According to the National Statistical Committee, over the first 9 months of 2024, real disposable income of Belarusians increased by 9.4%.
This is compared to January-September last year.
Belstat also reported that currently every fourth worker in the country has a salary of over 2,500 rubles, and every tenth has a salary of over three thousand.
Salary growth
The agency recorded an 11% increase in wages (taking inflation into account) based on the results of last year.
And today, it is noted, the average salary of some public sector employees exceeds the average for the republic.
For example, for doctors, whose average monthly salary for the first 9 months of this year was 1.5 times higher than the average monthly salary in the republic in the period from January to September.
Belstat emphasizes that wages are growing both in the real sector of the economy and in budget sectors.
According to his data, over the past 30 years, salaries in Belarus have increased 30 times, and over the past 5 years – by 25.3%.
And in September 2024, the nominal accrued average salary was 2,313 rubles 90 kopecks.
How much do they pay in the regions?
The statistical committee recorded the highest salaries (nominal accrued) among the regions of Belarus in Minsk – 3,058.3 rubles on average.
The TOP-3 also includes Minsk and Gomel regions with indicators of 2,367 and 2,095.1 rubles, respectively.
They are followed by Grodno region (2,067.9 rubles), Brest region (2,063.6), Vitebsk region (1,963.9) and Mogilev region (1,949.8).
As for workers, Belstat noted the highest salaries among representatives of the information and communications sector – 5,474 rubles 30 kopecks on average.
The top three are financiers and insurers (3,312.4 rubles) and workers in professional, scientific and technical activities (2,894.3).
Next come those involved in construction (2,822.8), industry (2,570.3), transport, warehousing, postal and courier activities (2,302.2).
Brest region
It is worth remembering that the figures mentioned above are average statistical indicators.
That is, today's real salaries can be both higher and lower than the average.
Let's talk about the highest in terms of regions. For example, let's find out how much you can earn in the Brest region this fall.
Useful information on this issue is contained in the vacancies of employers posted on the website of the state employment service.
Judging by these proposals, a salary of 4,800 rubles is also relevant for the region.
This is exactly what the experimental base “Maisk” from the village of the same name in the Ivatsevichi district promises to the chief livestock specialist.
The applicant for the position is required to have a higher education. If employed, they will provide a room in a dormitory.
Other features: no qualification category required, permanent work in one shift.
Second and third places
In second place in the TOP-3 best salaries of Brest region is a salary in the amount of 4,335 to 4,500 rubles.
The head coach of the well-known handball club “Meshkov Brest” can earn this kind of money every month.
The candidate for the position must have a higher education and at least 5 years of relevant work experience.
In addition, the applicant must know English and have an EHF Master Coach license.
Third place – salaries of exactly 4,000 rubles.
This is what the organization "Agro-Kolyadichi" from the agro-town of Kolyadichi in the Pruzhany district offers to the chief agronomist and chief veterinarian.
The same 4,000 rubles were promised by the organization “Kvasevichi” (an agro-town of the same name in the Ivatsevichi district) to the chief livestock specialist and chief veterinarian.
For reference
Brest Region is a region in the southwest of Belarus, the administrative center of which is the city of Brest.
