In the state, private, or international institutions; Jobs with the highest salaries in 2025

The average gross monthly salary in the country was 84 thousand lek in 2025, up from 77.4 thousand lek a year earlier.

The salary differences are very high and they depend on the workplace where you work. Do you know which are the jobs where the salaries are the highest? "Monitor" has made a ranking, based on data published by INSTAT.

In first place are international institutions, which pay employees more than double the average salary in the country. The average gross monthly salary for 2025 was 189 thousand lek, or almost 2 thousand euros at today's exchange rate. Compared to 2024, the salary is 4% higher.

In second place for the best payments are “Financial and Insurance Activities”. Working in banking or insurance has always been preferred for those who have graduated from economics. On average, a bank employee received 160 thousand lek per month in 2025, or 6.7% more than the previous year (+10.1 thousand lek). This is the highest salary increase in value in 2025, of all activities.

“Information and Communication” has marked the highest salary increase in value from all other activities. IT employees are now among the highest paid in the country, with 127.4 thousand lek per month, 10 thousand lek more than a year ago (+8.9%).

The "extractive industry" is a low-paying job, but it offers the fourth highest salary level in the country, at 109 thousand lek per month, but which has decreased by almost 3% compared to 2024.

"Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities" is a sector that has grown rapidly in recent years. In 2025, they paid employees an average of 105 thousand lek per month (+8.7 thousand lek).

The state salary has grown rapidly in the last 3 years, as the government used it as a strategy to equalize salaries with the region and to encourage the private sector. The average salary in “Public and Defense Administration” reached over 100 thousand lek for the first time in 2025 (104.5 thousand lek), while in 2022 it was 72.5 thousand lek, increasing by 44% in three years.

The activity of "Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply" had an average salary of 102.7 thousand lek in 2025 (+7 thousand lek). This sector is also indirectly related to the state, as the largest employers are public enterprises such as OSHEE or KESH.

In education, the average salary approached the level of 100 thousand lekë (99.3 thousand lekë) for the first time. For teachers, salaries also increased rapidly in the last three years, following the policy followed for all state employees. In 2022, education was paid on average at 70 thousand lekë, or 30 thousand lekë less than today.

Along the same lines, “Health and other social activities” has seen rapid growth in the last three years, but the average salary is lower than that of teachers. In 2025, the average salary for this activity was 92 thousand lek, up from 68 thousand lek in 2022, with an increase of 24 thousand lek.

Salaries for "Home Services" have also seen strong growth in recent years. In 2014, this activity had an average salary of 29.5 thousand lek, 65% of the annual average for that year (45.5 thousand lek).

In 2025, the average salary of domestic workers reached 77 thousand lekë, or 91% of the average salary. The increase in demand for this service, along with the formalization of workers, some of whom are foreigners, mainly Filipinos, has influenced this trend.

Among the activities that have increased salaries the most in 2025 are real estate, as many real estate agencies have opened in recent years. In 2025, this activity paid an average of 84 thousand lek, or 8 thousand lek more than a year earlier (+10.7%). In construction, salaries also increased by 12% in one year, to 69 thousand lek.

Wages in Accommodation and Food Service Activities, although increasing (+11.8%0) as a result of the demand for tourism workers, remain the lowest in the country, except for agriculture, with 56.4 thousand lek per month, compared to 55.5 thousand in agriculture. Monitor