Civil servants' wages 38 percent higher than private sector staff

Despite years of austerity policies, Greek civil servants remain significantly better paid than private sector wages, with their average wages 38 percent higher than their counterparts in the private sector, according to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV). 

The average net monthly wage in the public sector is 1,075 euros compared to 777 euros in the private sector, according to figures made public in SEV's weekly bulletin which underlined that the gap between the two is widening rather than closing. 

In the first half of this year, the average wage in the public sector rose marginally - by 0.1 percent - compared to a drop of 1.3 percent for private sector salaries, according to SEV's analysis, which concluded that private sector workers saw their wages shaved by about 10 euros a month over that period. 

In a related development, a report conducted by the...