[Italy] Sardinian workers among the country’s lowest-paid

In Italy, the North/South salary divide persists. Salaries in the North are, on average, 35 per cent higher than those in the South, L'Unione Sarda reports. 

Also ranking among the country's lowest salaries are those of the Sardinians - in particular salaries in Nuoro - which came second to last, ahead of only Vibo Valentia. 

According to payroll calculations made by Cgia di Mestre, using data from INPS and ISTAT, if those employed in the northern regions have an average gross daily wage of €101, their southern colleagues earn just €75.

The Italian salary average is reportedly €22,839 per year in salary while the Sardinian average is almost €6,000 lower.

Mestre research office stated that the difference is due to the greater productivity of work in the North, which exceeds the figure for the southern regions by 34 per cent. The comparison in absolute terms highlights the disparity.

The average gross annual salary of an employee in Lombardy is reportedly equal to €28,354 but in Calabria, it amounts to just over half, €14,960. In Sardinia, sixteenth among the twenty Italian regions, the average amounts to €16,958, with lower averages only seen in Puglia, Campania, Sicily and Calabria.

According to the Cgia, the abolition of wage cages in the early 1970s had only part of the desired effect; wage inequalities have remained.

Source: L'Unione Sarda

In Italy, the North/South salary divide persists. Salaries in the North are, on average, 35 per cent higher than those in the South, L'Unione Sarda reports. 

Also ranking among the country's lowest salaries are those of the Sardinians - in particular salaries in Nuoro - which came second to last, ahead of only Vibo Valentia. 

According to payroll calculations made by Cgia di Mestre, using data from INPS and ISTAT, if those employed in the northern regions have an average gross daily wage of €101, their southern colleagues earn just €75.

The Italian salary average is reportedly €22,839 per year in salary while the Sardinian average is almost €6,000 lower.

Mestre research office stated that the difference is due to the greater productivity of work in the North, which exceeds the figure for the southern regions by 34 per cent. The comparison in absolute terms highlights the disparity.

The average gross annual salary of an employee in Lombardy is reportedly equal to €28,354 but in Calabria, it amounts to just over half, €14,960. In Sardinia, sixteenth among the twenty Italian regions, the average amounts to €16,958, with lower averages only seen in Puglia, Campania, Sicily and Calabria.

According to the Cgia, the abolition of wage cages in the early 1970s had only part of the desired effect; wage inequalities have remained.

Source: L'Unione Sarda