Number of persons engaged in economy and salaries
For the state of January 1, 2018 number of employees engaged in the country economy increased by 0.7% and amounted to 1525.0 thousand person; 878.7 thousand of them were the employees of the public sector and 646.3 thousand person were the employees of the private sector.
21.9% of employees were engaged in education, 19.1% in trade; repair of transport means, 12.9% in industry, 8.6% in health and social services provided to population, 7.1% in public administration and defense; social security, 6.7% in construction, 4.6% in transport and warehouse, 3.4% in professional, scientific and technical activity, 3.2% in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 1.6% in finance and insurance and 10.9% in other fields of economy.
In 2017, compared to last year average monthly nominal salary of employees engaged in the country economy increased by 5.7% and made 528.5 AZN. Average monthly nominal salary in the sphere of mining industry, finance and insurance, professional, scientific and technical activity, information and communication, construction, as well as transportation and warehousing was higher.
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