The increase reflects the rising wages in construction (+21.8%), transport and communication (+20.0%), and health care and social services (+12.2%), the Statistics Office said in a statement.
Month-on-month, the net salary in Macedonia rose by 0.1% in August from 15,808 denars in July.
Details follow (in Macedonian denars):
August'08 | August'07 | |
Net salary | 15,820 | 14,447 |
Gross salary | 25,758 | 23,907 |
Average August salary by sectors (in denars):
August'08 | August'07 | |
Agriculture, forestry | 12,048 | 11,100 |
Processing industry | 12,621 | 11,899 |
Mining | 17,462 | 17,762 |
Electricity, gas, water supply | 20,543 | 19,754 |
Construction | 12,331 | 10,123 |
Whole trade/retail | 14,715 | 14,208 |
Transport | 19,897 | 16,581 |
Banking | 30,102 | 28,524 |
Real Estate | 15,998 | 15,172 |
Education | 14,927 | 13,569 |
Health | 14,842 | 13,234 |
Public administration | 18,622 | 16,650 |
(1 euro= 62.3002 Macedonian denars)