December 27 (SeeNews) - Macedonia's average net salary rose in October by a real 3.1% month-on-month to 15,608 denars ($365.8/252.3 euro), the Macedonian Statistics Office said on Thursday.
In September the average net monthly salary in the country was nominally 3.4% higher than it was a month earlier, the statistics office said in a statement.
Details follow (in Macedonian denars):
|
|
October'07 |
September'07 |
August'07 |
October'06 |
| Avg net salary (nominal) |
15,608 |
15,066 |
14,477 |
13,812 |
| Avg gross salary (nominal) |
25,889 |
24,971 |
23,907 |
23,587 |
| October (pct change) |
Nominal,net salary |
Real, net salary |
| m/m |
+3.6 |
+3.1 |
| y/y |
+13.0 |
+8.8 |
In October 11.6% of the people employed in the country received no payment, the statistics office said.
NOTE: The value of the consumer basket of food and beverages for a household of four cost 11,309 denars ($265/182 euro) based on retail prices in November, compared to 10,810 denars in October.
(1 euro = 61.86 Macedonian denars)