In the North, an average of 255 days a year, just 228, in other words, the employees of the North every 12 months stamp the 27 -day card more than the southern colleagues every 12 months. And how do you explain this difference? Certainly not because in the North employed and workers are tireless heroes, while in the South there is a widespread presence of “slacker” that avoid offices and factories. Absolutely not, the reading key cannot be based on these commonplaces. According to the analysis conducted by the Cgia Studies Office, however, in the South we work less for at least two strictly related reasons. The first. It is due to a very widespread submerged economy that in the southern regions has a dimension that cannot be found in the rest of the country which, statistically, does not allow to count the hours worked irregularly. The second. It is attributable to a labor market that in the South is characterized by so much precariousness, by a widespread presence of involuntary part time, especially in services, by many seasonal employed in the receptive and agriculture sector that greatly lower the average of the hours worked.
The Stacanovists are in Lecco, Biella and Vicenza
The workers and employees with the largest average number of days worked during 2023, explains the Cgia di Mestre, were those employed in the province of Lecco (264.9 days). The private employees of Biella (264.3), Vicenza (263.5), Lodi, (263.3), Padua (263.1), Monza-Brianza (263), Treviso (262.7) and Bergamo (262,6) follow. Finally, the provinces where the workers were “less” in the office or in the factory during 2023 are those of Foggia (213.5 days), Trapani (213.3), Rimini (212.5), Nuoro (205.2) and Vibo Valentia (193.3). The Italian average was equal to 246.1 days.
Where you work more, wages are higher
Obviously, in the geographical areas of the country where the hours worked are higher, productivity is also greater and consequently salaries and wages are heavier. If, as reported by the Cgia, in the north the average daily salary in 2023 was 104 euros gross, in the South it stopped at 77 euros (equal to a differential of 35 percent). As regards productivity, however, in the north it was 34 percent higher than that present in the South. It should be noted that the wage differences present in Italy in the private sector are a problem that we drag at least since the beginning of the last century. Unfortunately, in recent decades the gap has certainly increased, because multinationals, utilities, medium -large companies, financial/insurance/banking companies that – tend to recognize their employees much higher than average – are mainly located in the metropolitan areas of the North. Not only that. It should be highlighted that these realities have a staff share with apical qualifications on the total employed very high (managers, managers, paintings, technicians, etc.), employees who by contract must be paid important salaries.
The highest salaries are paid in Milan, Monza and along the Via Emilia
The provincial analysis of the medium gross wages paid to employees of the private sector shows that, in 2023, Milan was the reality where entrepreneurs paid the highest average salaries: 34,343 euros. Follow Monza-Brianza with 28,833 euros, Parma with 27,869 euros, Modena with 27,671 euros, Bologna with 27,603 euros and Reggio Emilia with 26,937 euros. In all these Emilian realities, the strong concentration of high productivity sectors and high added value – such as the production of luxury cars, mechanics, automotive, mechatronics, biomedical and agri -food – has “guaranteed” to the employees of these territories very heavy payroll. The most “poorer” employees, on the other hand, are in Trapani where they receive an annual gross average remuneration of 14,854 euros, in Cosenza with 14,817 euros, in Nuoro with 14,676 euros. Finally, the most “unfortunate” work in Vibo Valentia where in a year of work they brought home only 13,388 euros. Finally, the Italian average amounted to 23,662 euros.