First Release

Year: LXIII.
Zagreb, 22 May 2026
RAD-2026-1-5/1
ISSN 1334-0557

AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX, FIRST QUARTER OF 2026

Data on average earnings, by sex, 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 2025 activity, which is why data by activities are not comparable with hitherto published monthly data.

The average monthly paid net earnings per person in employment in legal entities of the Republic of Croatia in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 1 501 euro for women and to 1 556 euro for men.

Compared to the same period of the previous year, the average net earnings increased by 7.5% for women and by 8.3% for men. The greatest increase in the average net earnings for women was recorded in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, of 15.3%, while for men it was recorded also in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, of 16.4%.

In the first quarter of 2026, women had the highest net earnings in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which amounted to 1 911 euro, and the lowest net earnings in Other service activities, which amounted to 1 158 euro. The highest average net earnings for men were recorded in Financial and insurance activities, 2 358 euro, while the lowest net earnings were recorded in Administrative and support service activities, 1 207 euro.

The average monthly gross earnings per person in employment in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 2 102 euro for women and to 2 182 euro for men.

Compared to the same period of the previous year, the average gross earnings increased by 8.5% for women and by 9.4% for men. The greatest increase in the average gross earnings for women was recorded in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, of 17.9%, while for men it was recorded also in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, of 19.5%.

In the first quarter of 2026, women had the highest average gross earnings in Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities, which amounted to 2 785 euro, and the lowest gross earnings in Other service activities, which amounted to 1 584 euro. The highest average gross earnings for men were recorded in Financial and insurance activities, 3 463 euro, while the lowest gross earnings were recorded in Administrative and support service activities, 1 670 euro.

In the first quarter of 2026, women had 167 paid hours on average, and men had 168 paid hours on average. The average monthly paid net earnings per hour in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 8.69 euro for women and to 8.97 euro for men. The average monthly gross earnings per hour in the first quarter of 2026 amounted to 12.17 euro for women and to 12.58 euro for men.

In the first quarter of 2026, women had higher average gross earnings per hour than men in four activity sections, ranging from 14.2% in Construction to 1.0% in Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, while men had higher average gross earnings per hour than women in the remaining 16 activity sections, ranging from 22.5% in Financial and insurance activities to 3.3% in Administrative and support service activities.

Detailed data can be downloaded from the link PC-AXIS databases under Employment and wages.

 

1 AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID NET EARNINGS PER PERSON IN EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 20251) AND BY SEX
      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 II III I ‒ III I 2026
I 2025		 II 2026
II 2025		 III 2026
III 2025		 I ‒ III 2026
I ‒ III 2025
  Total  1 511  1 527  1 555  1 531 108,5 107,8 107,4 108,0
  Women  1 481  1 507  1 516  1 501 108,4 107,3 106,8 107,5
  Men  1 537  1 543  1 589  1 556 108,8 108,3 107,9 108,3
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing  1 310  1 263  1 332  1 302 104,8 108,3 111,0 108,0
  Women  1 253  1 212  1 275  1 247 108,3 109,1 111,1 109,5
  Men  1 331  1 281  1 353  1 322 103,7 108,1 111,0 107,6
B Mining and quarrying  1 546  1 482  1 634  1 555 111,5 103,4 114,2 109,7
  Women  1 498  1 334  1 371  1 401 115,4 104,8 104,7 108,4
  Men  1 552  1 500  1 666  1 574 111,0 103,4 115,3 110,0
C Manufacturing  1 381  1 444  1 437  1 421 109,0 108,2 109,5 109,0
  Women  1 260  1 391  1 305  1 318 109,1 108,9 109,4 109,1
  Men  1 439  1 469  1 500  1 469 108,9 107,9 109,5 108,7
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply  1 966  1 850  2 025  1 947 111,6 116,6 120,5 116,2
  Women  1 908  1 829  1 995  1 911 109,4 117,1 120,0 115,3
  Men  1 982  1 856  2 033  1 958 112,2 116,5 120,6 116,4
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  1 418  1 366  1 411  1 398 110,2 111,0 110,6 110,5
  Women  1 417  1 374  1 429  1 407 109,7 111,3 112,4 111,1
  Men  1 418  1 363  1 406  1 396 110,4 110,8 110,1 110,4
F Construction  1 228  1 234  1 274  1 246 110,9 111,4 112,2 111,5
  Women  1 362  1 362  1 403  1 376 112,6 112,2 113,5 112,8
  Men  1 214  1 221  1 260  1 232 110,9 111,3 112,0 111,4
G Wholesale and retail trade  1 359  1 387  1 402  1 383 108,6 107,9 108,3 108,3
  Women  1 257  1 284  1 291  1 277 108,4 107,6 108,6 108,1
  Men  1 478  1 506  1 533  1 506 108,8 108,2 108,1 108,3
H Transportation and storage  1 419  1 371  1 429  1 406 110,9 110,3 111,4 110,8
  Women  1 406  1 380  1 425  1 404 111,2 111,1 111,9 111,4
  Men  1 422  1 368  1 430  1 407 110,7 110,0 111,2 110,7
I Accommodation and food service activities  1 197  1 187  1 236  1 207 108,5 108,3 106,1 107,6
  Women  1 171  1 158  1 205  1 178 109,0 108,6 107,6 108,4
  Men  1 221  1 215  1 266  1 234 108,0 108,0 104,9 106,8
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities  1 609  1 570  1 664  1 614 115,7 112,4 71,3 94,7
  Women  1 517  1 502  1 593  1 538 113,0 111,1 73,1 94,8
  Men  1 695  1 631  1 730  1 685 118,1 113,5 69,8 94,7
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities  1 992  2 048  2 241  2 094 108,9 106,4 107,9 107,8
  Women  1 808  1 871  2 030  1 903 109,2 108,0 109,0 108,7
  Men  2 071  2 124  2 332  2 175 108,8 105,9 107,5 107,4
L Financial and insurance activities  1 827  2 143  2 110  2 026 108,5 114,3 109,0 110,6
  Women  1 665  1 994  1 911  1 856 107,5 115,4 109,7 110,9
  Men  2 145  2 429  2 499  2 358 109,8 112,3 107,6 109,9
M Real estate activities  1 362  1 400  1 382  1 381 107,7 112,4 109,3 109,8
  Women  1 327  1 366  1 336  1 343 107,5 111,2 108,9 109,2
  Men  1 392  1 428  1 420  1 413 108,1 113,2 109,7 110,3
N Professional, scientific and technical activities  1 624  1 651  1 703  1 659 109,7 107,8 108,6 108,6
  Women  1 556  1 591  1 640  1 596 110,6 107,2 108,9 108,9
  Men  1 686  1 706  1 761  1 718 108,8 108,5 108,3 108,5
O Administrative and support service activities  1 189  1 171  1 207  1 189 107,7 107,9 109,0 108,2
  Women  1 165  1 140  1 181  1 162 107,3 107,4 108,9 107,9
  Men  1 206  1 193  1 224  1 207 108,0 108,3 109,0 108,3
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security  1 863  1 862  1 872  1 866 107,3 106,1 104,9 106,1
  Women  1 726  1 722  1 726  1 725 108,7 106,6 104,7 106,7
  Men  2 011  2 011  2 028  2 017 106,2 105,8 105,0 105,7
Q Education  1 639  1 659  1 662  1 653 105,4 104,7 104,4 104,8
  Women  1 596  1 615  1 618  1 610 105,7 105,1 104,7 105,2
  Men  1 804  1 824  1 826  1 818 104,3 103,3 102,8 103,5
R Human health and social work activities  1 932  1 887  1 909  1 910 107,9 103,9 103,4 105,1
  Women  1 813  1 771  1 792  1 792 107,7 103,7 103,4 104,9
  Men  2 313  2 253  2 280  2 282 108,2 104,0 103,0 105,1
S Arts, sports and recreation  1 456  1 500  1 489  1 482 109,3 111,9 105,3 108,8
  Women  1 402  1 407  1 418  1 409 109,1 109,4 107,6 108,6
  Men  1 518  1 603  1 571  1 564 109,5 114,3 102,9 108,7
T Other service activities  1 214  1 198  1 217  1 209 110,4 109,0 109,5 109,6
  Women  1 163  1 146  1 165  1 158 110,3 108,7 109,5 109,6
  Men  1 274  1 260  1 280  1 271 110,3 109,3 109,7 109,7

1) Activity sections U (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use) and V (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.

2 AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS PER PERSON IN EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 20251) AND BY SEX
     Average monthly gross earnings per person in employment, euro Nominal indices of change in average monthly gross earnings according to payments for month
I II III I ‒ III I 2026
I 2025		 II 2026
II 2025		 III 2026
III 2025		 I ‒ III 2026
I ‒ III 2025
  Total  2 114  2 139  2 183  2 146 109,8 108,9 108,4 109,0
  Women  2 070  2 113  2 124  2 102 109,6 108,4 107,8 108,5
  Men  2 151  2 162  2 233  2 182 110,0 109,4 108,9 109,4
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing  1 783  1 710  1 817  1 771 105,7 109,7 112,9 109,4
  Women  1 719  1 654  1 753  1 709 109,8 110,7 113,1 111,2
  Men  1 806  1 731  1 841  1 793 104,4 109,4 112,9 108,8
B Mining and quarrying  2 163  2 059  2 296  2 174 113,5 104,3 115,7 111,3
  Women  2 148  1 869  1 925  1 981 118,3 105,6 105,3 109,8
  Men  2 165  2 083  2 343  2 198 113,0 104,3 117,1 111,5
C Manufacturing  1 915  2 024  2 003  1 980 110,3 109,5 111,0 110,2
  Women  1 737  1 965  1 812  1 838 110,4 110,5 111,1 110,8
  Men  1 999  2 051  2 093  2 048 110,2 109,0 110,8 110,0
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply  2 726  2 546  2 853  2 709 113,1 119,5 125,1 119,1
  Women  2 685  2 563  2 852  2 701 110,2 120,0 124,1 117,9
  Men  2 738  2 542  2 853  2 711 114,0 119,4 125,4 119,5
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities  1 957  1 877  1 944  1 926 111,6 112,7 112,1 112,1
  Women  1 975  1 907  1 993  1 959 110,8 113,0 114,2 112,7
  Men  1 952  1 869  1 931  1 918 111,8 112,7 111,6 112,0
F Construction  1 697  1 707  1 769  1 725 113,0 113,4 114,3 113,6
  Women  1 915  1 913  1 980  1 936 114,2 113,9 115,5 114,6
  Men  1 673  1 685  1 746  1 702 112,8 113,3 114,1 113,5
G Wholesale and retail trade  1 889  1 936  1 961  1 929 109,9 109,3 109,8 109,7
  Women  1 733  1 776  1 788  1 766 110,0 109,0 110,2 109,8
  Men  2 073  2 122  2 164  2 119 109,7 109,4 109,2 109,4
H Transportation and storage  1 976  1 898  1 993  1 955 112,7 112,0 113,4 112,7
  Women  1 965  1 922  1 998  1 962 112,8 112,8 113,8 113,1
  Men  1 978  1 892  1 991  1 953 112,5 111,8 113,3 112,5
I Accommodation and food service activities  1 647  1 630  1 706  1 661 109,9 109,9 107,2 108,9
  Women  1 608  1 585  1 657  1 617 110,6 110,2 108,9 109,9
  Men  1 685  1 673  1 751  1 703 109,3 109,6 105,7 108,1
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities  2 314  2 246  2 404  2 322 117,6 113,9 65,8 91,9
  Women  2 171  2 149  2 299  2 207 114,3 112,5 67,7 92,0
  Men  2 444  2 336  2 501  2 427 120,4 115,2 64,2 91,8
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities  2 898  2 994  3 310  3 067 109,4 107,0 108,7 108,5
  Women  2 625  2 735  2 996  2 785 109,8 108,9 109,9 109,6
  Men  3 016  3 104  3 445  3 188 109,3 106,4 108,3 108,0
L Financial and insurance activities  2 617  3 138  3 083  2 945 109,1 115,8 110,0 111,7
  Women  2 364  2 907  2 769  2 679 107,9 117,0 110,6 112,0
  Men  3 111  3 583  3 695  3 463 110,6 113,7 108,6 110,9
M Real estate activities  1 911  1 975  1 944  1 944 108,6 114,6 111,0 111,4
  Women  1 860  1 928  1 876  1 888 108,4 113,2 110,4 110,7
  Men  1 955  2 014  2 001  1 990 109,1 115,6 111,5 112,0
N Professional, scientific and technical activities  2 319  2 365  2 449  2 378 110,7 108,9 109,8 109,8
  Women  2 221  2 282  2 363  2 289 111,7 108,0 110,2 109,9
  Men  2 408  2 442  2 529  2 460 109,9 109,7 109,4 109,7
O Administrative and support service activities  1 641  1 609  1 669  1 639 109,0 109,5 111,0 109,8
  Women  1 603  1 557  1 629  1 596 108,6 109,0 111,2 109,6
  Men  1 667  1 646  1 696  1 670 109,3 109,9 110,8 110,0
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security  2 617  2 599  2 611  2 609 108,9 106,2 104,8 106,6
  Women  2 438  2 427  2 430  2 432 109,9 107,2 105,2 107,4
  Men  2 811  2 781  2 805  2 799 108,2 105,4 104,4 106,0
Q Education  2 278  2 304  2 306  2 296 106,3 105,2 105,0 105,5
  Women  2 215  2 239  2 242  2 232 106,5 105,6 105,4 105,8
  Men  2 519  2 546  2 548  2 538 105,0 103,6 103,3 104,0
R Human health and social work activities  2 742  2 669  2 700  2 704 108,8 104,4 103,7 105,6
  Women  2 558  2 491  2 520  2 523 108,6 104,3 103,7 105,5
  Men  3 328  3 230  3 270  3 276 109,0 104,5 103,4 105,6
S Arts, sports and recreation  2 042  2 110  2 094  2 082 110,4 113,5 106,0 109,9
  Women  1 963  1 971  1 986  1 973 110,3 110,9 108,6 109,9
  Men  2 132  2 266  2 218  2 206 110,5 116,0 103,2 109,7
T Other service activities  1 666  1 639  1 671  1 658 112,1 110,7 111,5 111,3
  Women  1 593  1 564  1 596  1 584 112,2 110,5 111,5 111,4
  Men  1 753  1 729  1 762  1 748 111,9 110,8 111,4 111,4

1) Activity sections U (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use) and V (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.

3 AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID NET EARNINGS PER PAID HOUR IN LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 20251) AND BY SEX

     Average monthly paid net earnings per paid hour, euro Nominal indices of change in average monthly paid net earnings according to payments for month
I II III I ‒ III I 2026
I 2025		 II 2026
II 2025		 III 2026
III 2025		 I ‒ III 2026
I ‒ III 2025
  Total 8,46 9,40 8,72 8,85 113,0 107,8 103,1 108,1
  Women 8,31 9,30 8,53 8,69 112,8 107,4 102,6 107,5
  Men 8,59 9,49 8,89 8,97 113,0 108,2 103,5 108,2
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 7,40 7,84 7,50 7,57 109,3 108,4 105,9 107,8
  Women 7,07 7,53 7,21 7,26 112,8 109,1 106,7 109,5
  Men 7,52 7,95 7,60 7,68 108,2 108,2 105,7 107,4
B Mining and quarrying 8,66 9,08 9,14 8,96 115,3 105,1 110,7 110,5
  Women 8,47 8,30 7,76 8,17 120,1 104,8 100,4 108,4
  Men 8,68 9,17 9,32 9,05 114,8 105,3 112,0 110,6
C Manufacturing 7,73 8,87 8,05 8,20 113,5 108,3 105,4 109,2
  Women 7,08 8,58 7,35 7,64 113,6 109,0 105,3 109,5
  Men 8,04 9,00 8,37 8,46 113,4 107,9 105,2 109,0
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 11,02 11,41 11,31 11,24 116,1 116,2 114,2 115,5
  Women 10,80 11,38 11,31 11,15 114,0 117,1 114,6 115,2
  Men 11,09 11,42 11,32 11,27 116,7 116,1 114,3 115,7
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 7,87 8,39 7,87 8,03 114,1 111,0 105,9 110,3
  Women 7,97 8,51 8,05 8,17 114,0 111,4 107,6 111,2
  Men 7,84 8,35 7,82 7,99 114,1 110,7 105,5 110,1
F Construction 6,93 7,66 7,19 7,25 115,7 111,3 107,5 111,4
  Women 7,71 8,48 7,96 8,04 117,4 112,3 108,7 112,8
  Men 6,85 7,57 7,11 7,16 115,5 111,2 107,2 111,2
G Wholesale and retail trade 7,64 8,59 7,94 8,04 112,4 107,8 104,5 108,2
  Women 7,06 7,96 7,33 7,43 111,7 107,6 105,2 108,2
  Men 8,31 9,33 8,66 8,75 112,8 108,1 103,8 108,3
H Transportation and storage 7,89 8,39 7,96 8,07 115,0 110,1 107,0 110,7
  Women 7,93 8,56 8,05 8,16 115,9 111,0 107,2 111,3
  Men 7,87 8,34 7,94 8,04 114,7 109,7 106,9 110,4
I Accommodation and food service activities 6,74 7,37 7,00 7,02 112,5 108,4 102,3 107,5
  Women 6,59 7,19 6,82 6,86 113,0 108,6 103,6 108,5
  Men 6,88 7,54 7,17 7,18 112,1 108,0 101,1 106,8
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 9,11 9,77 9,42 9,42 120,7 112,4 68,2 94,7
  Women 8,60 9,36 9,04 8,99 117,8 111,0 70,0 94,7
  Men 9,58 10,13 9,78 9,82 123,1 113,3 66,9 94,6
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities 11,24 12,70 12,64 12,18 113,7 106,5 103,0 107,8
  Women 10,21 11,62 11,47 11,08 113,8 107,9 104,0 108,6
  Men 11,69 13,16 13,14 12,65 113,6 105,9 102,7 107,4
L Financial and insurance activities 10,33 13,32 11,95 11,82 113,0 114,1 104,2 110,6
  Women 9,42 12,41 10,83 10,83 112,0 115,3 104,8 110,8
  Men 12,11 15,08 14,12 13,73 114,5 112,2 102,8 109,8
M Real estate activities 7,69 8,68 7,82 8,05 112,3 112,3 104,7 109,7
  Women 7,50 8,49 7,57 7,83 111,9 111,3 104,3 109,1
  Men 7,86 8,84 8,04 8,23 112,6 113,0 105,1 110,3
N Professional, scientific and technical activities 9,18 10,26 9,64 9,68 114,2 108,1 104,2 108,8
  Women 8,81 9,89 9,29 9,31 115,5 107,5 104,5 109,0
  Men 9,53 10,61 9,96 10,02 113,5 108,7 104,0 108,7
O Administrative and support service activities 6,65 7,19 6,75 6,85 111,8 107,8 104,5 107,9
  Women 6,55 7,05 6,65 6,75 111,6 107,5 104,6 107,8
  Men 6,71 7,29 6,82 6,93 111,8 108,0 104,6 108,1
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 10,35 11,37 10,40 10,68 111,8 105,9 100,3 105,8
  Women 9,68 10,60 9,68 9,96 113,5 106,5 100,2 106,6
  Men 11,05 12,18 11,15 11,44 110,3 105,5 100,3 105,3
Q Education 9,23 10,22 9,33 9,57 110,5 104,7 99,9 104,9
  Women 8,99 9,95 9,09 9,32 110,7 105,0 100,2 105,3
  Men 10,14 11,22 10,23 10,51 109,5 103,3 98,5 103,8
R Human health and social work activities 10,53 11,33 10,43 10,75 111,9 103,9 99,4 105,1
  Women 9,95 10,71 9,86 10,16 111,7 103,9 99,4 105,0
  Men 12,34 13,25 12,19 12,57 112,2 104,2 99,3 105,1
S Arts, sports and recreation 8,21 9,31 8,43 8,63 113,6 112,0 101,6 109,0
  Women 7,91 8,75 8,04 8,22 113,2 109,6 103,9 108,9
  Men 8,55 9,94 8,86 9,10 114,0 114,4 98,8 108,9
T Other service activities 6,84 7,43 6,89 7,05 115,0 109,1 105,4 109,8
  Women 6,57 7,13 6,61 6,77 114,7 108,7 105,1 109,5
  Men 7,16 7,79 7,21 7,38 115,1 109,4 105,3 110,0

1) Activity sections U (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use) and V (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.

4 AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS PER PAID HOUR IN LEGAL ENTITIES, ACCORDING TO NKD 20251) AND BY SEX
         Average monthly gross earnings per paid hour, euro Nominal indices of change in average monthly gross earnings according to payments for month
I II III I ‒ III I 2026
I 2025		 II 2026
II 2025		 III 2026
III 2025		 I ‒ III 2026
I ‒ III 2025
  Total 11,84 13,17 12,25 12,40 114,2 108,9 104,1 109,1
  Women 11,61 13,03 11,95 12,17 113,9 108,4 103,6 108,6
  Men 12,03 13,29 12,49 12,58 114,5 109,4 104,4 109,3
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 10,06 10,62 10,23 10,29 110,1 109,8 107,8 109,2
  Women 9,69 10,27 9,91 9,95 114,1 110,8 108,5 111,3
  Men 10,20 10,75 10,34 10,42 108,9 109,5 107,5 108,7
B Mining and quarrying 12,11 12,61 12,86 12,53 117,5 105,9 112,3 112,0
  Women 12,14 11,63 10,90 11,55 123,1 105,6 100,9 109,8
  Men 12,11 12,73 13,10 12,65 116,8 106,1 113,7 112,3
C Manufacturing 10,72 12,43 11,21 11,42 114,9 109,5 106,7 110,3
  Women 9,77 12,13 10,20 10,65 115,1 110,7 106,9 110,9
  Men 11,17 12,57 11,69 11,79 114,8 109,1 106,5 110,2
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 15,28 15,70 15,94 15,64 117,6 119,0 118,7 118,5
  Women 15,19 15,95 16,16 15,76 114,9 120,0 118,6 117,8
  Men 15,31 15,63 15,87 15,61 118,5 118,8 118,7 118,8
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 10,85 11,53 10,85 11,06 115,4 112,7 107,5 111,8
  Women 11,11 11,81 11,23 11,37 115,2 113,1 109,3 112,6
  Men 10,79 11,45 10,75 10,98 115,5 112,6 107,0 111,7
F Construction 9,58 10,59 9,98 10,04 117,7 113,4 109,4 113,4
  Women 10,84 11,91 11,23 11,31 119,0 114,1 110,6 114,6
  Men 9,45 10,45 9,84 9,90 117,7 113,3 109,2 113,3
G Wholesale and retail trade 10,62 12,00 11,11 11,22 113,7 109,2 105,9 109,7
  Women 9,73 11,01 10,15 10,27 113,3 109,0 106,7 109,7
  Men 11,65 13,14 12,22 12,32 113,9 109,3 104,9 109,4
H Transportation and storage 10,98 11,62 11,10 11,22 116,8 111,8 108,9 112,4
  Women 11,08 11,92 11,28 11,41 117,5 112,8 109,0 113,1
  Men 10,95 11,54 11,05 11,17 116,5 111,6 108,9 112,3
I Accommodation and food service activities 9,28 10,12 9,65 9,67 114,0 110,0 103,2 109,0
  Women 9,06 9,84 9,38 9,41 114,8 110,3 104,9 109,9
  Men 9,49 10,39 9,91 9,92 113,4 109,7 101,7 108,2
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 13,10 13,98 13,62 13,55 122,7 113,9 63,0 91,8
  Women 12,32 13,39 13,05 12,90 119,4 112,5 64,7 91,9
  Men 13,82 14,51 14,14 14,15 125,5 115,1 61,6 91,8
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities 16,36 18,56 18,67 17,84 114,2 107,0 103,8 108,4
  Women 14,83 16,98 16,93 16,22 114,5 108,8 104,9 109,4
  Men 17,02 19,23 19,42 18,54 114,2 106,4 103,4 108,0
L Financial and insurance activities 14,80 19,51 17,45 17,17 113,8 115,6 105,1 111,6
  Women 13,38 18,09 15,69 15,63 112,4 116,9 105,7 111,9
  Men 17,57 22,24 20,88 20,16 115,4 113,5 103,8 110,8
M Real estate activities 10,79 12,25 11,01 11,33 113,2 114,5 106,4 111,4
  Women 10,51 11,97 10,63 11,01 112,9 113,2 105,9 110,7
  Men 11,03 12,47 11,33 11,59 113,6 115,5 106,8 112,0
N Professional, scientific and technical activities 13,11 14,70 13,86 13,87 115,4 109,1 105,3 109,9
  Women 12,57 14,19 13,39 13,36 116,5 108,3 105,8 110,1
  Men 13,61 15,18 14,30 14,34 114,5 109,9 105,0 109,8
O Administrative and support service activities 9,17 9,88 9,33 9,45 113,2 109,4 106,4 109,6
  Women 9,01 9,63 9,17 9,26 112,9 109,1 106,6 109,5
  Men 9,28 10,06 9,45 9,58 113,3 109,6 106,2 109,6
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 14,54 15,87 14,50 14,94 113,4 106,0 100,1 106,5
  Women 13,67 14,94 13,63 14,05 114,6 107,3 100,7 107,4
  Men 15,45 16,84 15,42 15,88 112,4 105,1 99,7 105,7
Q Education 12,82 14,19 12,94 13,29 111,3 105,1 100,4 105,6
  Women 12,48 13,80 12,59 12,93 111,7 105,5 100,8 106,0
  Men 14,16 15,66 14,27 14,67 110,2 103,6 99,0 104,2
R Human health and social work activities 14,95 16,03 14,76 15,22 112,8 104,5 99,8 105,6
  Women 14,04 15,06 13,87 14,30 112,7 104,4 99,8 105,5
  Men 17,76 19,00 17,49 18,05 113,0 104,7 99,6 105,6
S Arts, sports and recreation 11,51 13,10 11,85 12,12 114,8 113,6 102,2 110,0
  Women 11,07 12,26 11,26 11,51 114,4 111,1 104,9 110,1
  Men 12,01 14,05 12,51 12,82 115,0 116,1 99,0 109,8
T Other service activities 9,39 10,17 9,45 9,66 116,6 110,8 107,0 111,5
  Women 9,00 9,73 9,06 9,26 116,6 110,4 107,0 111,4
  Men 9,85 10,69 9,93 10,14 116,7 111,0 107,1 111,6

1) Activity sections U (Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use) and V (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.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Since January 2026, statistical data are observed, processed and presented according to the National Classification of Activities, 2025 version (NKD 2025). The classification entered into force on 1 January 2025 (NN, No. 47/24). Its content and structure are completely harmonised with the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Union (hereinafter referred to as: NACE Rev. 2.1). Its implementation ensures a quality international comparability of statistical data.

In order to calculate the indices, the 2025 data were converted from NKD 2007 activities to NKD 2025 activities using the macro method of conversion.

The National Classification of Activities 2025 – NKD 2025 has a different structure compared to the NKD 2007 and a more detailed overview of the differences by sections between the new and the existing classification is described in the document Differences between NKD 2007 and NKD 2025.

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 the 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 payments in the current for the previous month, which is in line with the payment 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 are presented on the basis of a dominant, main activity according to NKD 2025, while the monthly data published to date were presented on the basis of a “pure” activity. This means that the processing, in addition to the main activity, was performed by auxiliary activities as well, which is why the data by activities are not comparable with hitherto published monthly data.

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.

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 payments 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 payments 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 years.

 

Abbreviations

NKD 2007        National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
NKD 2025        National Classification of Activities, 2025 version

 

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