President Bashar al-Assad issued on Wednesday legislative decree No 29 for 2021 increasing by 30% the fixed salaries and wages of the state’s civil and military employees.
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President Assad also issued legislative decree No 30 for 2021 that increases by an amount of 25% the allowance to retired civil and military state employees.
The President issued legislative decree No 31 for 2021 that stipulates evaluating compensations according to the laws and legislations on the basis of monthly fixed salaries and wages effect on the date of work performance.
Remarks by the Syrian Observer:
The average wage in Syria is 149,000 Syrian pounds, according to salaryexplorer.com, which is equal to 41.6 dollars at an exchange rate of 3,580 pounds per dollar. Thus, an increase of 30% amounts to an average of 45,000 lira ($12.5).
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