First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 18 February 2022
RAD-2021-1-1/12

ISSN 1334-0557

AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT FOR DECEMBER 2021

For December 2021, the average monthly paid off net earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to    7 280 kuna, which represented a nominal and a real decrease of 0.7%, as compared to November 2021.

For December 2021, the average monthly gross earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 9 835 kuna, which represented a nominal and real decrease of 0.8%, as compared to November 2021.

The highest average monthly paid off net earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities for December 2021 were paid off in the activity Advertising and market research and amounted to 11 676 kuna, while the lowest earnings were paid off in the activity Manufacture of wearing apparel and amounted to 4 521 kuna.

The highest average monthly gross earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities for December 2021 were recorded in the activity Advertising and market research and amounted to 17 324 kuna, while the lowest earnings were recorded in the activity Manufacture of wearing apparel and amounted to 5 763 kuna.

The average monthly paid off net earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia for December 2021 were nominally higher by 4.0% and really lower by 1.4%, as compared to the same month last year.

The average monthly gross earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia for December 2021 were nominally higher by 4.6% and really lower by 0.9%, as compared to the same month last year.

In the period from January to December 2021, the average monthly paid off net earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 7 129 kuna, which represented a nominal increase of 5.4% and a real one of 2.7%, as compared to the same period of 2020.

In the period from January to December 2021, the average monthly gross earnings per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 9 599 kuna, which represented a nominal increase of 4.2% and a real one of 1.6%, as compared to the same period of 2020.

In December 2021, there were 182 paid hours on average, which means that they increased by 4.6%, as compared to November 2021. The greatest number of paid hours was recorded in activities Water transport and Human health activities (190) and the smallest one in the activity Social work activities without accommodation (167).

The average monthly paid off net earnings per hour for December 2021 amounted to 39.25 kuna, which was 4.7% lower than in November 2021. As compared to the same month last year, they increased by 4.1%.

The average monthly gross earnings per hour for December 2021 amounted to 53.02 kuna, which was 4.8% lower than in November 2021. As compared to the same month last year, they increased by 4.6%.

Median net earnings for December 2021 amounted to 6 131 kuna, while median gross earnings amounted to 8 025 kuna.

Detailed data can be downloaded on the link Statistics In Line.

1 AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS FOR DECEMBER 2021

       XII 2021 I – XII 2021 Indices
XII 2021
XI 2021
XII 2021
XII 2020
I - XII 2021
I - XII 2020
Net earnings             
Average monthly paid off net earnings per employee, kuna 7 280 7 129 99,3 104,0 105,4
Real net earnings per employee       99,3 98,6 102,7
Gross earnings             
Average monthly gross earnings per employee, kuna 9 835 9 599 99,2 104,6 104,2
Real gross earnings per employee       99,2 99,1 101,6
Net earnings per hour            
Average paid off net earnings per hour, kuna 39,25 40,45 95,3 104,1 105,7
Real net earnings per hour       95,3 98,7 103,0
Gross earnings per hour             
Average monthly gross earnings per hour, kuna 53,02 54,47 95,2 104,6 104,4
Real gross earnings per hour         95,2 99,1 101,8

2 DISTRIBUTION OF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS, BY QUARTILES, FOR DECEMBER 2021

       XII 2021
Net earnings, kuna Gross earnings, kuna
First (lower) quartile 4 624 5 945
Second quartile (median) 6 131 8 025
Third (upper) quartile 8 409 11 306
Fourth quartile z z

3 DISTRIBUTION OF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS, BY DECILES, FOR DECEMBER 2021

             XII 2021
Net earnings, kuna Gross earnings, kuna
First decile 3 956 4 830
Second decile 4 436 5 508
Third decile 4 878 6 122
Fourth decile 5 455 6 968
Fifth decile (median) 6 131 8 025
Sixth decile 6 963 9 209
Seventh decile 7 895 10 578
Eighth decile 9 032 12 233
Ninth decile 11 250 15 728
Tenth decile z z

4 PAID OFF NON-TAXABLE INCOMES, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.1), DECEMBER 2021

      XII 2021
Average non-taxable income by number of receivers, kuna Average non-taxable income by number of persons in employment who received earnings, kuna
  Total 1 020  16
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 167  37
B Mining and quarrying 1 294  54
C Manufacturing  902  15
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply  597  5
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  602  16
F Construction 1 238  18
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles  975  11
H Transportation and storage  847  9
I Accommodation and food service activities 1 507  9
J Information and communication 1 005  5
K Financial and insurance activities  814  2
L Real estate activities 1 177  8
M Professional, scientific and technical activities  982  19
N Administrative and support service activities  651  27
O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security  954  8
P Education  884  3
Q Human health and social work activities 1 285  60
R Arts, entertainment and recreation  728  6
S Other service activities 1 123  24

1) Activity sections T (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods – and services – producing activities of households for own use) and U (Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies) as well as their divisions are not presented in this First Release since they were not covered by the survey.

G.-1. AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS FOR DECEMBER 2021, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

G.-2. ANNUAL CHANGE RATES OF AVERAGE NET AND GROSS EARNINGS FOR DECEMBER 2021, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

G.-3. AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS PER PAID HOUR FOR DECEMBER 2021, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

NKD 2007. activity sections

A Agriculture, forestry and fishing
B Mining and quarrying
C Manufacturing
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
F Construction
G Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
H Transportation and storage
I Accommodation and food service activities
J Information and communication
K Financial and insurance activities
L Real estate activities
M Professional, scientific and technical activities
N Administrative and support service activities
O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
P Education
Q Human health and social work activities
R Arts, entertainment and recreation
S Other service activities

 

5 AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT IN 20211), ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

         Average paid off net earnings per person in employment, kuna Indices of change in average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
For month Nominal Real
X XI XII I - XII XII 2021
XI 2021
XII 2021
XII 2020
I - XII 2021
I - XII 2020
XII 2021
XI 2021
XII 2021
XII 2020
I - XII 2021
I - XII 2020
O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 8 400 8 444 8 641 8 391 102,3 104,7 104,9 102,3 99,2 102,2
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 8 400 8 444 8 641 8 391 102,3 104,7 104,9 102,3 99,2 102,2
84.1 Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 8 294 8 425 8 595 8 249 102,0 105,5 104,1 102,0 100,0 101,5
84.2 Provision of services  to the community as a whole 8 617 8 596 8 850 8 633 103,0 104,4 105,7 103,0 99,0 103,0
84.3 Compulsory social security activities 7 182 7 188 7 217 7 203 100,4 103,7 105,7 100,4 98,3 103,0
P Education 7 909 7 829 7 833 7 816 100,1 104,9 107,3 100,1 99,4 104,6
85 Education 7 909 7 829 7 833 7 816 100,1 104,9 107,3 100,1 99,4 104,6
85.1 Pre-primary education 6 203 6 209 6 218 6 206 100,1 101,9 104,1 100,1 96,6 101,5
85.2 Primary education 7 732 7 619 7 658 7 633 100,5 106,0 108,1 100,5 100,5 105,4
85.3 Secondary education 7 915 7 816 7 856 7 823 100,5 107,1 108,7 100,5 101,5 105,9
85.4 Higher education 11 001 10 922 10 771 10 765 98,6 104,9 107,6 98,6 99,4 104,9
85.5 Other education 5 787 5 742 5 758 5 672 100,3 103,3 105,1 100,3 97,9 102,4
85.6 Educational support activities 7 362 7 625 7 519 7 798 98,6 101,3 102,7 98,6 96,0 100,1
Q Human health and social work activities 8 760 8 902 8 800 8 808 98,9 101,9 107,5 98,9 96,6 104,8
86 Human health activities 9 492 9 646 9 496 9 547 98,4 101,8 108,4 98,4 96,5 105,7
86.1 Hospital activities 9 873 10 009 9 894 9 990 98,9 101,1 108,2 98,9 95,8 105,5
86.2 Medical and dental practice activities 8 803 9 002 8 719 8 652 96,9 104,2 109,1 96,9 98,8 106,3
86.9 Other human health activities 8 612 8 788 8 721 8 728 99,2 101,6 108,7 99,2 96,3 105,9
87 Residential care activities 6 140 6 240 6 268 6 188 100,4 102,7 104,1 100,4 97,3 101,5
87.1 Residential nursing care activities 5 746 5 871 5 991 5 818 102,0 104,3 103,3 102,0 98,9 100,7
87.2 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse 6 722 6 831 6 838 6 755 100,1 102,8 104,6 100,1 97,4 101,9
87.3 Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled 5 715 5 802 5 836 5 763 100,6 102,3 104,2 100,6 97,0 101,6
87.9 Other residential care activities 7 240 7 368 7 414 7 313 100,6 103,7 103,7 100,6 98,3 101,1
88 Social work activities without accommodation 6 133 6 188 6 271 6 129 101,3 103,5 103,2 101,3 98,1 100,6
88.1 Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled 5 185 5 266 5 342 5 296 101,4 103,3 106,1 101,4 97,9 103,4
88.9 Other social work activities without accommodation 6 201 6 252 6 335 6 185 101,3 103,5 103,0 101,3 98,1 100,4

1) On the basis of users' requirements, we publish the supplement to the regular First Release issued once in three months. Data are presented at the group level (3 digits) for NKD 2007. sections O, P and Q.

6 AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT IN 20211), ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

     Average gross earnings per person in employment, kuna Indices of change in average monthly gross earnings according to payoffs for month
For month Nominal Real
X XI XII I - XII XII 2021
XI 2021
XII 2021
XII 2020
I - XII 2021
I - XII 2020
XII 2021
XI 2021
XII 2021
XII 2020
I - XII 2021
I - XII 2020
O Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 11 230 11 308 11 636 11 241 102,9 105,2 103,5 102,9 99,7 100,9
84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 11 230 11 308 11 636 11 241 102,9 105,2 103,5 102,9 99,7 100,9
84.1 Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community 11 243 11 442 11 703 11 209 102,3 105,4 102,1 102,3 99,9 99,5
84.2 Provision of services  to the community as a whole 11 397 11 390 11 816 11 440 103,7 105,3 104,5 103,7 99,8 101,9
84.3 Compulsory social security activities 9 632 9 642 9 681 9 678 100,4 104,1 104,6 100,4 98,7 101,9
P Education 10 596 10 509 10 501 10 508 99,9 105,2 105,8 99,9 99,7 103,1
85 Education 10 596 10 509 10 501 10 508 99,9 105,2 105,8 99,9 99,7 103,1
85.1 Pre-primary education 8 173 8 192 8 197 8 188 100,1 102,0 102,9 100,1 96,7 100,3
85.2 Primary education 10 010 9 918 9 944 9 968 100,3 106,2 106,8 100,3 100,7 104,1
85.3 Secondary education 10 895 10 741 10 802 10 751 100,6 108,1 107,7 100,6 102,5 105,0
85.4 Higher education 15 488 15 367 15 147 15 170 98,6 105,1 105,1 98,6 99,6 102,4
85.5 Other education 7 683 7 620 7 637 7 507 100,2 103,7 104,5 100,2 98,3 101,9
85.6 Educational support activities 9 875 10 257 10 131 10 593 98,8 100,9 101,1 98,8 95,6 98,5
Q Human health and social work activities 11 937 12 145 11 974 12 017 98,6 101,9 105,9 98,6 96,6 103,2
86 Human health activities 13 065 13 280 13 041 13 150 98,2 101,8 106,7 98,2 96,5 104,0
86.1 Hospital activities 13 646 13 814 13 639 13 828 98,7 101,0 106,3 98,7 95,7 103,6
86.2 Medical and dental practice activities 12 046 12 376 11 908 11 815 96,2 104,8 108,1 96,2 99,3 105,4
86.9 Other human health activities 11 636 11 915 11 785 11 820 98,9 101,6 107,7 98,9 96,3 105,0
87 Residential care activities 7 838 8 025 8 032 7 939 100,1 102,6 103,1 100,1 97,3 100,5
87.1 Residential nursing care activities 7 230 7 497 7 577 7 370 101,1 104,3 102,6 101,1 98,9 100,0
87.2 Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse 8 563 8 750 8 748 8 668 100,0 102,4 103,3 100,0 97,1 100,7
87.3 Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled 7 252 7 421 7 428 7 341 100,1 102,0 103,6 100,1 96,7 101,0
87.9 Other residential care activities 9 543 9 753 9 820 9 679 100,7 104,3 102,2 100,7 98,9 99,6
88 Social work activities without accommodation 7 993 8 085 8 184 7 993 101,2 103,7 102,0 101,2 98,3 99,4
88.1 Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled 6 761 6 878 6 984 6 919 101,5 103,4 105,7 101,5 98,0 103,0
88.9 Other social work activities without accommodation 8 081 8 170 8 267 8 065 101,2 103,8 101,8 101,2 98,4 99,2

1) On the basis of users' requirements, we publish the supplement to the regular First Release issued once in three months. Data are presented at the group level (3 digits) for NKD 2007. sections O, P and Q.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Data sources

Data on monthly net and gross earnings as well as data on paid hours were gathered by processing data from the Report on Income, Income Tax and Surtax as well as Contributions for Mandatory Insurances (JOPPD form), in effect since 1 January 2014.

All persons or entities that are the payers of income for which the income tax regulations prescribe the obligation of accounting and paying deduction tax are under the obligation to submit the JOPPD form.

Coverage and comparability

Data comprise persons in employment in legal entities of all types of ownership, government bodies, and bodies of local and regional self-government units, on the territory of the Republic of Croatia.

Persons employed in crafts and trades and free lances and employed insured persons – private farmers are not covered, so data on their pays are not included in the data on average earnings.

Data on monthly net and gross earnings of persons employed in legal entities include net and gross earnings of persons in permanent employment, irrespective of the kind of employment and number of working-hours.

Persons in part-time employment who received earnings are expressed in full-time equivalent.

Data on monthly net and gross earnings are presented according to realised pay-offs in the current for the previous month, which is in line with the pay-off dynamics in most legal entities, so the average earnings refer to the month for which the pay-off has been received. It does not apply to paid-off non-taxable incomes.

Non-taxable incomes received by person in employment are presented in table 4.

The following non-taxable incomes are covered, according to codes on the JOPPD form:

Code 21 – gift for a child younger than 15 and benefit for a newborn, up to a prescribed amount
Code 22 – occasional bonuses (Christmas bonus, annual leave bonus, etc.), up to a prescribed amount
Code 24 – supplements for seafarers, up to a prescribed amount
Code 25 – compensation for living separately from family, up to a prescribed amount
Code 26 – severance, up to a prescribed amount
Code 60 – jubilee payments to persons in employment depending on years of service, up to a prescribed amount
Code 61 – occasional bonuses (Christmas bonus, annual leave bonus, etc.) for previous taxation periods (subsequent payments), up to a prescribed amount
Code 62 – expenses for food and accommodation of seasonal workers, according to Article 7, Item 35, of the Income Tax Ordinance
Code 63 – pecuniary awards for performance results and other types of additional awarding of persons in employment (supplemental earnings, supplements to monthly earnings, etc.)
Code 64 – expenses for accommodation and food of persons engaged in occasional seasonal agricultural works, according to Article 6, Item 10, of the Income Tax Ordinance
Code 65 – pecuniary lump-sum reimbursements for covering food costs of persons in employment, up to a prescribed amount
Code 66 – food expanses for persons in employment emerged during employment with the employer based on authentic documentation, up to a prescribed amount
Code 67 – accommodation expenses for persons in employment emerged during employment with the employer based on authentic documentation, paid through cashless transaction
Code 68 – accommodation expenses for persons in employment emerged during employment with the employer based on authentic documentation, transmitted to worker’s account
Code 69 – reimbursements for expanses of hospitality, tourist and other services rendered during workers’ vacation, pursuant to regulations determined by the ministry in charge for tourism
Code 70 – reimbursements for expanses of regular care for workers’ children in institutions of pre-school education as well as in other legal entities or natural persons (kindergartens etc.)
Code 71 – premiums of supplemental and additional health inisurance – in effect since 2020.

Data from January 2016 and onwards are not comparable to previously published monthly data.

Definitions

Average monthly paid off net earnings comprise income of a person in employment earned for work done during regular working hours as well as annual leave, paid leave, public holidays and day-offs as prescribed by law, sickness leave up to 42 days, absence for continuing professional education, during lay-off and job stop caused against person’s will and of no fault of his own and net pays on the basis of compensations, allowances and rewards in sums which are subjects to contributions, taxes and surtaxes.

Average monthly gross earnings include all kinds of net pays on the basis of employment and the following mandatory allocations: pension insurance contributions, income tax and surtax on income tax.

Number of paid hours is a number of hours for which persons in employment were paid. They include hours actually worked (hours done during regular working time and overtime hours) and hours not actually worked (annual leave, holidays, sick leave lasting less than 42 days and other paid hours not actually done). Paid hours do not include working hours not actually worked which are paid outside a legal entity (sick leave hours lasting over 42 days, maternity leave hours, hours of shorter working time done by parents, etc.).

Average monthly net and gross earnings per person in employment are calculated by dividing the total of pay-offs with the number of persons in employment expressed in full-time equivalent.

Average monthly net and gross earnings per paid hour are calculated by dividing the total of pay-offs with the total number of paid hours.

Indices of nominal net and gross earnings are calculated from the data on average monthly net and gross earnings for the respective months and year.

Real indices of net and gross earnings are calculated by dividing index of nominal net and gross earnings with a consumer price index for the respective month and year.

Median monthly net and gross earnings are calculated by determining a mean after earnings of persons in employment have been rank-ordered from the lowest to the highest one and shows that 50% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or lower than that amount (median) and another 50% get earnings that are equal to or higher than that amount (median).

Quartile monthly net and gross earnings are calculated by dividing the earnings of persons in employment into four equal parts after they have been rank-ordered from the lowest to the highest one. Then the amount is selected below which 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the earnings of persons in employment are placed. They can be divided to first (lower) quartile, second quartile (median), third (upper) quartile and fourth quartile.

The first (lower) quartile indicates that 25% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or lower than the first quartile, while 75% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or higher than the first quartile.

The third (upper) quartile indicates that 75% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or lower than the third quartile, while 25% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or higher than the third quartile.

Decile monthly net and gross earnings are calculated by dividing earnings of persons in employment into ten equal parts after they have been rank-ordered from the lowest to the highest one. Then the amount is selected below which 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% of earnings of persons in employment are placed.

The first decile includes persons in employment with the lowest monthly earnings and indicates that 10% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or lower than the first decile, while 90% of persons in employment get earnings that are equal to or higher than that amount. The second decile includes persons in employment who get earnings that are higher than those included in the first decile and lower than those included in the third decile, etc.

 

Abbreviations

NKD 2007. National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
z data are not published for confidentiality reasons

 

 

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