# Bulgaria Average Hourly Earnings

Bulgaria Average Hourly Earnings was up 10.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 13.2% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 202.5 (Index 2020=100).
That is the lowest reading since Q2 2021.
Among the 21 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.6% (Q3 2020) to 16.2% (Q1 2024), averaging 11.4%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `BG.AHE.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Index 2020=100
- Coverage: 2014-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (50 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/bulgaria/average-hourly-earnings

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 202.5 | 10.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 200.9 | 13.2 |
| Q4 2025 | 193.6 | 13.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 186.4 | 12.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 183.2 | 13.3 |
| Q1 2025 | 177.5 | 13.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 169.9 | 13.1 |
| Q3 2024 | 165.8 | 13.3 |
| Q2 2024 | 161.7 | 15.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 156.9 | 16.2 |
| Q4 2023 | 150.2 | 12.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 146.3 | 15.2 |
| Q2 2023 | 139.9 | 14.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 135.0 | 15.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 133.8 | 16.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 127.0 | 15.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 122.7 | 14.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 116.8 | 11.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 115.3 | 11.5 |
| Q3 2021 | 110.1 | 13.7 |
| Q2 2021 | 107.6 | 6.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 104.4 | 5.5 |
| Q4 2020 | 103.4 | 9.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 96.80 | 4.6 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG.AHE.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/BG.AHE.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```