10.06.2022

THE MLSP PUBLISHES A NEWSLETTER IN THE FIELD OF INCOME AND LIVING STANDARDS

The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MLSP) has published an information bulletin in the field of living standards and income for the first quarter of 2022. It contains data on Bulgaria's gross domestic product, inflation, wages and employees, economic activity of the population, household income and expenditure. The full text of the newsletter can be seen at the following link: https://mlsp.government.bg/byuletin-na-mtsp.

Statistics show that the total number of employees in Bulgaria in the first quarter of 2022 was 3.068 million people. Compared to the same period in 2021, they increased by 1.3%. The total average income per household member in the first quarter of 2022 was BGN 2,005.54 and increased by 9.6% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. In the structure of the total income with the highest relative share is the income from salary (56.9%), followed by the income from pensions (30.9%) and from self-employment (4.9%).

The average salary in the private sector for the reporting period is BGN 1,591, which is 11.6% more than in the first quarter of 2021. In the public sector the average salary for the first quarter of the year is BGN 1,598 and in Compared to the same period of 2021, it increased by 1.8%, according to the data in the MLSP newsletter.