Salaries rose by an average of 13.8 percent on year in the second quarter to over €2,200, newly released data from Statistics Estonia shows. One economist has questioned whether there is a statistical error.
The average salary for April, May and June was €2,284, the data released on Wednesday shows.
The biggest salary increase was in Tartu where wages rose by 28.2 percent followed by Tallinn at 13.1 percent. Hiiu County saw the lowest rise of 7.2 percent.
Wages were highest in Tallinn (€2,646), in Tartu County (€2,614) and in Harju County (€2,512).
Sigrid Saagpakk, analyst at Statistics Estonia, explained that average monthly gross wages and salaries represent the ratio between payment and labour contribution.
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