During the third trimester of the current year the average monthly salary in Bulgaria amounts to EUR 448, marking a decrease on the second trimester of 2015 by 0.6%, the National Statistical Institute informs. Economic activities registering the biggest decrease of average monthly salary are: financial and insurance activities (by 7.8%), education (by 2.5%) and production and distribution of electric and heating energy and gas fuels (by 2.1). However, during the third trimester of 2015 the average monthly salary goes up by 8% compared to the same period of 2014.