OREANDA-NEWS. August 17, 2011. The average salary in Moldova in June 2011 amounted to 3,556.2 leis, up 20 percent over the same period last year. The average salary in the public sector amounted to 3,979.1 leis (+39.7 percent in comparison with June 2010), in the real sector of economy – 3,362.5.1 leis (+11.4%), according to the National Statistics Office.

The 20-percent growth of the average salary in the country’s economy resulted from the 60-percent rise in the fund of remuneration of labor in education in connection with the vacation pay that made up half of the total labor remuneration fund in this sector.

The highest salaries in June 2011 were registered in the financial sector – 6467.1 leis (+5.3% against June 2010), at the enterprises of the electricity-, gas- and water supply – 4,984.7 leis (+5.6%) and in the education – 4.584.8 leis (64.4%).

The lowest-paid are still workers of the fishing industry, their average salary in June 2011 amounting to 1,563.7 leis (+10.9%), and the agrarian industry and forestry – 1,781.6 leis (+21.8%).