According to a recent article from Monitor, it is known that Albanian employees have the longest working hours in Europe, along with other countries in the region.
According to Eurostat, a European worked an average of 37.5 hours per week in 2022, or 6.2 hours less (almost one working day), than an Albanian.
After Albanians, Serbs work longer with 43.3 hours. For North Macedonia, the last available data is for 2020, where the average was 40.9 hours.
According to Eurostat, in 2022, the average working week for people aged 20-64 in the EU was 37.5 hours.
More work, but less money
Other data show that although they have the longest working hours, Albanian employees have the lowest salaries in Europe. Albania had the lowest average salary in the region in 2022, at around 520 euros each (gross), according to data from relevant statistical institutes.
Serbia is the country that is "winning" in the regional wage competition, which for 2022 was an average of 880 euros, while in December 2022, it jumped close to the level of 1000 gross euros (983 euros), according to data from the Statistical Institute of Serbia.
In North Macedonia, the average salary was 832 euros at the end of 2022, in Montenegro 900 euros, in Bosnia 934 euros.
While in other European countries, the average salary is over one thousand euros per month.
Source: Monitor
