The average monthly net salary paid per employee in legal entities in Croatia for September amounted to €1,322, which is €166 or 14.4% higher in nominal terms and 12.6% higher in real terms compared to the same month last year, according to data published by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Thursday.

Compared to the salary for August this year, the average net salary for September was €2 or 0.2% lower in nominal terms and 0.6% lower in real terms.

The highest average monthly net salary was recorded in air transport, amounting to €2,139, while the lowest was in clothing manufacturing, at €850.

According to the CBS report, the median net salary for September was €1,129, meaning half of the employees earned less and half earned more than this amount.

The average monthly gross salary paid per employee in legal entities for September amounted to €1,829, which is 0.5% lower in nominal terms and 0.9% lower in real terms compared to August this year. On an annual basis, the average gross salary increased nominally by 14.6% and in real terms by 12.8%.

As with net salaries, the highest average monthly gross salary paid per employee in legal entities for September was in air transport, amounting to €3,118, while the lowest was in clothing manufacturing, at €1,100.

For the period from January to September, the average monthly net salary paid per employee in legal entities amounted to €1,305, which is 15.2% higher in nominal terms and 11.8% higher in real terms compared to the same period in 2023.

In September, there was an average of 165 paid working hours, which is 5.7% fewer than in August.

The highest number of paid hours was in water transport (174), while the lowest was in social work activities without accommodation and in building management and maintenance services, as well as landscaping and groundskeeping (151).

The average monthly net salary per hour for September was €7.75, which is 4.9% higher than in August and 14.8% higher than in September of last year.