Dec 7 (Reuters) - The real average wage in Slovakia rose by 2.7 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of 2006, slowing down from 4.0 percent growth in the second quarter, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Thursday. SLOVAK AVG WAGES Q3/06 Q2/06 Q3/05 FY/05 real pct change yr/yr 2.7 4.0 7.6 6.3 nominal pct change yr/yr 7.7 8.8 9.9 9.2 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) ((For past economic data and analysts' forecasts, double click on <SK/ECON01>)) ((Editing by Alan Crosby; martin.santa@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 5341 8402)) Keywords: ECONOMY SLOVAKIA/WAGES