The average monthly net salary paid per employee in legal entities in Croatia was 1,191 euros for December of the previous year, which is nominally higher by 13.9 percent and in real terms by nine percent annually, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS).

The average monthly net salary from January to December of the previous year amounted to 1,148 euros, reports HINA.

Compared to the salary for November 2023, the average net salary for December was nominally lower by 1.4 percent and in real terms by 0.9 percent, as reported on Tuesday by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS).

The highest average monthly net salary paid in the last month of 2023 was in the production of refined petroleum products, amounting to 1,795 euros, while the lowest was in clothing production, 739 euros.

According to the DZS report, the median net salary for December was 1,005 euros, meaning that half of the employees earned less and half earned more than that amount.