
In the third quarter of 2020, the monthly salary in Chisinau municipality was 17.5% higher than the average salary in the country.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the III quarter of 2020 the average nominal salary in Chisinau municipality amounted to 9,489.7 lei, an increase of 9.3% compared to the same period in 2019 and exceeding the average salary in the country by 17.5% (8,074.3 lei). In the public sector, the average monthly salary amounted to 8,880.9 lei, which is 9.5% more than in the third quarter of 2019, in the real sector in the municipality, on average, salaries amounted to 9608.6 lei, which is 9.3% more than in the same period last year. According to statistics, in the field of public administration and defense, compulsory social insurance, the average salary amounted to 11 796.5 lei (+ 10% compared to the third quarter of 2019), in the industrial sector, salaries amounted to 8 717.8 lei (+7.2%), in education - 8190.7 lei (+ 5.4%), in agriculture, forestry and fish farming - 5995.4 lei (+ 8.8%), in other services - 9647, 2 lei (+ 10%). Compared to the second quarter, salaries in all of these areas increased (by 2.3-8%), except for education, where salaries fell by 7.8%. // 10.12.2020 — InfoMarket.