TIRANA, March 20 /ATA/ – Albanian government plans to further increase public administration wages in the next four years, Prime Minister Edi Rama said in his “Sy m’Sy” social media show on Thursday.
The government head noted that the average monthly wage in Albania is now estimated at 1030 euros and pledged new wage and pension hikes if elected in the May 11 elections.
PM Rama cited official data from the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) saying that Albania’s average gross monthly wage (private and public sectors combined) is 830 euros, whereas the average wage in the public sector is 1030 euros.
According to INSTAT, the average gross monthly wage rose 11.2% year-on-year to 83 401 lek in the fourth quarter of 2024.
INSTAT said in its report that the average gross monthly wage per employee in the country’s financial and insurance, IT and communication sectors is the highest at a national level.
The state budget fund earmarked for public sector wages has doubled to over 1.3 billion euros in the last decade.
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