Jun 6, 2015
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While average wages and salaries kept increasing; growth rate has been slowing down as of the 1st quarter of 2015.
Data compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau show that in the 1st quarter of 2015 the average monthly gross wages and salaries accounted for 785 euro. The average wages and salaries kept increasing; however, growth rate has been slowing down. In the 1st quarter of 2014 wages and salaries grew by 7.4% annually, in the 1st quarter of 2015 it increased by 6.1% or 45 euro. In the private sector the average monthly wages and salaries amounted to 773 euro, in the public sector to 809 euro, and in general government sector to 757 euros. In the private sector wages and salaries rose by 6.9% annually, and in the public sector by 5.0%.
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