Employee compensation in Cyprus is set to rise by about 6.9 per cent in 2025, reaching €4.1 billion, up from the €3.9 billion recorded during 2024, according to the Finance Ministry.
The increase, which will lift public sector wages to 11.8 per cent of GDP, reflects a series of automatic and contractual adjustments already locked into the state payroll.
According to the draft budgetary programme for 2026, submitted to the
