Majority of Icelanders Earn Below Average Salary

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New data from Statistics Iceland on wages for 2024 show that regular monthly wages, when looking at all employees regardless of employment rate, were on average 758 thousand ISK. For those working full-time, the average rises to 845 thousand, while the median wage – which says more about the actual distribution – is 753 thousand ISK. This means that 65 percent of people in...

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Just over half of the population is satisfied with the work of Halla Tómasdóttir, the President of Iceland. Halla's popularity is increasing between quarters. Satisfaction with her work was measured at 46% in the first quarter of this year, but 52% in the second quarter. Dissatisfaction with the president's work is decreasing slightly. In a Maskín survey, participants were asked how satisfied they were with the president's work. Just under a qua…