Compared to a year earlier, the money needed to support employees is 6.1% more

The necessary net monthly income to support a three-member family per month is 1,491 euros. For a single worker living alone, the amount is 828 euros. This is shown by data of the CITUB trade union for the second quarter of the year.

The money for support has increased by 1.3% or over 18 euros in the past 3 months alone, the chief economist of the trade union Lyuboslav Kostov said. On an annual basis, the increase is 6.1% or 84 euros more for a three-member family and 48 euros more for a single worker. Insured persons working full-time are 2,161,000 people. 11.3% or 244,000 people are working for minimum wage. 307,000 people work part-time and are also insured up to the minimum wage, BTA reports.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov