Monthly wages by place of residence in regions, counties, cities, parishes (according to borders at the beginning of 2024), neighbourhoods and densely populated areas (experimental statistics)

SRS data on wages and salaries from notifications of amounts disbursed to a natural person, micro-enterprise tax returns, as well as reports on the labour income of seasonal agricultural workers taxpayers, personal income tax and mandatory State social security contributions (in 2011 only from notifications on amounts disbursed to a natural person). The period of earning is expressed in months. The average monthly wage at the level of persons is calculated by summing up all selected income and dividing by the total number of months when the income was earned. Only those workers who are at least 15 years of age and whose average monthly pay exceeds the threshold (calculated using the national minimum hourly rate and assuming that the worker works for the employer on all calendar days of work at least one hour per day): * In EUR 2 011 36.99; * In EUR 2 015 45.00; * In EUR 2 016 47.00; * In EUR 2 017 49.00; * 2018-EUR 2 020 55.00; * EUR 64.00 in 2021-2022. Workers are included in the territory according to actual residence on 1 January of the following year, at the time of the Population Census in 2011. More on the assessment of monthly wages, population and key demographic indicators in experimental statistics [descriptive metadata](https://stat.gov.lv/lv/metadati/8113-iedzivotaju-skaits-un-galvenie-demografiskie-raditaji-eksperimentala-statistika). [Structural metadata](https://data.gov.lv/dati/dataset/csp-strukturalie-metadati). New data sources and methods shall be used for the calculation of experimental statistics, seeking to broaden the range or level of detail of statistics according to the needs of the users. It should be noted that experimental statistical methods are not constant, approbated and internationally harmonised and may be changed to improve data quality. CSB publishes experimental statistics to receive user feedback, assess the analytical potential of data, relevance to reality and user needs. The CSB considers that the experimental data series can also be useful for users and the opinion of the users of statistics is the basis for a decision on the inclusion of these statistics in the Official Statistical Programme. By publishing experimental statistics, the CSB provides data users with new sources of information for decision making.