The average monthly net salary paid per employee in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia for December of last year amounted to 7,878 kuna, announced on Monday by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS), whose data shows a real decline in the average net salary both on a monthly and annual basis.
Thus, the average net salary for December compared to the salary for November of last year is nominally lower by 0.5 percent, and real lower by 0.2 percent.
On an annual basis, compared to December 2021, the average net salary was nominally higher by 8.2 percent, but, considering inflation, it is real lower by 4.3 percent.
The highest average monthly net salary paid per employee in legal entities for December 2022 was paid in information service activities, amounting to 12,352 kuna, while the lowest was in clothing manufacturing, 4,951 kuna.
According to DZS data, the median net salary for December 2022 was 6,608 kuna, which means that half of the employees earned less and half earned more than that amount.
The average monthly gross salary per employee in legal entities for December 2022 amounted to 10,748 kuna, which is nominally lower by 0.3 percent, while real it remained at the same level compared to November.
On an annual basis, the average gross salary is nominally higher by 9.3 percent, but real lower by 3.4 percent.
In December 2022, there were an average of 175 paid hours, which is an increase of 0.6 percent compared to November. The highest number of paid hours was in auxiliary service activities in mining (184), while the lowest number of paid hours was in social care activities without accommodation (155).
