BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar.5
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
The average monthly nominal wage of employees in Azerbaijan’s Baku city increased by 6.9 percent in 2020 compared to 2019 and amounted to 927.2 manat ($545.4), Trend reports citing the Baku City Statistics Department.
The average monthly nominal wage in Baku reached 703.5 manat ($413.8) from January through November 2020, increasing by 12.9 percent compared to the same period of 2019.
As a result of comprehensive social reforms carried out on the basis of the relevant instructions of the president of Azerbaijan, the minimum wage in the country increased to 250 manat ($147), which greatly affected the salaries of civil servants, employees of a number of budgetary institutions, enterprises and organizations, and state oil companies.
(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on Mar.5)
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