March 13 (SeeNews) - Albania's average gross monthly wage increased by 10.8% year-on-year to 66,014 leks ($620.5/579 euro) in the fourth quarter of 2022, after rising 9.2% in the previous three-month period, the statistical office said.
The average gross wage in the public sector amounted to 74,450 leks, while in the private sector it stood at 62,198 leks in the fourth quarter of the year, INSTAT said in a statement on Friday.
In the October-December period, the biggest average wage, 142,141 leks, was paid in the financial and insurance sector, followed by the information and communication sector with 103,520 leks. The lowest wage - 42,428 leks - was recorded in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector.
Albania's minimum gross monthly wage is set at 34,000 leks.
(1 euro = 114.005 leks)