The average gross salary is 3758 euros per month but this amount hides clear differences | Money

The average wage is 3,486 euros. This figure shows that 50 percent of employees earn a maximum of 3,486 euros, with the other half earning a higher salary.

The ten percent of employees who earn the highest income receive at least €5,886 per month from their employer. With an average gross salary of €10,465, managers of large companies earn 178 percent more than the national average.

But for ten percent of employees, the total monthly wage does not exceed 2,295 euros. With a monthly wage of 2,372 euros, waiters and waiters earn 37 percent less than the national average. In other words: for the gross monthly salary of a manager of a large company, a waiter or waiter must work four months.

Hairstylists, beauticians, domestic workers, cleaners, cashiers and ticket sellers also earn at least one-third less than the national average.

In addition, there is still a difference of 4.1 percent between women working full-time and their male colleagues, even though the wage gap has decreased sharply over the past 10 years. In 2010, the difference was still 10 percent.

The diploma also plays a role. Master’s degree holders earn 48 percent more than the average Belgian. Those who left school without a diploma earn a salary 26 percent less than the national average.

Statbel bases its data on a survey of wages among 118,164 employees of Belgian companies.