TIRANA, May 26/ATA/ The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has not affected the wage level in the country.
The Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) reported that the average gross monthly salary, in 2021 for an employee in Albania is 57,191 ALL. If compared to 2020, the average gross monthly salary per employee in Albania increased by 6.6%.
Referring to the data, if compared to 2020, employment has increased by 0.4%, while the official unemployment rate (for the age group 15-74 years) has decreased by 0.2%.
INSTAT also said that the gender pay gap is 4.5%. So, men have an average gross monthly salary 4.5% higher than women. Compared to 2020, there is a reduction of the gender pay gap by 2.0 percentage points.
According to INSTAT, 32.7% of contributors in the category of salaried employees receive an average gross monthly salary up to the level of the official minimum wage.
According to the survey estimates for 2021, it results that 47.9% of employees are salaried employees, 32.0% are self-employed (employer or self-employed without other employees) and 20.1% are free employees in the family business./p.s./
