Between April and May, Peru lost about 6 million 720 thousand jobs because of the pandemic, according to calculations National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI).
Now there would be about 10 million 272 thousand Peruvians forming part of the employed population, and of that total only 1 million 866 thousand would have adequate employment, and more than 8 million would be underemployed nationwide.
But how much are the income of this population until June of this year?
According to the INEI, which calculated the income between July 2019 and June 2020, the Average salary of a Peruvian is S / 1,552.8. Similar figure to that recorded only in Metropolitan Lima which is S / 1,519.5.
The employees under 24 they earn on average S / 965 per month. While workers between 25 and 44 years old have salaries of S / 1,664.7, and those over 45 earn about S / 1,612.
In which sectors are there more income?
The sector with the highest average salary is services, where are included transport and communications companies, financial intervention, real estate activities, education and health and social services activities.
In the last 12 months, the average salary in the services category is S / 1,759, only 0.7% more than what it registered last year.
For its part, in activities related to building the average salary is S / 1,746. While in manufacturing and commerce, the approximate monthly income is S / 1,489.9 and S / 1,290.5, respectively.
The revenues that fell the most between July 2019 and June 2020 correspond to activities of agriculture, fishing and mining. The average salary registered by the INEI is S / 1,138, 9.4% less than in the same period of the previous year.
Income by educational level
The figures of INEI indicate that the educational level makes a big difference between the income of the workers.
Those employees who He only has studies until primary school, earns about S / 872.9 and those who studied up to high school obtain an income of S / 1,274 per month.
The remuneration of employees with non-university higher education earn around S / 1,636.6. While, educated workers complete university students have average salaries of S / 2,572.1 monthly.
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