{"id":85396,"date":"2026-06-23T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=85396"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:03:11","slug":"labour-market-in-2025-unemployment-falls-to-8-4-average-salary-reaches-84000-leke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/labour-market-in-2025-unemployment-falls-to-8-4-average-salary-reaches-84000-leke\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Market in 2025: Unemployment Falls to 8.4%, Average Salary Reaches 84,000 Lek\u00eb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of employed people in Albania reached 1.17 million in 2025. Compared to the previous year, employment recorded a slight decline of 0.4%. According to data published by INSTAT, the unemployment rate for people aged 15 and over fell to 8.4%, down from 8.5% a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>However, the labour market continued to be marked by significant gender disparities. The unemployment rate among women stood at 9.7%, compared with 7.3% for men. Meanwhile, only 62.7% of working-age women were employed, compared with 76% of men, resulting in an employment gap of 13.3 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Another positive indicator was wage growth. The average gross monthly salary for employees reached 84,100 lek\u00eb in 2025, an increase of 8.6% compared to the previous year. At the same time, the gender pay gap narrowed to 4.6%, down from 4.9% in 2024, although men continued to earn more on average than women.<\/p>\n<p>The data also show that 12.6% of employees earned the minimum wage, 14.4% received salaries above 120,000 lek\u00eb, and 25.3% earned between 60,000 and 90,000 lek\u00eb per month.<\/p>\n<p>By sector, employment remained dominated by services and agriculture. 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