
In the IV quarter of 2020, the monthly salary in Chisinau municipality was more than 17% higher than the national average.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the IV quarter of 2020, the average nominal salary in Chisinau municipality amounted to 10,390.9 lei, an increase of 12.6% compared to the same period in 2019 and exceeding the average salary in the country by 17.3% (8 859.9 lei). In the public sector in Chisinau, the average monthly salary amounted to 9,980.9 lei, which is 18.9% more than in the IV quarter of 2019, in the real sector in the municipality, salaries averaged 10,470.9 lei, which is 11. 5% 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 13,129.6 lei (+ 17.9% compared to the 4th quarter of 2019), in the field of education - 9,398.9 lei (+13.9%), in the industrial sector wages amounted to 9,087.7 lei (+ 6.5%), in agriculture, forestry and fish farming - 5,912.8 leis (+ 13.1%), in other services - 10 591.4 lei (+ 12.8%). Compared to the third quarter of 2020, wages in Chisinau increased by an average of 9.5%, while in education they increased by 14.7%, and in agriculture, forestry and fish farming, wages decreased by 1.4%. // 15.03.2021 — InfoMarket.