Azeri doctors get 10 pct pay raise
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev enacted a decree Tuesday to increase the salaries of doctors by 10 percent.
The increase of the monthly wages for employees of state-funded health institutions went into effect from December 1.
The average monthly wage of an Azerbaijani health worker is 213 manats ($273), according to the State Statistics Committee’s latest data for 2010. After the increase, doctors will be paid an average of 234 manats ($300) per month.
On Monday, the monthly salaries in Azerbaijani budget-funded educational institutions, except higher schools, were also raised 10 percent from December according to another presidential decree.
The average monthly wage of a school teacher in Azerbaijan is 245 manats ($314), according to the statistics committee’s 2010 data. After the increase, school teachers receive a pay raise of 24.5 manats and will be paid 269.5 manats ($345.5).
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