Armenian scientists' base salaries to grow four times by 2025

YEREVAN, May 13. /ARKA/. Armenia's Acting Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Vahram Dumanyan told a government meeting today that the salaries of scientists involved in state-funded programs will have their salaries to grow gradually four times by 2025.

According to him, the goal is to provide scientists with decent salaries and create conditions for young people to get involved in scientific research.

He stressed that the salaries will grow based on the results of certification of scientists. “For example, today a researcher receives an average of 90,400 drams. In 2025 he/she will receive 276,000 drams. And the salary of the head of the research group from 141,400 drams will increase to 477,200 drams by 2025,” Dumanyan said.

He noted that for this to happen in 2022 the financing of the sector will grow by 3.6 billion drams, in 2023 - by 2.2 billion drams, in 2024 - by 2.4 billion drams, and in 2025 - by 2 billion drams.

The Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said that the base salaries of scientists have not changed since 2010, and will double in 2022, when the budget of this sector will grow from the current 4 billion drams to 7.7-7.8 billion drams, and to 14.4 billion drams in 2025.

“The chief researcher today receives an average of 138,000 drams. Their salaries in 2022 will grow on average to 367,000 and in 2025 - to 553,000 drams. This is the base salary, that is the minimum amount they can expect to earn before benefits, bonuses, or other compensations,” Avinyan said.

Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan added that in the next three years, the base salary fund for research workers will increase 4 times. ($1 - 522.27 drams). --0--