Average monthly wage at $395 in May 2008

The average monthly wage in Belarus amounts to Br802,400 in January-May 2008 or 23.4 percent up against the same period in 2007, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security said in a report. The average wage in May totalled Br847,000 ($395.9). May 2008 average wages per sectors: industry workers ($445.4); construction  — $502.2; transport — $453.9; communication — $445.7; agriculture — $255.3; teachers -- $352.7; professors -- $613.9; scientists -- $537.9; actors -- $352.

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