Biełstat: pre-tax monthly pay rises over $1000 equivalent in March

April 24, Pozirk. Belarusians’ nominal average monthly pay before taxes amounted to 2,975.8 rubels ($1,061 at the exchange rate on April 23) in March, rising by 8.5 percent from the January level, according to Pozirk’s analysis of the National Statistics Committee’s (Biełstat) data.

Last year, nominal average pay rose steadily from February to July, fell in August and September, grew slightly in October, declined by 2 percent in November and rose by 15 percent in December. In January 2026, it fell by 11.4 percent.

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Belarus’ employment rate declines 1.3 percent in Q1

April 23, Pozirk. The proportion of the employed working-age population stood at 84.4 percent in the first quarter of 2026, after 85.7 percent recorded in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Pozirk’s analysis of the National Statistical Committee (Biełstat) …

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