Ismael Bermudez
07/12/2021 8:03 AM
Clarín.com
Economy
Updated 07/12/2021 8:03 AM
In May, formal or registered salaries, with contributions to Social Security, lost to inflation: they
increased 1.2% while the average rise in prices was 3.3%.
Even so, due to the improvements of the previous months, between January and May of this year,
wages accumulated a rise of 21.8%, while inflation was 21.5%.
However, a broader look indicates that in the last 12 months,
registered salaries accumulate a rise of 42.8% versus a year-on-year inflation of 48.8%.
This
difference of 6 points implies a wage decline of 4%
compared to the increase in prices that is added to the losses that have accumulated from 2018 onwards.
The salary data correspond to the RIPTE (Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers) which as of May totaled an average of $ 81,464.51 gross, according to the report of the Ministry of Labor based on the companies' declarations to Social Security.
A year ago, the average salary was $ 57,057.90. Because it is the gross salary, the $ 81,464.51
would have to deduct the worker's retirement and health contribution (17%), which gives $ 67,615.54 of "salary pocket-size".
The RIPTE is calculated based on the average remuneration subject to contributions to the Argentine Integrated Pension System (SIPA) received by workers under a dependency relationship and which were declared continuously during the last 13 months.
It is discounted that formal salaries in June could exceed inflation due to the reopening of several joint ventures
(in the case of Banks or Rent Buildings) and because of the new joint ventures that agreed to increases in quotas in line with the new inflation projections.
The salary balance shows that,
with some 300,000 fewer formal employees, the accumulated salary loss of the last 3 years was almost 18%
.
• In 2018, the RIPTE increased 30.6% and year-on-year inflation was 47.6%.
A loss of 11.5%.
• In 2019, the salary increase was 44.4% and inflation 53.8%.
A loss of 6.1% • In 2020, wages rose 34.9% and prices 36.1%.
A decline of 0.8%.
As a salary index, the RIPTE is used every three months to fix half the percentage of mobility of retirements, pensions and other social benefits and in the calculation of compensation for work accidents.
Also to update once a year the Minimum Non-Taxable Income tax and
to update once a year the salary “floor” of $ 150,000 gross of Earnings to be exempt from paying that tax.
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