1474 leva is the necessary "clean" monthly income to support the life of one worker who lives alone, and for a three-member family of two adults and one child the amount is 2653 leva. This is according to data from the Institute for Social and Trade Union Research at CITUB for the fourth quarter of last year.
The subsistence income for one worker increases by 36 leva, and for a family - by 65 leva in one year.
According to the latest data, workers with an income below the subsistence wage are over one million and five hundred thousand people or 60 percent of all employed in the country.