{"id":193135,"date":"2026-06-24T12:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193135\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T12:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:17:16","slug":"bielstat-pre-tax-monthly-pay-up-1-7-percent-in-may","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193135\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142stat: pre-tax monthly pay up 1.7 percent in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarusians\u2019 nominal average monthly pay before taxes amounted to 3,003 rubels ($1,066 at the current exchange rate) in May, rising by 1.7 percent from the April level, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January and February 2026, it fell by 11.4 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively, rising by 8.5 percent in March and dropping by 0.8 percent in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, nominal average pay rose steadily from February to July, fell in August and September, grew slightly in October, declined by 2 percent in November and rose by 15 percent in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians\u2019 real disposable income (adjusted for inflation) rose by 8 percent year on year in the first four months of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/demografia_sb_by-2-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/demografia_sb_by-2-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/demografia_sb_by-2-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/demografia_sb_by-2-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/demografia_sb_by-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/demografia_sb_by-2.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Workers moving West: growing wage gap around Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">A labor market crisis begins long before employers start looking for workers. It starts with demographics: declining birth rates, an aging population, high premature mortality among men and the migration of young people either to the capital or beyond the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/longreads\/192796\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 24, Pozirk. Belarusians\u2019 nominal average monthly pay before taxes amounted to 3,003 rubels ($1,066 at the current exchange rate) in May, rising by 1.7 percent from the April level, according to Pozirk\u2019s analysis of the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data. 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