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Private sector wages increased 12.8%, with the average reaching EGP 2,680 per month in 2016, up from EGP 2,376 the previous year ago, according to CAPMAS statistics cited by Al Shorouk<\/a>. Average salaries in the public sector rose 8.5% y-o-y in 2016 to EGP 4,600 per month, up from EGP 4,256 in 2015. The state census bureau found that there was gender disparity in these increases, as male employees in the public and private sectors received, on average, an 8.6% bump in their monthly salaries, while the average salary for women employees actually declined 0.4%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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