The number of employees with gross earnings of EUR 300 and less stood at 19.4% in Lithuania in October

Over the year, the number of full-time employees earning a minimum monthly wage (mmw) decreased by 1.3 percentage points in the whole economy.

In October 2014, the number of full-time employees earning the MMW, against the total number of full-time employees of the respective sector, stood at 9.2% (86.8 thousand) in the whole economy: in the public sector – at 5.7% (18.5 thousand), in the private sector – at 10.9% (68.2 thousand). Against the same period of 2013, the number of such employees in the whole economy decreased by 1.3 percentage points: in the public sector – by 0.4, in the private sector – by 2 percentage points.

Employees number by gross salary level in 2013 and 2014, by October

The number of full-time employees earning EUR 450 and less in the whole economy stood at 36.5%: in the public sector – at 25.5, in the private sector – at 42.2%. 63.6% of full-time employees in the whole economy earned less than average gross earnings (EUR 704.3).

Almost a quarter of full-time employees of accommodation and food service enterprises earned the MMW, while in other service enterprises such employees accounted for one-fifth. In information and communication and financial and insurance activities, a fifth of full-time employees earned EUR 1 601 and more.

Median earnings in the whole economy amounted to eur 568.1 and grew by eur 27.5 over the year.

In October 2014, the first quarter of full-time employees in the whole economy earned up to EUR 389.1, the second – from EUR 389.1 to 568.1, the third – from EUR 568.1 to 844.5, the last – EUR 844.5 and more.

The highest median earnings – EUR 955.7 – were received in financial and insurance, the lowest – EUR 351.9 – in accommodation and food service enterprises.

Table 1. Distribution of gross earnings of full-time employees (quartiles – Q) in the whole economy by economic activity, October 2013 and 2014, EUR

Economic activity	Q1		Q2 (median)		Q3
Economic activity	2013	2014	2013	2014	2013	2014
Total	367.2	389.1	540.4	568.1	807.8	844.5
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	347.5	376.5	498.1	527.9	700.6	746.1
Mining and quarrying	494.4	535.8	678.6	716.0	935.5	939.7
Manufacturing	370.7	395.0	538.4	574.8	783.4	832.8
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	606.2	620.6	774.4	800.5	993.1	1 034.0
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	438.2	465.8	606.2	641.1	851.5	901.6
Construction	359.1	379.4	525.4	559.4	782.0	831.7
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	324.7	347.5	438.5	470.8	696.5	745.6
Transportation and storage	378.0	391.0	439.4	463.8	749.8	787.8
Accommodation and food service activities	289.6	301.4	333.4	351.9	452.1	487.2
Information and communication	558.1	635.7	868.9	952.8	1 350.2	1 490.6
Financial and insurance activities	666.1	670.8	920.1	955.7	1 417.1	1 470.9
Real estate activities	333.1	351.9	509.2	550.3	757.6	806.7
Professional, scientific and technical activities	405.5	434.4	678.3	724.1	1 083.2	1 139.7
Administrative and support service activities	338.3	352.3	434.4	455.3	654.0	683.4
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	549.1	569.2	743.7	775.6	972.3	1 008.9
Education	362.0	374.8	576.6	585.0	808.9	822.6
Human health and social work activities	388.1	403.3	520.2	538.3	753.0	774.6
Arts, entertainment and recreation	353.3	398.2	448.9	512.5	611.1	689.0
Other service activities	296.6	316.8	418.2	439.2	728.4	758.9

The proportion of full-time employees of small enterprises (1–9 employees) earning the MMW, compared to that of all full-time employees of small enterprises, stood at 30.6%. The proportion of full-time employees of large enterprises (250 and more employees) earning the MMW, compared to that of all full-time employees of large enterprises, stood at less than 3%.

Table 2. Number of full-time employees in the whole economy by gross earnings and enterprise size class, October 2013 and 2014, full-time employees by size of enterprises – 100%

Enterprise size (number of employees)		Number of employees by gross earnings class in EUR
Enterprise size (number of employees)		MMW	MMW >– ≤ 350	351–400	401–450	451–600	601–800	801–1 000	1 001–1 300	1 301–1 600	1 601 and more
Total	2013	10.5	11.4	10.2	7.8	17.3	17.4	10.7	7.4	3.4	4.0
	2014	9.2	9.3	9.7	8.3	17.5	17.9	11.6	8.2	3.7	4.5
1–9	2013	34.2	15.4	11.8	7.8	10.9	7.9	4.4	3.4	1.9	2.4
	2014	30.6	14.5	11.5	9.1	12.1	8.6	5.0	3.9	2.1	2.6
10–49	2013	17.9	15.5	12.1	8.5	15.6	12.7	7.1	4.9	2.5	3.1
	2014	15.1	13.6	11.7	9.4	16.7	13.6	7.9	5.7	2.8	3.5
50–249	2013	7.1	10.8	10.3	8.2	18.7	18.5	11.5	7.6	3.3	3.9
	2014	6.3	8.4	9.7	8.5	18.8	19.3	12.3	8.4	3.8	4.6
250–499	2013	3.2	7.7	8.6	7.3	19.1	21.8	13.5	9.4	4.4	5.0
	2014	2.7	6.5	7.2	7.3	19.2	22.0	14.8	10.5	4.6	5.2
500–999	2013	2.8	7.6	7.2	6.5	19.1	23.8	14.6	10.0	4.0	4.4
	2014	2.5	5.6	7.2	7.1	19.2	23.8	15.1	10.4	4.5	4.7
1 000 and more	2013	2.7	9.2	8.7	7.0	17.8	20.7	14.1	9.9	4.5	5.4
	2014	2.8	6.2	9.2	7.1	17.0	20.5	15.4	11.1	4.9	5.9

The largest number of full-time employees earning the MMW was recorded in wholesale and retail trade (20.9 thousand), manufacturing (14.7 thousand), and education (13.5 thousand) enterprises because they employed the majority of employees in the whole economy.

Over the year, the number of full-time employees earning EUR 3 001 and more in the whole economy increased by 797 employees and amounted to 6 451 (of whom 5 445 – in the private, 1 006 – in the public sector). The largest number of such employees was recorded in wholesale and retail trade (1 329), manufacturing (1 057), and information and communication (671) enterprises. In public administration and defence and compulsory social security, this figure stood at 155.

Table 3. Number of full-time employees in the whole economy by gross earnings class and economic activity, October 2013 and 2014, full-time employees – 100%

Economic activity		Number of employees by gross earnings class in EUR
Economic activity		MMW	MMW >– ≤ 350	351–400	401–450	451–600	601–800	801–1 000	1 001–1 300	1 301–1 600	1 601 and more
Total	2013	10.5	11.4	10.2	7.8	17.3	17.4	10.7	7.4	3.4	4.0
	2014	9.2	9.3	9.7	8.3	17.5	17.9	11.6	8.2	3.7	4.5
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2013	11.7	13.7	9.8	9.0	20.8	18.3	9.0	4.8	1.4	1.4
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2014	10.3	10.6	9.6	9.7	20.0	19.7	10.7	5.8	1.7	2.0
Mining and quarrying	2013	4.0	5.3	4.9	5.2	21.8	21.5	16.2	9.9	5.1	6.2
Mining and quarrying	2014	5.1	3.6	4.0	4.7	17.2	26.9	17.6	10.1	4.4	6.6
Manufacturing	2013	10.4	11.5	8.5	8.1	19.8	18.0	9.9	7.3	3.3	3.3
Manufacturing	2014	8.7	9.2	7.9	8.0	19.9	19.3	11.1	8.6	3.7	3.6
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	2013	1.4	2.6	2.7	3.2	14.6	29.6	21.4	13.6	5.6	5.3
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	2014	1.6	2.4	2.6	2.9	13.2	27.5	22.5	15.3	6.3	5.9
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	2013	3.3	9.7	6.9	6.8	22.5	22.5	11.2	9.6	4.8	2.6
	2014	3.3	7.3	6.4	6.4	20.1	24.3	13.3	10.7	5.1	3.0
Construction	2013	13.8	10.4	9.7	7.8	17.1	17.8	10.9	6.9	2.9	2.7
Construction	2014	12.1	9.0	9.1	8.3	16.6	17.8	12.2	8.4	3.3	3.1
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2013	15.7	15.8	11.3	9.2	16.5	12.5	7.0	5.5	2.8	3.7
	2014	12.7	13.4	11.5	9.8	17.7	13.6	7.9	6.2	3.2	4.1
Transportation and storage	2013	7.5	7.2	25.4	11.6	12.9	13.9	9.0	6.6	2.8	3.2
Transportation and storage	2014	6.4	6.1	21.1	14.3	13.6	14.3	10.2	7.2	3.2	3.6
Accommodation and food service activities	2013	26.7	29.7	10.7	7.9	12.8	6.6	2.8	1.5	0.7	0.7
Accommodation and food service activities	2014	23.8	25.6	12.4	9.0	14.2	8.0	3.1	1.9	1.0	0.9
Information and communication	2013	6.5	4.5	3.9	3.5	10.5	16.1	13.5	14.1	9.9	17.5
Information and communication	2014	4.3	3.0	3.3	3.1	9.4	15.5	14.6	14.9	10.7	21.1
Financial and insurance activities	2013	2.4	1.5	1.0	1.9	10.7	22.9	15.3	15.1	9.9	19.4
Financial and insurance activities	2014	2.9	1.5	1.0	1.5	10.2	21.0	15.5	15.0	10.5	21.0
Real estate activities	2013	15.2	12.9	8.2	8.0	17.4	16.4	8.4	6.0	3.4	4.3
Real estate activities	2014	13.2	11.5	7.5	8.1	16.8	17.7	9.7	7.1	3.4	5.1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	2013	10.8	7.5	6.4	5.9	13.5	15.9	11.7	11.4	7.2	9.7
Professional, scientific and technical activities	2014	9.3	6.1	6.1	5.7	13.7	16.3	12.2	12.2	7.6	10.8
Administrative and support service activities	2013	10.5	19.0	14.6	8.5	17.0	15.6	5.9	4.1	2.0	2.8
Administrative and support service activities	2014	10.0	14.4	15.6	9.4	17.5	16.3	6.9	4.4	2.3	3.1
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	2013	1.9	7.3	4.0	3.1	14.9	25.7	20.1	13.0	5.1	5.0
	2014	1.9	5.1	4.7	3.1	14.0	24.5	21.1	14.1	5.5	5.9
Education	2013	13.0	9.4	7.3	5.8	17.4	21.2	15.0	6.9	2.0	2.0
Education	2014	12.5	8.0	7.7	6.1	17.5	21.1	15.6	7.3	2.1	2.1
Human health and social work activities	2013	5.0	12.1	10.4	10.5	23.2	17.1	8.3	6.1	3.3	4.0
Human health and social work activities	2014	4.6	9.4	10.6	10.5	23.8	17.9	8.9	6.6	3.5	4.2
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2013	9.7	14.1	14.1	12.6	23.7	14.8	6.1	3.2	1.0	0.8
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2014	6.2	9.1	10.1	10.9	28.7	19.4	8.4	4.6	1.5	1.1
Other service activities	2013	22.7	16.0	8.7	7.1	13.3	10.7	7.0	7.3	3.2	4.0
Other service activities	2014	20.5	13.7	8.6	8.5	14.2	11.7	7.7	7.6	3.4	4.2

The proportion of full-time employees aged under 20 earning the MMW, compared to the total number of employees of this age, stood at 15.1%.

More than half of full-time employees aged under 20 earned EUR 400 and less; compared to the previous year, this figure dropped by 6.5 percentage points.

In 2014, 11% of employees aged under 20 earned EUR 601 and more; over the year, this figure grew by 2.8 percentage points.

Table 4. Number of full-time employees in the whole economy by gross earnings class and age, October 2013 and 2014, full-time employees – 100%

By age, years		Number of employees by gross earnings class in EUR
By age, years		MMW	MMW >– ≤ 350	351–400	401–450	451–600	601–800	801–1 000	1 001–1 300	1 301–1 600	1 601 and more
Total	2013	10.5	11.4	10.2	7.8	17.3	17.4	10.7	7.4	3.4	4.0
	2014	9.2	9.3	9.7	8.3	17.5	17.9	11.6	8.2	3.7	4.5
under 20	2013	18.9	30.6	16.0	10.2	16.1	6.1	1.4	0.4	0.3	-
	2014	15.1	25.3	18.5	13.0	17.1	8.3	1.7	0.8	0.1	-
20–29	2013	10.7	12.6	10.6	8.7	20.6	17.7	9.1	5.8	2.4	1.7
	2014	8.7	10.2	10.1	8.8	21.0	19.3	10.4	6.8	2.7	1.9
30–39	2013	9.4	9.6	8.8	6.7	15.4	17.7	11.9	9.4	4.8	6.3
	2014	7.9	7.8	8.1	7.0	15.6	17.9	12.7	10.5	5.4	7.3
40–49	2013	10.6	11.2	10.7	7.9	16.6	17.3	11.3	7.2	3.2	4.2
	2014	9.3	9.1	10.1	8.4	16.8	17.6	12.3	8.1	3.6	4.7
50–59	2013	10.9	11.9	10.5	8.0	17.2	17.4	10.6	7.0	3.0	3.4
	2014	9.9	9.7	10.3	8.7	17.4	17.8	11.5	7.6	3.3	3.7
60 and older	2013	11.5	12.3	10.0	8.0	17.1	16.7	9.9	7.2	3.3	4.0
	2014	10.4	10.3	10.2	8.3	17.6	17.0	10.6	7.8	3.6	4.2

- – the phenomenon (indicator) was not observed during the respective period.

Concepts

Gross earnings means remuneration in cash covering the basic wage and bonuses payable by the employer to the employee directly, including social insurance contributions and individual income tax payable by the employee. Gross earnings are calculated in October, on the basis of the insured income from which state social insurance contributions are calculated, after the elimination of estimated severance payments and allowances for unused annual leave and other irregular bonuses.

Employee means a person who, under a contract with an employer, has assumed obligations to work or perform certain functions according to procedures established at the workplace and receiving an agreed remuneration.

Quartiles means the points dividing the set of values of a variable (earnings) arranged in an ascending order into four equal parts. Every quartile contains 25% of values of earnings. The second quartile is a median.

Full-time employee means a person whose normal hours of work are the same as those provided for by legislation or a collective agreement.

For more information, see the Database of Indicators.

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