**Central Statistical Bureau data, published on 3rd March, show that in 2025 the average monthly gross wages and salaries stood at 1,815 euros (in full-time units).**
Compared to 2024, the average monthly earnings before taxes increased by 129 euros or 7.7 % and hourly earnings went up to 12.27 euros or by 7.9 %.
The average wages and salaries after taxes amounted to 1,346 euros in 2025 (representing 74.1 % of the gross earnings) and compared to 2024 grew by 10.2 %, thus overtaking the climb in both consumer prices and gross earnings. The real increase in the net earnings, considering the price rise, was 6.3 %.
In 2025, the gross median wages and salaries amounted to 1,462 euros (in full-time units). Compared to 2024, they increased by 105 euro, representing a rise of 7.7 %. The net median earnings (after taxes) stood at 1,117 euros and grew by 12.2 %.
Private sector saw a higher year-on-year rise in the average earnings than the public sector (8.1 % and 7.0 % respectively). The average monthly earnings before taxes in the private sector stood at 1,800 euros, while in the public sector they were 63 euros higher, at 1,863 euros.
Last year, the average gross monthly earnings above the national average (in full-time units) were recorded in several economic activities. Highest-paying economic activities were financial and insurance activities (with the average gross monthly earnings at 3 077 euro), information and communication (2 861 euro), professional, scientific and technical activities (2 319 euro), energy sector (2 313 euro), public administration (2 103 euro), mining and quarrying (2 009 euro), human health and social work activities (1 841 euro), as well as water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities (1 839 euro).
The highest average gross earnings (in full-time units) were recorded in Riga and Pierīga regions (1,990 euro), while the lowest in Latgale (1,302 euro). Riga and Latgale had the greatest earnings gap – 34.6 %.
The gross hourly earnings amounted to 12.27 euro in 2025, representing a rise of 7.9 % compared with 2024 (up from 11.38 euro).
Posted by ShamBez_HasReturned
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SS: Latvian earnings statistics for 2025, compared to 2024, with breakdown by region and type of work (there’s a table in the linked article).
That is better than I expected for one of the poorer EU countries.