The wage index 0.2% higher than in the previous month
The wage index in June 2009 is 356.7 points, 0.2% higher than in the previous month. In the last twelve months the monthly wage index has risen by 3.0%.
| Wage Index 2008-2009 | |||||
| December 1988=100 | Change from previous month, % | Annual rate based on the change in the last | |||
| Index | 3 months, % | 6 months, % | 12 months, % | ||
| 2008 | |||||
| June | 346.2 | 1.2 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 8.5 |
| July | 348.8 | 0.7 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 9.1 |
| August | 350.4 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 9.1 |
| September | 352.2 | 0.5 | 7.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
| October | 353.3 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 7.7 | 8.8 |
| November | 351.3 | -0.6 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 7.8 |
| December | 353.6 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 8.3 |
| Average | 345.0 | . | . | . | 8.1 |
| 2009 | |||||
| January | 355.7 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 7.5 |
| February | 355.7 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| March | 356.1 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 5.5 |
| April | 355.4 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 1.2 | 4.4 |
| May | 356.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| June | 356.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
| Wage index are calculated and published according to law no 89/1989. The wage index is based on average for fixed hours earnings each month, calculated and published in the month following calculation. | |||||
Real wages decreased by 1.2% from the previous month
The real wage index in June 2009 is 106.2 points, 1.2% lower than in the previous month. In the last twelve months the real wage index has decreased by 8.2%.
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