Real earnings grew by 4.0 pct compared to January–May 2009.
Real earnings grew by 4.0 pct compared to January–May 2009, (paralleled by a 5.8 pct increase of the consumer price index) decisively due to the change in measures concerning personal income tax and the disbursement of January and March installments of wage supplement at budgetary institutions.
Within this, the real earnings increased by 3.9 pct in the private sector while the increase was 4.3 pct in the public sector. The average number of employees was 2 million 658 thousand in January–May 2010.
The average gross and net earnings in corporations employing at least 5 persons and in the public sector increased by 3.4 pct and 10.0 pct, respectively, compared to the same period of the previous year.
