Average monthly salary in Kyrgyzstan makes USD 229.5

Bishkek, Sept. 2, 2021. / Kabar /. The average monthly nominal wage per employee in January-June 2021 (excluding small businesses) amounted to KGS 19,395 (USD 229.5). According to data of the National Statistics Committee, this indicator increased by 7.9 percent compared to January-June 2020, and its real size, calculated taking into account the consumer price index, decreased by 2.6 percent. In June this year in relation to June last year, there was a decrease in the growth rates of both real and nominal wages. In January-June of this year the wages of workers in the non-budgetary sphere exceeded the wages of workers in the budgetary sphere by 1.6 times.