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Sigrid Saagpakk, analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that, in the first quarter of 2025, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were the highest in Tallinn (2,384 euros) and in Harju (2,263 euros) and Tartu (2,023 euros) counties. “Compared with the first quarter of last year, the biggest increase in wages was seen in Tartu (7.2%) and Ida-Viru (6.9%) counties. The rise in average monthly wages was the slowest in Harju county, excluding Tallinn – 4.8%,” noted Saagpakk. The average monthly gross wages and salaries in the first quarter of 2025 were 475 euros higher than in the first quarter

Sigrid Saagpakk, analyst at Statistics Estonia, stated that the total number of vacant and occupied posts in the first quarter was a little over 594,000. “The number of vacant posts was the highest in education (1,274) and in public administration and defence (1,254). The number of occupied posts, however, was the greatest in manufacturing (97,736),” she said. The analyst noted that, in the first quarter of 2025, vacant posts accounted for 1.5% of the total number of posts. In the first quarter of 2024, vacant positions accounted for 1.6%. In the first quarter of this year, in addition to

In August, the confidence indicator was still the highest in trade (+15.7) where enterprises saw an improvement in their sales in the last three months and also expected increased sales in the next three months, along with an improved assessment of the volume of stock. At the same time, there was an increase in the share of enterprises who expected a fall in their number of employees in the next three months (-7 percentage points in July, -18.3 percentage points in August). The confidence indicator was +7.4 for the services sector and +3.6 for the industry sector. The construction sector again

In June, the enterprises’ confidence indicator was the highest in trade (+20.5); it was +3.1 in the services sector and -3.8 in the industry sector. The confidence indicator was the lowest in the construction sector (-12), where insufficient demand was considered the main factor limiting construction activity. The consumer confidence indicator was -29 in June. Month on month, confidence improved among consumers as well as among enterprises in the trade, construction and services sectors. Assessments by industry sector enterprises were somewhat more pessimistic. A more detailed look at the

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According to Statistics Estonia, in the 2nd quarter of 2011, the average monthly gross wages and salaries were 857 euros and they grew 4.2% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. But the real wages continued the falling trend, which had lasted for over two years and a half already.

According to Statistics Estonia, in the first quarter of 2024, there were 9,598 job vacancies in the enterprises, institutions and organisations of Estonia. This is 16.3% less than in the same quarter last year. A little under 6,500 persons left their job at the initiative of the employer.