Egypt's average weekly salaries rise 18% in 2013: CAPMAS

Average weekly salaries in Egypt grew by 18.7 percent in 2013 to reach LE761 ($106.40), data from the country's statistics body CAPMAS showed on Wednesday.

In 2012, Egyptian workers were paid an average weekly salary of LE641 ($89.60).

The salary increase depicts a rise for public business sector and government workers, whose average weekly pay grew by 14 percent in 2013 to reach LE964 compared to the year before, according to the report.

Private sector workers in firms employing more than 10 people, on the other hand, saw their weekly pay leap by 11 percent in 2013, compared to 2012, to reach an average of LE439.

The average work week in the public sector increased by two hours from 2012 to 2013 to reach 54 hours, while it decreased by one hour to reach 57 hours in the private sector.

In September 2013, Egypt’s interim cabinet let by then-prime minister Hazem El-Beblawi set the minimum wage for the public sector at LE1,200 (roughly $168).