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An employee in Bulgaria needs a minimum of 743.42 EUR for basic living

CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov
Photo: BTA

743.42 EUR is the living wage for a worker in Bulgaria. This is shown by CITUB data for the first quarter of the year. The minimum sum needed for a three-member family (two working people and a child up to 14 years of age) is EUR 1,337.54 For three months, the amount of income needed for normal living has increased by 1.1%. The data shows that 65.3% of workers cannot reach the minimum level of incomes required for normal living.

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