Economy

Economy March 9, 2021 | 3:03 pm

Average salary is only enough to cover 71% of the basic monthly family budget

Having a job in the formal sector in the Dominican Republic does not imply receiving a salary that allows the worker to cover all the products and services needed to fulfill the basic needs of the national basic family grocery budget, at least in terms of average. The figures indicate that the 1,919,779 workers contributing to the Social Security Treasury (TSS) in December 2020 had an average m... Read more

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