2019 median monthly wage reached €1,100
While the average monthly wage reached €1,407 in 2019, the median pay, of which exactly half of wage-earners earned less and half earned more, was €1,100.
In 2019, median monthly pay in the first quarter stood at €1,037; in the second quarter, at €1,115; in the third quarter, at €1,100; and in the fourth, at €1,157, data published by Statistics Estonia on Tuesday indicates.
Median pay indicates the sum paid to employees, of which there were an equal amount of larger and smaller payouts, Statistics Estonia states on its website.
Arithmetic mean wages are calculated based on the total amount of wages divided by the number of wage-earners.
In 2018, median monthly pay stood at €1,002; in 2017, at €934; in 2016, at €866; and in 2015, at €808.
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