Last year, the average monthly salary paid in Uzbekistan was at 2.7 million soums. The salaries paid by agricultural and small business entities were also taken into account. Earlier, it was said that without taking these two categories into account, the average salary in 2021 was at 3.2 million soums.

During 2021, the average monthly salary in Uzbekistan was 2 million 662 thousand soums, the Statistics Committee said in a report.

According to him, agricultural and small business entities were also taken into account when calculating this average salary, which was at 2.7 million soums.

The average salary in 2021 was 3.2 million soums in the statistics published at the beginning of the year without taking into account the salaries of these two categories.

For information, agricultural and small business entities submit reports once a year.

Not taking these two categories into account, the average monthly salary in January-June 2022 was 3 million 540.5 thousand soums.

In the first year-half, the highest figure was recorded in Tashkent city (5.5 million soums), Navoi (4.9 million soums) and Tashkent (3.7 million soums) provinces.

The lowest figure was in Samarkand, Fergana and Namangan provinces: 2.7 million soums.

In the first year-half, the highest average monthly salary was in banking, insurance, leasing, credit and brokerage sectors (9 million 149 thousand 600 soums), to the same period of the previous year, an increase by 24.8 percent.

The average monthly salary in the IT sector was 6.7 million soums, in the transport and warehouse sector - 4.6 million soums, in the industrial sector - 4.5 million soums, in the construction sector - 4.2 million soums, in the trade sector - 3 6 million soums, in the field of education - 2.5 million soums. The lowest average salary was recorded in the field of healthcare and social services - 2.4 million soums.