Yesterday, the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority revealed that total wages and salaries, or so-called compensation for workers in the country, have risen by 82% during the past 10 years.

In a report issued yesterday, the authority stated that the total wages and salaries of workers in the country increased from 284 billion and 257 million dirhams in 2010 to 517 billion and 320 million in 2019, an increase of 82%.

She pointed out that the total wages and salaries in the country took an upward curve during the past ten years, reaching 308 billion and 487 million during 2011, then rose to 336 billion and 366 million dirhams in 2012, then to 381 billion and 881 million dirhams in 2013.

According to the report, total wages and salaries continued to rise to 407 billion and 335 million during 2014, then to 430 billion and 447 million in 2015, and in 2016, it reached more than 441 billion and 936 million dirhams, to continue to rise to 490 billion and 616 million dirhams in 2017, then to 511 billion and 204 million in 2018, then to 517 billion and 320 million dirhams in 2019.

The authority revealed that the total wages and salaries in the non-financial projects sector amounted to 395 billion and 110 million dirhams, while wages and salaries in financial and insurance activities amounted to 26 billion and 80 million dirhams, while the total salaries in the public administration, defense and social security sector compulsory amounted to 96 billion and 130 million AED.

The total wages in the wholesale and retail trade and vehicle repair sector is the highest with 70 billion and 416 million dirhams in 2019, followed by wages in the construction sector, with a value of 56 billion and 60 million dirhams.

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