YEREVAN, MAY 23, ARMENPRESS. Month average nominal wage in Armenia comprised 167.049 drams in the first quarter of 2018: the highest is in Syunik province – 206.570 drams, and the lowest is in Aragatsotn and Shirak provinces – a little more than 104 thousand drams, according to the data of the National Statistical Service.

The monthly average minimal wage in Yerevan comprised 189.109 drams in January-March 2018. In the remaining provinces the average wage is more close to the lower threshold – 104-122 thousand drams.

Over the past five years the monthly average nominal wage in Armenia increased by nearly 50.000 drams.

English –translator/editor: Aneta Harutyunyan