September 13 (SeeNews) - Albania's average gross monthly wage increased by 7% year-on-year to 60,666 leks ($522.6/514.7 euro) in the second quarter of 2022, after rising 5.8% in the previous three-month period, the statistical office said.
The average gross wage in the public sector amounted to 68,245 leks, while in the private sector it stood at 57,327 leks in the second quarter of the year, INSTAT said in a statement on Monday.
In the April-June period, the biggest average wage, 130,872 leks, was paid in the financial and insurance sector, followed by the information and communication sector with 96,789 leks. The lowest wage - 40,044 leks - was recorded in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector.
Albania's minimum gross monthly wage is set at 32,000 leks.
(1 euro = 117.861 leks)