The public administration has "added" over 600 employees since February of this year. In the normative act recently approved by the government for changes in the budget, it is determined that the number of budget employees in the state is registered at 85,974 individuals and in relation to the normative act of February, this number has been increased by 628 employees, since it resulted in 85,346 employees such. Compared to the initial budget, the increase is 800 employees.
The highest number of employees is the Ministry of Education and Sports, which includes teachers, registered at 31,000, followed by the Ministry of the Interior, which includes police officers, an institution that has 15,796 employees.
What is noticeable is that in relation to the first normative act for changes in the budget, the Ministry of the Interior has increased the number of employees by 500 individuals. Likewise, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection has increased by 80 employees.
Other government institutions, which mainly include agencies, have a total number of employees of 1,560, and experienced a modest increase of 7 employees.
The salary increase reform undertaken in 2023 and which has continued this year has made the state administration more desirable for employment.
With the latest increase, which came into effect in July, the average salary in the state has reached the level of over 900 euros per month and the gap between the average salary in the public and private sectors has deepened significantly. On the other hand, the administration has still announced vacancies for various positions which are not filled with staff.