Bulgaria is beginning the year, 2022, without a budget, voted by parliament, which is unprecedented in the country’s most modern history. According to estimated data, by the end of December 2021, the budget was "in the red" by 4 billion Leva (a..
In the third quarter of 2021 the average monthly salary for Bulgaria reached 777 euros. Despite the severe situation related to the coronavirus pandemic, the average salary in the Human Health and Social Work sector fell by 5.4% in the third..
Bulgaria is among the five EU member states where workers at minimum wage are left with less than half of their income after paying their rent (the other four countries are Spain, Luxembourg, Hungary and Portugal). This was reported..
A working person in Bulgaria needs to receive a net salary of BGN 1,069 (EUR 547) to cover his/her living expenses, which include food, housing, education, healthcare, clothing, transport and communications. There are nearly 700,000 working..
In 2020, the average total annual income per household member was 3,580 euros, which is a 6. 2-percent rise compared to 2019, the National Statistical Institute has reported . T he total income per member of a..
"Social dialogue and collective agreements in the system of preschool and school education" is the topic of a branch forum in Sofia, which will be hosted by CITUB today. According to the provisions of the Collective Labor Agreement (CLA), signed by..
73% of people who change jobs in Bulgaria do so because of low salary, indicates a survey of the labour market conducted by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Bulgarian Academy of..
1232 euros are needed per month for the living of a 4-member household, with two parents and two children, according to data of trade unions in Bulgaria. For a four-member family living in the capital city of Sofia the sum rises to 1636 euros. For the..
The average gross monthly salary in Bulgaria has reached 572 euro, as the rise compared to the same period of the previous year is 8.2%, according to data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI). The increase compared to the first quarter of..
Europe wants higher salaries across the entire continent, but most of all in the countries of Eastern Europe where wages are many times lower than in the other European countries. This is the focus of the “Europe wants higher salaries” campaign..