A sign of boom in Estonia, the average gross wage 1Q 2015 - 2Q 2016

I am posting here the monthly average gross wage for the last six quarters, by county, for any current and future expats who may be interested in such statistics and also for later reference for myself.

Recently there has been a rapid growth in the average gross wage in Estonia. From the average gross wage (bruto palk) there are some taxes already paid by the employers, but more taxes are deducted before workers get their salaries on hand. This is the number that employers usually talk about.

Note that the growth in the last 6 quarters has been around 12% for the capital Tallinn. Also note the quite large regional differences, for example Harju county (which includes the capital Tallinn), has 25% higher average wage than Võru county.

Average gross wage, by county, EUR	1Q 2015	2Q 2015	3Q 2015	4Q 2015	1Q 2016	2Q 2016
Harju maakond	1130	1194	1169	1226	1220	1279
..Tallinn	1149	1220	1190	1248	1244	1308
Hiiu maakond	823	855	879	899	842	937
Ida-Viru maakond	812	890	828	889	866	903
Jõgeva maakond	743	886	791	903	811	927
Järva maakond	835	919	856	918	882	980
Lääne maakond	849	922	890	929	945	1013
Lääne-Viru maakond	836	933	886	920	878	963
Põlva maakond	749	838	772	826	808	901
Pärnu maakond	809	879	826	915	877	972
Rapla maakond	800	894	906	911	882	959
Saare maakond	778	854	829	874	832	912
Tartu maakond	989	1076	1008	1086	1065	1191
Valga maakond	801	844	809	834	859	909
Viljandi maakond	886	929	903	968	930	1022
Võru maakond	785	906	860	938	856	965
SOURCE: Statistikaamet