According to the Eurasian Economic Commission, Belarus experienced the highest wage growth among all EAEU countries in the first 9 months of 2024.
It is said that in the republic the average monthly real wage for the said period increased by 11.3%.
Earlier, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko reported that real wage growth in the country currently amounts to 13 percent.
The EEC noted that Belarus became the leader in the EAEU in terms of growth of nominal wages over the first 9 months of the outgoing year – plus 19.6%.
They also said that in dollar equivalent, the average monthly nominal salary from January to September in Belarus was 690 dollars.
By the way. From January 1, the minimum monthly salary in the country will increase – from the current 626 to 726 rubles, that is, by exactly one hundred.
In this regard, it is worth recalling the data of the National Statistical Committee on nominal accrued wages (average) for October – 2,363.4 rubles.
Belstat also reported that the highest such salaries were paid in Minsk – 3,149 rubles 40 kopecks on average.
The top three also included salaries in the capital region and the Gomel region – 2,406.2 and 2,134.6 rubles, respectively.
Next come Grodno (2,111.9), Brest (2,110.9), Vitebsk (1,988.6) and Mogilev (1,974.6) regions.
According to Belstat, representatives of the information and communications sector earned the most in October – an average of 5,646 rubles 60 kopecks.
The TOP-3 includes financiers with insurers (3,578 rubles 90 kopecks) and builders (2,951.5 rubles).
The fourth position is for those involved in professional, scientific and technical activities – 2,919.4 rubles.
Next come workers in industry (2,622.8 rubles) and transport, warehousing, postal and courier activities (2,463.7).
Please note: the figures given are average statistical indicators, so real salaries, especially for November-December, may differ.
Moreover, there are not only lower ones, but also higher ones. Including in the provinces.
High regional salaries are evidenced by employers' vacancies in the database of the state employment service.
For example, if you look at the city of Borisov in the Minsk region, you can find job offers for salaries above 5,000 rubles.
True, such amounts are found in vacancies of one employer – the company “Tossat”.
Thus, the organization is ready to pay from 4,500 to 5,500 rubles to a roofer for metal roofs.
And for a bricklayer, the company has prepared a salary of 4,000 to 5,000 rubles.
In second place among the best salaries in the regional center is a salary of exactly 3,400 rubles.
This is how much the Borisov meat processing plant offers to the meat boner.
The applicant for the position must have a general secondary education. It is reported that the work will be in two shifts.
The TOP-3 of Borisov salaries is closed by the sum of 3,000 rubles. Two employers are ready to pay workers such money.
One of them is the Slutsk Cheese Factory. It is looking for a veterinarian to work in Borisov.
The second is the organization "KF-AUTO". Hires a mechanic for mechanical assembly work and a setup operator for machine tools and manipulators with program control.
He will also hire a process engineer and a design engineer.