The average salary in November was 2,637.7 lei. Compared to November 2007, the growth was 9%. The subsistence minimum in quarter 3 of 2008 was 1,245.8 lei (1,437 lei in Q2), Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the National Statistics Bureau, the salary of budget earners was 2,166.1 lei on average, while in the real sector – 2,883.1 lei. From January to November, 2008, the monthly average salary of a Moldovan employee was 2,489.5 lei and hiked 9% year on year.