Working Life Barometer in the Baltic Countries 2002 (pdf) - mol.fi

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an irregular way. In Lithuania, unlike the other Baltic countries 4 , a better salary
is paid in the public sector than in the private sector, measured by both
median and mean value.
OLD, REORGANISED AND NEW WORKPLACES
Both at the old workplaces established before independence was regained, and
at the reorganised ones, salaries have improved considerably more than at the
new ones. The salary level at the new workplaces has even dropped a little on
average.
SALARY CHANGE AT OLD, REORGANISED AND NEW WORK-
PLACES
Net salary, deflated to 1998 price level using consumer price index (lit/month)
1998 2002 Change
(litas)
Change
(%)
OLD
Median 560 647 +87 +15.5
WORKPLACE Mean 625 682 +57 +9.1
REORGANISED Median 550 626 +76 +13.8
WORKPLACE Mean 623 726 +103 +16.5
NEW
Median 600 582 -18 -3.0
WORKPLACE Mean 776 715 -61 -7.9
The highest average salary level is at the old workplaces, if the median incomes are
used as the measure. The lowest salaries are paid at the new workplaces. This is not
the whole truth, however. When the best-paid deciles are examined, it can be seen
that in these, the salaries at the new workplaces are higher than average
4 In both Estonia and Latvia, the median salary is greater in the public than in the
private sector. On the other hand, measured in terms of the mean, the situation is the
opposite - that is, the mean salary in the private sector is greater than that in the public
sector. This is because the top-level salaries are higher in the private than in the public sector.