TIRANA, Aug 8 /ATA/ Minister of State for Local Government, Arbjan Mazniku, confirmed on Thursday that for the medium-sized municipalities of Albania, the salary increase will be significant.
According to Mazniku, “the salary increase will bring about enhancement of performance and will make municipalities competitive to attract qualified employees”.
For municipalities with a population of 50,000 to 100,000 inhabitants, the minimum wage level for the category of specialists will increase from 30,600 ALL to 40,000 ALL. While the average salary goes from 44,000 ALL to 70,000 ALL.
As for the management level, the minimum salary goes to 95,000 ALL and the average salary goes from 91,000 ALL to 180,000 ALL.
The government approved on August 1 the salary increase for employees in all municipalities of the country.
The decision provides that all local government salaries will be unified in all municipalities.
The decision will enable municipalities to attract professionals from the labor market by contributing efficiently.
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