KSH: average gross wage was 220,700 in the first five months

In the first five months of 2012 the gross average wages increased by 4.4 percent, the net average wages without taking the family allowances into account rose by 1.7 percent compared to the same period of last year – the Central Statistics Office (KSH) announced on  Thursday.

The average gross salary of full-time employees was 220,700 thousand HUF, including the wages of those who are working at enterprises were 231,800  thousand HUF. In the public sector average salary was 208,400  thousand HUF, if they did  not work within the framework of public employment – the KSH said. (MTI)