(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Ayya Lmahamad
Azerbaijan increased the average monthly salary of hired workers
by 14.2 percent in January-April 2022, bringing the figure to
AZN824.7 ($485.1), Azernews reports with reference to the State
Statistics Committee.
During the reporting period, the average monthly nominal salary
was higher in the mining industry, financial, insurance,
professional, scientific, technical, information, communication,
transport, and storage sectors.
As of May 1, the number of people employed in the economy
increased by 22,900 and amounted to 1.7 billion people. Out of the
total number of the employed workforce, around 904,000 are engaged
in the public sector and 797,300 in the private sector.
Some 19.6 percent are employed in education, 18.8 percent in
trade and repair of transport means, 12.5 percent in industry, 8.2
percent in health care and social services for the population, 7.3
percent in construction, 6.6 percent in public administration and
defense, social security, 4.3 percent in transport and warehousing,
3.5 percent in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 3.4 percent in
professional, scientific and technical activities, 1.9 percent in
financial and insurance activities and 13.9 percent in other
economic sectors.
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