According to the state-run newspaper Etemad, the minimal wage in 2023, which began with an inflation price of not less than 50%, will solely enhance by 20% in comparison with final 12 months.
This pattern has halved staff’ actual wages because the starting of this 12 months.
The Etemad newspaper reported on Sunday, January 14, that the working-class “each day minimal wage” amounted to about 1.77 million rials (about $3.35) this 12 months. This is considerably lower than the buying energy of a variety of merchandise and most merchandise. Iranian meals merchandise.
Based on this, each day earnings in 2024 is predicted to be 1.77 million rials, a rise of roughly 20% to only over 2 million rials (roughly $38) per day. But the inflation hole between this 12 months and subsequent will make this new determine even additional away from the worth of a fundamental meals basket.
On Saturday, January 13, the regime-friendly Donya Ye Ektesad newspaper mentioned the rise in meals costs (as a consequence of inflation) and its impression on staff’ month-to-month wages. According to the report, a working family head of a four-person family must spend about 65% of his or her earnings to offer a fundamental meals basket.
Etemad newspaper requested: “Why is meals necessary and why does the federal government must rethink subsequent 12 months’s minimal wage?” The report stated a good portion of low-income teams’ incomes have been spent on meals after meals inflation remained excessive because of the abolition of preferential trade charges. This is why statistical experiences present completely different “inflation significance coefficients” for various earnings teams.
Meanwhile, on December 26, 2023, the state-run newspaper Hammihan reported, “The buying energy of staff receiving the minimal wage has fallen by greater than 65% since 2016, to lower than half.” “Workers’ actual minimal wage this 12 months reached its lowest degree in 28 years,” he added.
On January 7, Hossein Gudarzi, a member of the ruling Majlis (parliament), addressed the federal government’s President Ebrahim Raisi in an open session, saying, “People are affected by inflation of over 40%, particularly when it comes to meals and each day requirements. “We won’t tolerate value will increase.” The value of meat is 600,000 tomans per kilogram. ” He referred to as for motion to be taken as quickly as doable.
On January 9, Iranian media reported that 14 provinces had “elevated poverty indicators” this fall in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. According to the report, poverty ranges have been highest in Chahalmahal and Bakhtiari provinces, and lowest in Tehran province.