Average net wage during each prime minister's tenure
Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how average net wage changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Prime minister | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski | 27 Aug 2006 – 18 Jan 2016 | +38.6% Jul 2006 → Dec 2015 | +3.5%/yr | |
| 2 |  Zoran Zaev | 31 May 2017 – 3 Jan 2020 | +15.3% Apr 2017 → Dec 2019 | +5.5%/yr | |
| 3 | VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickoski | 23 Jun 2024 – now | +9.2% May 2024 → Aug 2026 | +4.0%/yr | |
| 4 | Dimitar Kovačevski | 16 Jan 2022 – 28 Jan 2024 | +8.6% Dec 2021 → Dec 2023 | +4.2%/yr | |
| 5 | Zoran Zaev | 30 Aug 2020 – 16 Jan 2022 | +4.1% Jul 2020 → Dec 2021 | +2.9%/yr | |
| 6 | Vlado Bučkovski | 17 Dec 2004 – 27 Aug 2006 from Jan 2005 | +3.3% Jan 2005 → Jul 2006 | +2.2%/yr | |
| 7 | N Emil Dimitriev | 18 Jan 2016 – 31 May 2017 | −0.9% Dec 2015 → Apr 2017 | −0.7%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. MKD thousand a month, in today's money, per employee · State Statistical Office (MAKStat, table 175: average paid net wage per employee, all sectors), monthly from January 2005, adjusted for inflation with the consumer price index (IMF) · North Macedonia data · as of Aug 2026.