Social Indicators / Wages

Introduction

During the period 1994-2004 there is a clear trend of increase of the average monthly wages of the public sector. This is not true for the real wages, which have been influenced by the inflation rises and falls.

During the period 1994-1996, as consequence of the stabilization of the prices of consumable goods and the raise of the public sector–wages twice a year, the wages increase was higher than the increase of the prices of consumable goods. For the first time during the transition period, in 1995, 1995 and 1996 the real wage increased respectively by 26.4 percent, 24.4 percent and 19.6 percent. The economical crisis of the year 1997 brought about a drastic fall of the real wage, estimated to be 17 percent less than the previous year.

The prices of the consumable goods in 1999 remained almost stable and the real wages and salaries by the end of the year marked an increase of 10 percent. A similar situation can be noted for the year 2000 when the real wage increased with 17.7%.
In year 2001 there is an increase of the monthly average wage with 15.1% and in the meantime the prices of the consumable goods got an increase of 3.1% causing an increase of the real wage with 11.6%.
This increasing is continued in years 2003,2004 and 2005. The average monthly wages of the public sector during the year 2004 is increase 14.4% compared with 2003, meantime the prices of the consumable goods got an increase of 2.9% , so the increase of the real wage is 11.2%.
And so is in year 2005 where the average monthly wages of the public sector during the is increase with 9.9, meantime the prices of the consumable goods got an increase of 2.4% , so the increase of the real wage is 11.2%, compared with year 2004.

REAL GROWTH OF WAGE IN PUBLIC SECTOR 1995-2005

Data Sources

Ministries, state and public institutions.
District Statistics Offices