First Release

Year: LXII.
Zagreb, 28 May 2025
RAD-2025-1-6/1

ISSN 1334-0557

AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY COUNTIES, FIRST QUARTER OF 2025

Data on average earnings by counties were obtained by processing data from the JOPPD form and are published regularly on a quarterly basis. The processing was performed according to the predominant NKD 2007 activity and place of permanent/temporary residence.

The average monthly paid net earnings per person in employment in legal entities in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period of 2024, increased in all counties. The highest increase was recorded in the County of Požega-Slavonia, of 13.8%, and the lowest one in the City of Zagreb, of 9.9%.

The highest average monthly paid net earnings per person in employment in legal entities in the first quarter of 2025 were paid in the City of Zagreb, amounting to 1 642 euro, while the lowest ones were paid in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, amounting to 1 252 euro.

The average monthly gross earnings per person in employment in legal entities in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same quarter of 2024, increased in all counties. The highest increase was recorded in the County of Požega-Slavonia, of 15,6%, and the lowest one in the City of Zagreb, of 10,3%.

The highest average monthly gross earnings per person in employment in legal entities in the first quarter of 2025 were recorded in the City of Zagreb, amounting to 2 377 euro, and the lowest ones in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, amounting to 1 676 euro.

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

 

1 AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID NET EARNINGS PER PERSON IN EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES

County Average monthly paid net earnings per person in employment, euro Nominal indices of change in average monthly paid net earnings according to payments for month
I 2025 II 2025 III 2025 I – III 2025 I 2025
I 2024
II 2025
II 2024
III 2025
III 2024
I ‒ III 2025
I ‒ III 2024
Republic of Croatia 1 392 1 416 1 448 1 418 112,3 113,5 109,2 111,6
Zagreb 1 408 1 439 1 475 1 441 113,2 114,7 111,5 113,1
Krapina-Zagorje 1 365 1 364 1 391 1 373 114,1 114,6 109,6 112,6
Sisak-Moslavina 1 309 1 311 1 334 1 318 113,0 114,1 108,5 111,7
Karlovac 1 377 1 376 1 422 1 392 113,6 114,0 109,7 112,4
Varaždin 1 305 1 311 1 334 1 317 111,8 112,1 109,4 111,0
Koprivnica-Križevci 1 294 1 283 1 320 1 299 114,0 114,1 108,6 112,2
Bjelovar-Bilogora 1 272 1 273 1 311 1 286 113,4 114,9 109,2 112,4
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 1 401 1 419 1 446 1 422 113,1 113,8 110,3 112,3
Lika-Senj 1 288 1 289 1 297 1 291 112,2 112,4 107,0 110,4
Virovitica-Podravina 1 246 1 249 1 262 1 252 113,8 114,5 109,2 112,4
Požega-Slavonia 1 293 1 298 1 308 1 300 115,3 116,2 110,1 113,8
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 1 262 1 267 1 314 1 281 113,3 113,8 111,7 112,9
Zadar 1 311 1 314 1 321 1 315 114,0 114,3 108,0 112,0
Osijek-Baranja 1 331 1 341 1 355 1 342 113,5 115,4 109,3 112,6
Šibenik-Knin 1 311 1 310 1 338 1 320 113,3 113,6 108,9 111,9
Vukovar-Srijem 1 268 1 270 1 292 1 277 113,4 114,6 108,3 112,0
Split-Dalmatia 1 343 1 344 1 388 1 358 112,8 112,4 109,3 111,4
Istria 1 308 1 311 1 358 1 326 112,2 112,1 108,7 111,0
Dubrovnik-Neretva 1 312 1 315 1 342 1 323 113,4 114,5 109,4 112,3
Međimurje 1 300 1 278 1 314 1 297 112,5 112,0 110,3 111,5
City of Zagreb 1 577 1 655 1 694 1 642 109,7 112,3 107,9 109,9

2 AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS PER PERSON IN EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES

County Average monthly gross earnings per person in employment, euro Nominal indices of change in average monthly gross earnings according to payments for month
I 2025 II 2025 III 2025 I – III 2025 I 2025
I 2024
II 2025
II 2024
III 2025
III 2024
I ‒ III 2025
I ‒ III 2024
Republic of Croatia 1 925 1 964 2 014 1 968 113,6 114,9 109,8 112,7
Zagreb 1 928 1 981 2 038 1 983 114,6 116,5 112,8 114,6
Krapina-Zagorje 1 857 1 856 1 898 1 870 116,1 116,4 110,5 114,2
Sisak-Moslavina 1 776 1 783 1 817 1 792 114,4 115,8 109,0 112,9
Karlovac 1 866 1 863 1 934 1 888 115,3 115,8 110,5 113,7
Varaždin 1 782 1 788 1 825 1 798 113,1 113,2 110,0 112,0
Koprivnica-Križevci 1 756 1 743 1 800 1 767 115,8 116,1 109,4 113,6
Bjelovar-Bilogora 1 705 1 709 1 767 1 727 115,3 117,1 110,3 114,1
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 1 944 1 974 2 014 1 977 114,3 115,1 111,0 113,4
Lika-Senj 1 742 1 748 1 757 1 749 113,7 114,0 107,5 111,7
Virovitica-Podravina 1 663 1 674 1 692 1 676 115,3 116,7 110,2 113,9
Požega-Slavonia 1 739 1 750 1 766 1 752 117,3 118,6 111,3 115,6
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 1 695 1 701 1 731 1 709 114,8 115,5 110,2 113,4
Zadar 1 774 1 783 1 823 1 793 115,9 116,5 110,8 114,2
Osijek-Baranja 1 803 1 819 1 839 1 820 115,0 117,4 110,2 114,0
Šibenik-Knin 1 785 1 787 1 829 1 800 115,0 115,7 109,9 113,4
Vukovar-Srijem 1 680 1 688 1 720 1 696 114,9 116,7 109,3 113,5
Split-Dalmatia 1 843 1 846 1 915 1 868 114,3 113,8 110,1 112,7
Istria 1 789 1 795 1 866 1 817 113,7 113,5 109,5 112,2
Dubrovnik-Neretva 1 778 1 786 1 827 1 797 115,1 116,5 110,3 113,9
Međimurje 1 750 1 715 1 772 1 746 113,9 113,5 111,6 113,0
City of Zagreb 2 274 2 396 2 460 2 377 110,5 112,8 107,8 110,3

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 pays in the current for the previous month, which is in line with the pay dynamics in most legal entities, so the average earnings refer to the month for which the pay has been received. It does not apply to paid non-taxable incomes.

Data on counties are presented according to the place of permanent/temporary residence by the territorial constitution in accordance with the Act on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13 and 110/15).

Definitions

Average monthly paid net earnings comprise income of a person in employment earned for the work done during regular working hours as well as annual leave, paid leave, public holidays and days-off 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.

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.

 

Abbreviations

NKD 2007 National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

 

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