Average monthly gross wages and salaries
Gross wages and salaries are remuneration specified in the employment contract or legislation, including remuneration paid for performance and transactions, which includes taxes and payments withheld under the law.
Wages and salaries statistics are based on data from:
• the employment register of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board;
• income and social tax declarations (form TSD).
The employment register provides information about people employed under employment contracts, the Civil Service Act, or service contracts. Tax declarations provide information about payments made.
People working under employment contracts, the Civil Service Act (excluding employees in the areas of governance of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of the Interior), and service contracts are included. All economically active enterprises, institutions and organisations with at least one employee are taken into account.
Average monthly gross wages and salaries are calculated as the ratio between payment and labour contribution.
• The payment includes any monetary consideration paid to an employee or official, including remuneration, wages, bonuses, holiday pay, sickness benefit, compensation or interest on arrears awarded by a court or labour dispute committee.
• Labour contribution refers to the percentage of days worked in a period (month/quarter) adjusted by the average working time rate.
1st quarter 2022 | 2nd quarter 2022 | 3rd quarter 2022 | 4th quarter 2022 | 1st quarter 2023 | 2nd quarter 2023 | 3rd quarter 2023 | 4th quarter 2023 | 1st quarter 2024 | 2nd quarter 2024 | 3rd quarter 2024 | 4th quarter 2024 | |
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Average monthly gross wages (salaries), euros | 1,536 | 1,666 | 1,641 | 1,735 | 1,741 | 1,872 | 1,812 | 1,904 | 1,894 | 2,007 | 1,959 | 2,062 |
Percentage change in average gross wages (salaries) compared to same period in previous year, % | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
January 2024 | February 2024 | March 2024 | April 2024 | May 2024 | June 2024 | July 2024 | August 2024 | September 2024 | October 2024 | November 2024 | December 2024 | |
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Average monthly gross wages (salaries), euros | 1,921 | 1,929 | 1,979 | 2,053 | 2,005 | 2,113 | 2,064 | 2,012 | 1,986 | 2,014 | 2,046 | 2,269 |