{"id":143900,"date":"2025-06-24T12:16:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143900\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"nominal-average-pay-up-1-5-percent-in-may","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/143900\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominal average pay up 1.5 percent in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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June 24, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusians\u2019 nominal average pay before taxes amounted to 2,652 rubels (about $894) in May, rising by 1.5 percent from the April level, according to Pozirk<\/em>\u2018s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk is traditionally leading in nominal average pay with 3,504 rubels, while the Viciebsk region posted the lowest pay of 2,230 rubels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The growth of nominal average pay slowed down to 0.4 percent in April after a 7.5 increase in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consumer prices rose by 0.7 percent last month and 7.1 percent in the year to May, the National Statistics Committee reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High inflation has prompted the central bank to announce a rise in the base refinance rate from 9.5 percent to 9.75 percent on June 25. The central bank expressed concern that wages outpaced labor productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Belarus fourth in former Soviet Union\u2019s price growth<\/h3>\n
June 19, Pozirk. Belarus ranked fourth among the former Soviet countries in consumer price growth in January\u2013May with 4.45 percent, according to national statistics data analyzed by Pozirk. Kazakhstan led the price growth in the first five months of 2025 …<\/div>\n \n