In the regional context, the highest salaries were traditionally observed in the Atyrau region: 419.1 thousand tenge, 19.5% more than a year earlier. The growth was 9.5% in real terms. The wages in this region exceeded the national average by 72%. The Mangistau region (346.5 thousand tenge, plus 6.2% in real terms) and the capital (338.4 thousand tenge, plus 7.8%) are added to the three leading regions.
The lowest wages were in the Turkestan region: 181.1 thousand tenge, 11.5% more in real terms than a year earlier.
The wages exceeded the national average only in 4 out of 17 regions: in addition to the three leading regions, Almaty also entered this top four with 283.7 thousand tenge.
In the context of industries, employees of the financial and insurance sectors received the most: 452.8 thousand tenge, 18.8% more than a year earlier. The three highest paid industries also included professional, scientific and technical activities (369.5 thousand tenge, plus 17.4% per year) and the field of information and communications (331.1 thousand tenge, plus 19.9%).
