Wages in Uzbekistan rise by 17 percent

Average monthly nominal wages in Uzbekistan rose by 17.4 percent year-on-year to 6.83 million soums in the first quarter. This corresponds to around 568 US dollars, according to the national statistics committee. This continues the upward trend of several years. Average monthly wages rose from 3.42 million sum in 2022 to 4.11 million sum in 2023, 4.91 million sum in 2024 and 5.82 million sum in 2025. Tashkent remains the frontrunner However, income growth remains unevenly distributed across the regions. Tashkent continues to be the best-paid labor market in the country. The average monthly wage there in the first quarter was 11.68 million soums, around 971 US dollars. This is almost 1.7 times the national average. Annual growth amounted to 18.8 percent. Wages were significantly lower in several regions. Navoi stood out positively with 8.45 million sum, around 703 US dollars. Andijan came in at 5.58 million sum, Bukhara at 5.47 million sum and Sirdarya at 5.37 million sum. At the lower end were Kashkadarya with 4.67 million soums and the Tashkent region with 4.72 million soums. The latter also recorded one of the lowest growth rates at 12.1 percent. However, some regions caught up from a lower level. In Namangan, wages rose by 19 percent to 5.10 million soums. Jizzakh and Samarkand also reported growth rates of more than 16 percent. Finance and IT sectors pay the most The differences between the sectors also remain large. The highest salaries were paid in the financial sector, including banking, insurance and leasing. The average there was 18.6 million sum, around 1,547 US dollars. This was followed by the information and communication sector with 16.5 million sum. The transportation and warehousing sector developed particularly dynamically. Wages there rose by 22.5 percent to 10.7 million sum. This was the strongest growth among the major sectors. Traditional and social sectors, on the other hand, remained well below the national average. In the education sector, wages amounted to 4.62 million sum, in the health and social services sector to 4.11 million sum. Although both sectors recorded double-digit growth, they continued to lag behind in absolute terms. In industry, wages rose by 16.1 percent to 8.03 million sum. In the construction sector, growth was significantly weaker at 7.2 percent; the average wage there was 6.50 million soums. Since 2022, financial services and information and communication technology in particular have achieved strong absolute wage growth. In lower-paid sectors such as education and healthcare, the absolute increases have been lower. As a result, the income gap between highly productive sectors and the rest of the economy is widening. The post Wages in Uzbekistan rise by 17 percent appeared first on ostwirtschaft.de.