, with its calculation and sources. Visitor reports are shown separately for comparison.

Index · classic gyros / month

228

Using the model's product rescaling

Wage · monthly equivalent

821.46 €

in 2026 prices: 864.73 €

Gross minimum by month: Jan-Mar €780, Apr-Dec €830. Year mean €817.5. 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: 3.72 €
With the net minimum wage / month: 221

Series range: 3.35 € – 4.09 €

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: 201–245 period gyros/month

How is it calculated?

Base series · period gyros/month · scenario start 1998

821.46 € ÷ 3.72 € ≈ 221 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 model's selected percentage band.

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.

2 sources, rescaled to the reference basket: protagon EUR 3.80 -> EUR 3.70 (33%) · pricefox EUR 3.65 -> EUR 3.73 (67%). Weighted mean EUR 3.72.

Anchors used by the calculation: 2024

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, composition Original sources for the year From source to price

Selected-series data · 2026.10.10-monthly-bulletin

Classic gyros

Price per gyro: 3.605 €
With the net minimum wage / month: 228

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: 207–253 classic gyros/month

How is it calculated?

Base series · classic gyros/month · scenario start 1998

821.46 € ÷ 3.605 € ≈ 228 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.

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.

2 sources, rescaled to the reference basket: protagon EUR 3.80 -> EUR 3.70 (33%) · pricefox EUR 3.65 -> EUR 3.73 (67%). Weighted mean EUR 3.72.

Anchors used by the calculation: 2024

Product rescaling

3.72 € × 0.969 ≈ 3.605 €

Model / reference grams:: 92 / 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, composition Original sources for the year From 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?

Compare 2024 with another year

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

Comparison year

Compare: 2024 → 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.

2024 rank: 49–49 out of 50 years.

Rank one is the highest purchasing power. Published baseline: rank 49.

Minimum–maximum across cases: ≈221–222 per month.

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

2024 remains below 1976 in every selected case.

Separate and joint peak tests

Peak years by test family
Vary	Cases	Peak years
Prices only	4	1982, 1984
Wage only	2	1982
Composition only	1	1982
Joint	8	1982, 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.

2024 rank: 49–49 out of 50 years.

Rank one is the highest purchasing power. Published baseline: rank 49.

Minimum–maximum across cases: ≈195–262 per month.

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

2024 remains below 1976 in every selected case.

Separate and joint peak tests

Peak years by test family
Vary	Cases	Peak years
Prices only	4	1985, 1989
Wage only	2	1989
Composition only	7	1982, 1985, 1989
Joint	56	1982, 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

JSON CSV Reproduction program

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

Source and product tests Wage-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 support Follow the price calculation

AModel price anchor; source verification is separateFries includedSkewer (estimate): 1.85 €

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.

The detailed year review is pending. This does not mean no sources exist.

Price: Sources and the calculation are shown below. A separate review of these dimensions has not yet been completed for this year.
Date: A separate check of publication date and observation date has not yet been completed here.
Geography: A separate review of geographical coverage and adjustments has not yet been completed here.
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. Amount before rescaling
3.80 €
The recorded original amount before any rescaling. It may be a regulated ceiling or composite input, not an individual purchase.
2. Model input
3.72 €
2 sources, rescaled to the reference basket: protagon EUR 3.80 -> EUR 3.70 (33%) · pricefox EUR 3.65 -> EUR 3.73 (67%). Weighted mean EUR 3.72.
3. Period price in the series
3.72 €
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.

Dates and references for each observation

Protagon - «Πώς διπλασιάστηκε σε πέντε χρόνια η τιμή στο σουβλάκι»
Published: Not established
Observation period: Not separately recorded
A single shop in Pagrati, an expensive central Athens neighbourhood.
- Geography: ÷1.027
  Geographic-level assumption with a linear transition by year. Not a same-shop measurement against a national sample; changing the factor also changes growth rates.
No specific publication has been mapped to this observation.
Pricefox - ετήσια πανελλαδική έρευνα τιμών τυλιχτού (6 πόλεις)
Published: 2024-10-25
Observation period: 2024 survey; exact collection dates unknown
Pricefox survey (25 Oct 2024): national average above EUR 3.60. By city: Athens about EUR 4.00 (3.20-4.60), Thessaloniki above EUR 4.00 (2.80-4.90), Patras EUR 3.60 (cheapest), Larissa EUR 3.50-4.60, Volos EUR 3.80 (3.30-4.80), Heraklion EUR 3.20-5.30 (dearest). No wrap below EUR 2.80 was found in any of the 6 cities.
- Sales channel: ÷1.076
  Ratio of midpoints of reported 2026 ranges. Not a median of paired shops. Applying it to earlier years is an assumption.
- Product basket: ×1.1
  Assumed mixed-basket adjustment to pork gyro. No reproducible product-level calibration table is recorded here.
Specific publication

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: 817.50 €
Employee contributions: 13.87%
Net, per payment: netPerPayment = gross × (1 − contributionRate)704.11 €
Payments per year: 14
Net, on a 12-month basis: netEur = netPerPayment × payments ÷ 12821.46 €

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

The price

Price(model anchor): 3.72 €
Uncertainty range(−10.00% / +10.00%): 3.348 € - 4.092 €
Method: documented-anchor

Pricefox - 2025 wrap price survey (6 cities)

The index

Index: index = round(netSalary / pitaPrice)221
Change vs previous year: -24
In the hypothetical scenario(general): 574
Wage in today's prices: real = net × (CPI_2026 / CPI_year)864.73 €

How to cite it

2 sources, rescaled to the reference basket: protagon EUR 3.80 -> EUR 3.70 (33%) · pricefox EUR 3.65 -> EUR 3.73 (67%). Weighted mean EUR 3.72.

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

Sources for this year

Citations

Reproduce this calculationWrapped pita gyro

2 sources, rescaled to the reference basket: protagon EUR 3.80 -> EUR 3.70 (33%) · pricefox EUR 3.65 -> EUR 3.73 (67%). Weighted mean EUR 3.72.

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The pita gyro in 2024

The same wage, two comparisons

Period gyros

Classic gyros

Compare 2024 with another year

Which findings hold up?

Period gyros

Classic equivalents

Wage

Price

Composition

Where this figure comes from

What is supported for this year

From source to series price

1. Amount before rescaling

2. Model input

3. Period price in the series

How the number is produced

The wage

The price

The index

How to cite it

Sources for this year

Visitor reports