Structure of Earnings 2022

The bilingual electronic publication ‘Structure of Earnings 2022’ (in Bulgarian and in English) contains data from the representative Structure of Earnings Survey for 2022 (SES 2022) carried out by the NSI. The SES 2022 is the sixth of a series of four-yearly surveys to be conducted under the Council Regulation (EC) No. 530/1999, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1916/2000 (amended) and the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1738/2005. The objective of this legislation is to provide accurate and harmonized data on earnings in EU Member States for policy-making and research purposes. The results could be useful as well as for the aims of the firm strategy on human resources management.

The publication consists of three main parts:
• Methodological notes - the applied methods for survey organization and conduction, main methodological characteristics and definitions used are presented.
• Main results from the Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 - an analytical overview is given by the main determinants of level and distribution of earnings. The results are illustrated graphically.
• Tables with detailed results from the survey in three sections:
I. Hourly earnings in October 2022;
II. Monthly earnings in October 2022;
III. Annual earnings of employees in 2022.
Tables contain data on number of employees, average gross earnings - total and by components, medians of gross earnings, average net earnings, coefficients of variation of the estimate of the total gross earnings. The data are structured by the main characteristics of employees (sex, mode of employment, occupation etc.) and of enterprises (economic activity, size etc.).