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  • Number of small-wage recipients continues to decline in Latvia
    Data of the Labour Force Survey also shows show that in Q2 2016 the size of monthly wages and salaries after taxes received by 45.1 % of the employees comprised less than 450.00 euros (3.8 percentage points less than in Q2 2015). Out of that number, 20.9 % received minimum wage or less, the share of such people has dropped by 2 percentage points during the year. The share of employees receiving wages and salaries amounting to 450.01–700 euros constituted 30.1% (1.2 percentage points less than a year ago); the proportion of people receiving 700.01–1400.00 euros accounted for 17.3 % (3.7 percentage points less than in the respective period of the previous year); the share receiving net wages and salaries exceeding 1400 euros comprised 2.5 % (0.7 percentage points more than in Q2 2015); for 3.5 % of employees wage was not calculated or paid; while 1.5 % of the employees refused to specify the size of the wage or salary thereof.
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