Kazakhstan’s Average Salary Rose, But Real Incomes Continued To Fall

Kazakhstan’s average monthly salary rose to 461,486 tenge over the year, but real incomes continued to decline after inflation, Orda.kz reports, citing the Bureau of National Statistics.

In the first quarter of 2025, the average salary stood at 423,133 tenge. Over the year, it increased by 38,353 tenge, or 9.1%. But this was only nominal growth — the amount in tenge rose, while purchasing power fell.

Adjusted for inflation, real wages declined. The real wage index was 97.7%. In simple terms, salaries were higher on paper, but people could buy less with that money.

Wages rose the most over the year in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, at 20.3%; finance and insurance, at 18.1%; and water supply, at 16.5%. Growth was more modest in education, at 4.2%, and health care, at 7%.

By region, wages increased most noticeably in Abay region, at 14.2%; Pavlodar region, at 12.4%; Zhetisu region, at 12.2%; Almaty region, at 10.9%; and Almaty, at 10.7%.ё

Original author: Elvira Ivannikova

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