Until May, the purchasing power of registered workers lost 2.5%

Contrary to the price trend, which has recorded a sharp rise since the beginning of the year to establish at 11.9% accumulated until May, the power of D & # 39; Purchase of wages of registered workers decreased by 2.5% in the first five months of the year .

According to the INDC salary evolution report (which can be read at the end of this note), in the fifth month of the year the loss of power of 39 The purchase of registered workers occurred in year-to-year and year-to-year comparisons, although it remained stable in the grand total for May compared to April.

May: rise for the private, fall for the public

Comparing the purchasing power of May against April the total for all registered workers was a zero variation, because It was tied to 2, 1% of inflation. But, if it is disaggregated by sector, the result is heterogeneous: while the private sector gained 0.39% compared with April, public sector workers saw a decrease by 0.48% in the power of purchase of his salary.

Mal 2018

In the accumulated calculations the wages of registered workers had one ] real loss of 2.5% . If you look by sector, the drop the deepest during the first five months of the year was for workers in the public administration area where the decrease was 4, 2% ; while for those of the private sector the fall reached 1.43% .

Decline from one year to the next

In the comparison from one year to the next the loss is generalized: with an inflation of from May to the same month of 2017 the ] total registered wages lost 1.66% . All sectors lost: private sector workers lost 0.71% and public sector workers lost 3.24%.