First Release

Year: LXIII.
Zagreb, 28 July 2026
RAD-2026-2-6/2
ISSN 1334-0557

PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX AND BY COUNTIES,
SECOND QUARTER OF 2026

Data on persons in employment in legal entities, by counties, were obtained by processing data from the JOPPD form. The processing was performed according to the predominant NKD 2025 activity and place of permanent/temporary residence. Therefore, the data by activities are not comparable with the monthly data published so far.

In June 2026, the largest number of persons in employment was in the City of Zagreb, 378 082, which accounted for 21.5% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest number of persons in employment was in the County of Lika-Senj, 18 933, which accounted for 1.1% of the total number of persons in employment in the Republic of Croatia. The largest number of employed women was in the City of Zagreb, 185 502, which accounted for 22.7% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia, and the lowest in the County of Lika-Senj, 8 523, which accounted for 1.0% of the total number of employed women in the Republic of Croatia.

In June 2026 compared to June 2025, the number of persons in employment in legal entities decreased in all counties, with the largest decrease recorded in the City of Zagreb, of 3.4%. In the same period, the number of employed women in legal entities increased in three counties, with the largest increase recorded in the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina, of 1.0%, whereas it decreased in 18 counties, with the largest decrease recorded in City of Zagreb, of 2.5%.

For the period from April to June 2026, compared to the same period of the previous year, the number of persons in employment in legal entities decreased in all counties, with the largest decrease recorded in the City of Zagreb, of 3.1%.

The number of employed women increased in two counties: the County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina, by 0.8%, and the County of Istria, by 0.2%. A decrease in the number of employed women was recorded in 19 counties, ranging from 0.1% in the County of Požega-Slavonia to 2.1% in the City of Zagreb.

The highest registered unemployment rate in June 2026 was recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 8.0%, which was 4.7 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Istria, of 1.0%, which was 2.3 percentage points lower than the registered unemployment rate in the Republic of Croatia. The highest registered unemployment rate for women was recorded in the County of Virovitica-Podravina, of 9.4%, which was 5.7 percentage points higher than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia. The lowest one was recorded in the County of Istria, of 1.2%, which was 2.5 percentage points lower than the registered unemployment rate for women in the Republic of Croatia.

Detailed data by activities can be downloaded from the link Statistics in Line.

1 LABOUR FORCE ACCORDING TO ADMINISTRATIVE SOURCES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2026
County Active population (labour force)1) Total persons in employment1)2) Unemployed persons Registered unemployment rate, %1)
IV V VI IV V VI IV V VI IV V VI
Republic of Croatia 1 769 814 1 801 176 1 815 377 1 702 293 1 739 878 1 755 954  67 521  61 298  59 423 3,8 3,4 3,3
Women  830 178  841 394  850 549  794 495  809 174  818 925  35 683  32 220  31 624 4,3 3,8 3,7
Zagreb  150 778  151 907  151 665  146 960  148 251  147 996  3 818  3 656  3 669 2,5 2,4 2,4
Women  68 002  67 992  68 011  66 046  66 151  66 137  1 956  1 841  1 874 2,9 2,7 2,8
Krapina-Zagorje  55 588  55 923  55 543  54 480  54 892  54 545  1 108  1 031   998 2,0 1,8 1,8
Women  24 859  24 989  24 825  24 312  24 481  24 328   547   508   497 2,2 2,0 2,0
Sisak-Moslavina  57 620  58 076  57 707  54 327  54 982  54 689  3 293  3 094  3 018 5,7 5,3 5,2
Women  26 257  26 379  26 255  24 541  24 752  24 654  1 716  1 627  1 601 6,5 6,2 6,1
Karlovac   46 808  47 242  47 040  45 606  46 142  45 961  1 202  1 100  1 079 2,6 2,3 2,3
Women  21 664  21 885  21 733  21 015  21 300  21 154   649   585   579 3,0 2,7 2,7
Varaždin   73 892  74 216  73 933  72 184  72 620  72 277  1 708  1 596  1 656 2,3 2,2 2,2
Women  33 668  33 686  33 672  32 756  32 840  32 791   912   846   881 2,7 2,5 2,6
Koprivnica-Križevci   41 617  41 967  41 746  40 651  41 036  40 820   966   931   926 2,3 2,2 2,2
Women  18 831  19 012  18 916  18 368  18 549  18 442   463   463   474 2,5 2,4 2,5
Bjelovar-Bilogora   39 613  40 017  39 824  38 100  38 643  38 522  1 513  1 374  1 302 3,8 3,4 3,3
Women  18 260  18 389  18 289  17 455  17 660  17 595   805   729   694 4,4 4,0 3,8
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  126 284  129 109  131 620  122 521  125 689  128 286  3 763  3 420  3 334 3,0 2,6 2,5
Women  59 914  61 178  62 559  57 887  59 343  60 763  2 027  1 835  1 796 3,4 3,0 2,9
Lika-Senj  18 350  19 051  19 550  17 614  18 392  18 933   736   659   617 4,0 3,5 3,2
Women  8 198  8 476  8 811  7 852  8 170  8 523   346   306   288 4,2 3,6 3,3
Virovitica-Podravina  26 827  27 544  27 451  24 656  25 426  25 259  2 171  2 118  2 192 8,1 7,7 8,0
Women  12 368  12 511  12 602  11 193  11 385  11 418  1 175  1 126  1 184 9,5 9,0 9,4
Požega-Slavonia  24 276  24 392  24 270  23 087  23 311  23 226  1 189  1 081  1 044 4,9 4,4 4,3
Women  11 092  11 142  11 043  10 485  10 590  10 508   607   552   535 5,5 5,0 4,8
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  53 343  53 998  54 136  49 756  50 624  50 774  3 587  3 374  3 362 6,7 6,2 6,2
Women  22 816  22 986  23 169  20 785  21 077  21 258  2 031  1 909  1 911 8,9 8,3 8,2
Zadar  71 050  74 032  75 905  68 604  72 019  74 025  2 446  2 013  1 880 3,4 2,7 2,5
Women  33 433  34 735  35 813  32 103  33 681  34 849  1 330  1 054   964 4,0 3,0 2,7
Osijek-Baranja  109 375  109 969  110 559  100 692  101 876  102 617  8 683  8 093  7 942 7,9 7,4 7,2
Women  51 762  51 849  52 063  46 839  47 260  47 554  4 923  4 589  4 509 9,5 8,9 8,7
Šibenik-Knin  40 172  41 463  42 645  37 732  39 475  40 948  2 440  1 988  1 697 6,1 4,8 4,0
Women  18 854  19 393  20 064  17 706  18 463  19 265  1 148   930   799 6,1 4,8 4,0
Vukovar-Srijem  55 491  55 454  55 782  51 814  52 082  52 455  3 677  3 372  3 327 6,6 6,1 6,0
Women  25 327  25 213  25 508  23 257  23 294  23 573  2 070  1 919  1 935 8,2 7,6 7,6
Split-Dalmatia  188 978  195 349  200 929  178 233  186 229  192 263  10 745  9 120  8 666 5,7 4,7 4,3
Women  90 864  93 532  96 439  85 342  88 902  91 940  5 522  4 630  4 499 6,1 5,0 4,7
Istria  102 585  108 162  112 515  101 186  106 940  111 354  1 399  1 222  1 161 1,4 1,1 1,0
Women  47 387  50 006  52 299  46 658  49 396  51 665   729   610   634 1,5 1,2 1,2
Dubrovnik-Neretva  55 245  57 944  60 126  52 535  55 812  58 341  2 710  2 132  1 785 4,9 3,7 3,0
Women  25 485  26 521  27 778  24 038  25 405  26 818  1 447  1 116   960 5,7 4,2 3,5
Međimurje  45 269  45 474  45 459  43 817  44 074  44 072  1 452  1 400  1 387 3,2 3,1 3,1
Women  20 665  20 627  20 791  19 889  19 885  20 049   776   742   742 3,8 3,6 3,6
City of Zagreb  386 130  389 341  386 463  377 215  380 817  378 082  8 915  8 524  8 381 2,3 2,2 2,2
Women  190 333  190 767  189 770  185 829  186 464  185 502  4 504  4 303  4 268 2,4 2,3 2,2

1) Provisional data.
2) Data on non-residents are not presented. See Notes on Methodology.

2 PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT IN LEGAL ENTITIES, BY COUNTIES AND BY SEX, 2026
County Persons in paid employment in legal entities1)2) Indices1)
IV V VI IV ‒ VI IV 2026
IV 2025		 V 2026
V 2025		 VI 2026
VI 2025		 IV ‒ VI 2026
IV ‒ VI 2025
Republic of Croatia 1 465 514 1 494 078 1 501 188 1 486 927 97,5 98,5 98,0 98,0
Women  697 177  707 847  713 251  706 092 98,8 99,1 98,9 98,9
Zagreb  132 620  133 873  133 577  133 357 98,9 99,7 99,3 99,3
Women  60 092  60 190  60 157  60 146 99,0 99,1 98,9 99,0
Krapina-Zagorje  47 051  47 423  47 082  47 185 97,7 98,5 97,9 98,0
Women  21 627  21 779  21 635  21 680 98,7 99,2 98,6 98,8
Sisak-Moslavina  47 234  47 909  47 645  47 596 97,7 98,8 98,0 98,2
Women  21 648  21 856  21 785  21 763 99,5 100,0 99,3 99,6
Karlovac   39 728  40 219  40 025  39 991 98,1 98,7 98,1 98,3
Women  18 307  18 560  18 407  18 425 99,3 99,8 98,7 99,2
Varaždin   62 976  63 395  63 075  63 149 97,0 97,8 97,6 97,5
Women  28 947  29 039  29 007  28 998 98,8 99,0 99,1 99,0
Koprivnica-Križevci   34 727  35 112  34 901  34 913 96,8 97,8 97,1 97,2
Women  15 917  16 111  16 007  16 012 98,8 99,7 98,7 99,1
Bjelovar-Bilogora   32 529  33 047  32 924  32 833 97,6 98,8 98,0 98,1
Women  15 163  15 356  15 297  15 272 99,1 99,8 98,8 99,2
Primorje-Gorski Kotar  103 349  105 120  106 613  105 027 97,8 98,2 98,1 98,0
Women  50 249  51 105  51 956  51 103 98,9 99,2 99,3 99,1
Lika-Senj  14 548  15 113  15 369  15 010 97,7 99,6 98,1 98,5
Women  6 595  6 801  7 014  6 803 97,8 98,5 98,1 98,1
Virovitica-Podravina  19 468  20 276  20 091  19 945 94,8 99,1 98,6 97,5
Women  9 146  9 353  9 378  9 292 96,8 99,9 100,5 99,1
Požega-Slavonia  19 320  19 548  19 446  19 438 98,3 98,8 97,4 98,2
Women  9 069  9 173  9 084  9 109 100,3 100,7 98,8 99,9
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  41 791  42 622  42 729  42 381 99,0 100,3 99,9 99,7
Women  17 601  17 866  18 034  17 834 100,3 101,1 101,0 100,8
Zadar  55 648  57 942  58 648  57 413 97,0 99,0 98,1 98,0
Women  27 067  28 124  28 649  27 947 98,4 99,8 99,4 99,2
Osijek-Baranja  86 685  87 816  88 429  87 643 97,1 97,9 98,2 97,7
Women  40 985  41 391  41 633  41 336 99,0 99,4 99,5 99,3
Šibenik-Knin  30 414  31 492  32 127  31 344 97,8 99,3 99,0 98,7
Women  14 932  15 402  15 755  15 363 98,8 99,6 99,3 99,2
Vukovar-Srijem  42 955  43 194  43 478  43 209 98,9 98,7 98,6 98,7
Women  19 807  19 833  20 057  19 899 100,4 99,5 99,5 99,8
Split-Dalmatia  148 126  153 447  156 401  152 658 97,5 98,7 98,3 98,2
Women  73 460  75 856  77 453  75 590 98,5 99,4 99,3 99,1
Istria  80 758  84 818  87 995  84 524 98,8 99,5 99,8 99,4
Women  38 498  40 439  42 153  40 363 99,8 100,0 100,6 100,2
Dubrovnik-Neretva  42 960  45 359  47 227  45 182 99,4 98,4 98,9 98,9
Women  20 590  21 586  22 660  21 612 99,7 98,0 99,4 99,0
Međimurje  39 418  39 668  39 650  39 579 97,8 98,6 98,5 98,3
Women  18 006  17 994  18 140  18 047 98,5 98,4 99,1 98,6
City of Zagreb  342 686  346 139  343 247  344 024 96,5 97,6 96,6 96,9
Women  169 332  169 907  168 851  169 363 98,0 98,3 97,5 97,9
Non-residents   523   546   509   526 82,0 84,0 73,8 79,8
Women   139   126   139   135 70,2 63,0 61,2 64,6

1) Provisional data.
2) 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 (NACE Rev. 2.1). Its implementation ensures 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

The total number of persons in employment includes persons employed in legal entities, in trades and crafts and free lances, as well as insured persons – private farmers.

Data on persons in employment in legal entities were gathered by processing the data from the Report on Income, Income Tax and Surtax as well as Contributions for Mandatory Insurances (JOPPD form), which has been 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.

Data on persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances are processed according to the records on pension insurance beneficiaries obtained from the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.

The Croatian Pension Insurance Institute provides data on employed insured persons − private farmers.

Data on the number of unemployed persons are obtained from the Croatian Employment Service.

Coverage and comparability

The survey on persons in paid employment in legal entities includes all persons who have signed a work contract, regardless of the type of work contract and whether they work full-time or less than full-time.

Non-residents are persons employed in legal entities on the territory of the Republic of Croatia who do not have permanent/temporary residence in the Republic of Croatia.

The survey on persons in crafts and trades and free lances includes owners and employees registered with the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.

Data are presented according to the predominant, main activity of NKD 2025, while the monthly data published so far were presented according to the "pure" activity. This means that the processing, in addition to the main activity, was also performed according to secondary activities. Therefore, the data by activities are not comparable with the monthly data published so far.

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

Persons in paid employment are all persons who have signed a work contract with an employer for a fixed or an unspecified period of time, irrespective of the type of ownership and of whether they work full-time or less than full-time.

Registered unemployment rate is calculated as a ratio of the number of unemployed persons to the total active population (labour force).

Abbreviations  
NKD 2007 National Classification of Activities, 2007 version
NKD 2025 National Classification of Activities, 2025 version
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

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