Average monthly salary before taxes at 1 835 euro

Central Statistical Bureau data ¹ show that the average monthly gross wages and salaries stood at 1 835 euro in Q3 2025. Year-on-year, the average monthly earnings before taxes increased by 132 euro or 7.8 %, and hourly earnings went up to 12.12 euro or by 4.6 %.

Quarter-on-quarter, the average gross monthly earnings grew by 1.5 % and hourly earnings reduced by 4.5 %. The fall in hourly earnings, despite the rise in the average monthly gross salary, is mainly explained by the number of hours worked increasing faster than the wage and salary fund, as Q3 had seven more working days than Q2. 

Average monthly net earnings reached 1 361 euro

The average wages and salaries after taxes amounted to 1 361 euro (representing 74.1 % of the gross earnings) and year-on-year grew by 10.5 %, thus overtaking the climb in both consumer prices and gross earnings. The real increase in the net earnings, considering the price rise, was 6.3 %.

Median monthly earnings at 1 488 euro

The gross median ² wages and salaries (in full-time units) amounted to 1 488 euro in Q3 2025. Year-on-year, they increased by 103 euro, representing a rise of 7.5 % (from 1 385 euro in Q3 2024). The net median earnings (after taxes) stood at 1 135 euro and grew by 11.7 % compared with Q3 2024.

Sharper annual upturn in private sector 

Private sector saw a 1 percentage point higher year-on-year rise in the average earnings than the public sector (8.1 % and 7.1 % respectively). 

The average monthly earnings before taxes in the private sector stood at 1 821 euro in Q3 2025, while in the public they were 62 euro higher, at 1 883 euro.   

Apart from the rise or decline in the remuneration of employees, average earnings are also influenced by the labour force demand and supply trends as well as labour market structural changes. Generally, the mentioned factors cause changes in the wage and salary fund and in the number of full-time workers both of which are also used to calculate average earnings.

Year-on-year, the estimated national wage and salary fund grew by 6.9 %, or by 259 million euro, while the number of salaried workers (in full-time units) reduced by 6.3 thousand people (0.8 %). 

In terms of economic activities, the sharpest year-on-year rise in the average earnings was registered in other service activities (which include activities of religious, political, etc. membership organisations, repair of computers and personal and household goods, washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products, hairdressing and other beauty treatment, funeral and related activities, etc. personal service activities) – 15.1 %. Education follows with 13.4 %, real estate activities with 12.3 %, and mining and quarrying with 11.4 %.

Highest-paying economic activities: financial activities, information and communication 

The average gross monthly earnings above the national average (in full-time units) were recorded in financial and insurance activities (3 022 euro), information and communication (2 866 euro), professional, scientific and technical activities (2 334 euro), energy sector (2 257 euro), mining and quarrying (2 178 euro), public administration (2 141 euro), water supply, sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities (1 827 euro), as well as human health and social work activities (1 879 euro).

The lowest gross earnings were registered in accommodation and food service activities (1 182 euro).

The highest average earnings recorded in Riga and Riga region

The highest average gross wages and salaries (in full-time units) were recorded in Riga region (2 008 euro), while the lowest in Latgale (1 329 euro).  Riga and Latgale had the greatest earnings gap – 33.8 %.

Hourly earnings reached 12.12 euro

The gross hourly earnings amounted to 12.12 euro in Q3 2025. Year-on-year, they grew by 4.6 % (from 11.59 euro in Q3 2024). 

Driven by a 6.7 % increase in the total labour costs and a 2.2 % rise in the hours worked, hourly labour costs (which include wages and salaries as well as other labour-related expenses of the employer) grew by 4.4 % year-on-year (from 14.57 euro in Q3 2024 to 15.20 euro in Q3 2025). 

Additional statistics for wages and salaries as well as hourly labour costs in Latvia are available in the official statistics portal sections Wages and salaries and Labour costs.

Methodological information

¹ Average earnings are calculated from working-day and seasonally unadjusted data, which are converted into full-time units.

² Median is the value that separates the higher half from the lower half of a data set arranged in ascending or descending order. It represents the middle point, dividing the indicators into two equal parts. Median earnings are usually lower than the arithmetic mean (average wages and salaries). The difference between the median and the mean indicates the degree of asymmetry in the earnings distribution. If the distribution is completely symmetrical, the median and the mean are equal.

The earnings statistics is produced based on the results of a sample survey conducted among private companies, sole proprietors, central and local government bodies, foundations, associations and funds, as well as administrative data.

In the Central Statistical Bureau earnings statistics, public sector includes central and local government bodies, companies and other entities in which central or local government holds 50% or more of the capital or exercises control, and excludes foundations, associations, and funds, and the companies they own or control. 

The breakdown of the earnings statistics by territorial unit is based on the address of the company’s registered office. 

Median is calculated based on the information available in statistical surveys and administrative data of the State Revenue Service.

Average monthly and hourly earnings and change in hourly labour costs are calculated from not rounded figures. 

In compliance with the EU Regulations, when compiling data on labour costs, gross earnings include also wage or salary in kind (goods and services provided by the employer to employees free of charge or at a lower price, living quarters, mobile telephone, transport compensation, etc.) and exclude payment for the days not worked due to illness but nevertheless paid by the employer. Other labour costs include employer's social contributions (payments made by employers for the benefit of their employees to insurers, which cover statutory, conventional, contractual and voluntary contributions in respect of insurance against social risks or needs), gifts, sick pay (sick-leave certificate A), severance pay, State entrepreneurial risk fee.

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Lija Luste
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