Azerbaijan records 1,776,800 employees; average nominal salary is AZN 1,173
The State Statistical Committee counted 1,776,800 employees as of September 1. Average monthly nominal salary in January–August was AZN 1,173, up 7.2% year over year.
Event / data period: 2026-10-12
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Azerbaijan’s State Statistical Committee reported on October 12 that the country had 1,776,800 employees as of September 1, 2026. Of these, 834,200 worked in the public sector and 942,600 in the non-public sector.
As a separate period measure, average monthly nominal salary for January–August 2026 was AZN 1,173, up 7.2% from the same period a year earlier. The committee describes the salary as nominal; the release does not present an inflation-adjusted wage increase.
Data
Employment and pay
Geographic scope: Azerbaijan. Employee count is as of September 1; salary growth compares January–August year over year. The AZN amount remains in prose because no registered unit is available.
| Total employees | 1776800 | — | As of 2026-09-01; Azerbaijan |
| Public-sector employees | 834200 | — | As of 2026-09-01; Azerbaijan |
| Non-public-sector employees | 942600 | — | As of 2026-09-01; Azerbaijan |
| Average monthly nominal salary growth | — | 7.2 | January–August 2026 vs same period 2025; nominal |
Methodology
Source: SSC, October 12, 2026. Employee counts are a stock on the reference date. Average salary is nominal and compared with January–August 2025.
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