{"id":201796,"date":"2026-08-31T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201796\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T10:54:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:54:03","slug":"edb-public-sector-salary-growth-outpaces-national-average","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/201796\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB: public sector salary growth outpaces national average"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 31, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Belarus\u2019 public sector salaries continued to outpace the economy-wide average rate, rising 10.5 percent in July after an 11.8-percent increase in June, says the recent report by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 real wages also maintained strong growth, increasing 9.1 percent in July after a 9-percent rise in June, the analysts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EDB expects strong wage growth to continue bolstering consumer spending, with further support coming from the base wage rate increase taking effect on September 1. The rate is used to calculate public-sector salaries in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real (inflation-adjusted) monthly pay in Belarus rose by 7.5 percent in the first half of 2026, according to the National Statistics Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/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\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kalkulator_aaron_lefler_unsplash.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Economy ministry forecasts export growth, inflation below 6 percent in 2027<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 29, Pozirk. The government expects the exports of goods and services to grow by 2.9 percent, investments by 3.1 percent with inflation below 6 percent by the end of 2027, Economy Minister Juryj \u010cabatar has told a government meeting. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/197764\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 31, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 public sector salaries continued to outpace the economy-wide average rate, rising 10.5 percent in July after an 11.8-percent increase in June, says the recent report by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB). Belarus\u2019 real wages also maintained strong growth, increasing 9.1 percent in July after a 9-percent rise in June, the analysts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":59075,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-201796","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EDB: public sector salary growth outpaces national average | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 31, Pozirk. 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