First Release

Year: LXIII.
Zagreb, 21 August 2026
RAD-2026-1-5/2
ISSN 1334-0557

AVERAGE MONTHLY NET AND GROSS EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT, BY SEX, SECOND 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 second quarter of 2026 amounted to 1 514 euro for women and to 1 586 euro for men.

Compared to the same period of the previous year, the average net earnings increased by 7.1% for women and by 7.9% for men. The greatest increase in the average net earnings for women was recorded in activity Construction, of 12.0%, while for men it was recorded in Real estate activities, of 11.2%.

In the second quarter of 2026, women had the highest net earnings in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which amounted to 1 982 euro, and the lowest net earnings in Other service activities, which amounted to 1 177 euro. The highest average net earnings for men were recorded in Financial and insurance activities, 2 393 euro, while the lowest net earnings were recorded in Administrative and support service activities, 1 261 euro.

The average monthly gross earnings per person in employment in the second quarter of 2026 amounted to 2 122 euro for women and to 2 230 euro for men.

Compared to the same period of the previous year, the average gross earnings increased by 8.0% for women and by 9.0% for men. The greatest increase in the average gross earnings for women was recorded in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, of 14.7%, while for men it was recorded in Real estate activities, of 13.0%.

In the second quarter of 2026, women had the highest average gross earnings in activity Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, which amounted to 2 833 euro, and the lowest gross earnings in Other service activities, which amounted to 1 615 euro. The highest average gross earnings for men were recorded in Financial and insurance activities, 3 518 euro, while the lowest gross earnings were recorded in Administrative and support service activities, 1 755 euro.

In the second quarter of 2026, women had 170 paid hours on average, and men had 171 paid hours on average. The average monthly paid net earnings per hour in the second quarter of 2026 amounted to 8.63 euro for women and to 9.00 euro for men. The average monthly gross earnings per hour in the second quarter of 2026 amounted to 12.10 euro for women and to 12.65 euro for men.

In the second quarter of 2026, women had higher average gross earnings per hour than men in four activity sections, ranging from 13.7% in Construction to 1.2% in Transportation and storage, while men had higher average gross earnings per hour than women in the remaining sixteen activity sections, ranging from 25.4% in Financial and insurance activities to 4.3% in Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution 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
IV V VI IV ‒ VI IV 2026
IV 2025		 V 2026
V 2025		 VI 2026
VI 2025		 IV ‒ VI 2026
IV ‒ VI 2025
  Total 1 552 1 552 1 555 1 553 107,9 107,0 107,7 107,5
  Women 1 513 1 516 1 513 1 514 107,5 106,7 107,0 107,1
  Men 1 584 1 583 1 591 1 586 108,1 107,2 108,3 107,9
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 337 1 342 1 383 1 354 104,6 107,5 109,4 107,2
  Women 1 275 1 281 1 321 1 292 107,7 108,2 110,7 108,8
  Men 1 360 1 364 1 406 1 377 103,7 107,3 109,1 106,7
B Mining and quarrying 1 544 1 517 1 667 1 573 106,7 103,6 113,3 107,7
  Women 1 380 1 373 1 473 1 407 102,5 102,8 107,5 104,1
  Men 1 563 1 536 1 693 1 594 107,1 103,7 114,2 108,1
C Manufacturing 1 428 1 427 1 452 1 436 107,5 108,0 109,3 108,3
  Women 1 297 1 283 1 306 1 295 107,8 107,6 108,7 108,0
  Men 1 491 1 495 1 522 1 502 107,3 108,1 109,5 108,3
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 015 1 977 2 003 1 998 110,2 107,0 113,7 110,3
  Women 2 046 1 942 1 956 1 982 114,9 107,5 112,9 111,9
  Men 2 006 1 987 2 017 2 003 108,9 106,8 114,0 109,8
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 1 419 1 419 1 460 1 433 109,0 105,6 109,7 108,1
  Women 1 440 1 428 1 467 1 445 110,5 107,1 111,0 109,6
  Men 1 413 1 416 1 459 1 429 108,5 105,1 109,5 107,6
F Construction 1 287 1 287 1 294 1 289 111,8 110,1 111,4 111,1
  Women 1 427 1 405 1 418 1 417 112,6 110,9 112,4 112,0
  Men 1 272 1 274 1 280 1 275 111,7 110,0 111,2 111,0
G Wholesale and retail trade 1 399 1 389 1 414 1 400 108,9 107,4 107,8 107,9
  Women 1 282 1 283 1 311 1 292 108,6 107,3 107,8 107,8
  Men 1 535 1 512 1 535 1 527 108,9 107,4 107,6 107,9
H Transportation and storage 1 428 1 442 1 446 1 439 109,5 106,8 107,5 108,0
  Women 1 421 1 432 1 428 1 427 109,3 107,7 107,7 108,2
  Men 1 430 1 445 1 451 1 442 109,6 106,6 107,4 107,9
I Accommodation and food service activities 1 243 1 257 1 258 1 253 109,5 106,1 107,0 107,4
  Women 1 209 1 223 1 225 1 220 109,7 106,2 106,8 107,5
  Men 1 276 1 290 1 291 1 286 109,2 105,9 107,1 107,3
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 1 638 1 644 1 569 1 617 107,8 111,9 107,0 108,9
  Women 1 594 1 602 1 526 1 574 108,7 113,9 108,6 110,4
  Men 1 678 1 683 1 609 1 657 106,8 110,1 105,7 107,6
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities 2 160 2 051 2 057 2 089 107,4 106,3 108,4 107,3
  Women 1 983 1 870 1 867 1 907 111,2 106,6 109,1 109,0
  Men 2 237 2 128 2 138 2 168 105,9 106,1 108,0 106,7
L Financial and insurance activities 2 098 2 012 1 925 2 011 116,0 101,5 110,2 108,9
  Women 1 854 1 842 1 752 1 815 112,2 104,7 109,4 108,6
  Men 2 575 2 344 2 264 2 393 121,5 96,6 111,1 109,0
M Real estate activities 1 382 1 423 1 419 1 408 109,1 110,8 110,4 110,1
  Women 1 339 1 365 1 357 1 354 107,7 109,6 108,8 108,8
  Men 1 418 1 473 1 474 1 455 110,1 111,8 111,8 111,2
N Professional, scientific and technical activities 1 679 1 673 1 682 1 678 108,8 107,2 109,2 108,4
  Women 1 592 1 586 1 608 1 596 108,6 107,4 109,5 108,5
  Men 1 760 1 753 1 752 1 755 109,1 107,0 109,1 108,4
O Administrative and support service activities 1 219 1 242 1 243 1 235 108,5 110,5 110,7 109,9
  Women 1 197 1 197 1 201 1 198 107,9 108,7 109,7 108,8
  Men 1 235 1 275 1 273 1 261 108,9 111,7 111,3 110,6
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 1 885 1 926 1 922 1 911 105,3 106,7 106,2 106,0
  Women 1 739 1 765 1 762 1 755 105,3 106,0 105,9 105,7
  Men 2 044 2 100 2 096 2 080 105,4 107,4 106,5 106,4
Q Education 1 672 1 677 1 655 1 668 105,0 104,6 104,0 104,5
  Women 1 628 1 634 1 613 1 625 105,4 104,9 104,5 104,9
  Men 1 837 1 838 1 814 1 830 103,4 103,0 101,8 102,8
R Human health and social work activities 1 950 2 002 1 975 1 976 105,3 106,4 103,5 105,1
  Women 1 828 1 874 1 849 1 851 105,1 106,2 103,6 105,0
  Men 2 333 2 410 2 369 2 371 105,3 106,6 102,7 104,9
S Arts, sports and recreation 1 477 1 496 1 507 1 493 108,4 108,5 108,6 108,4
  Women 1 428 1 437 1 444 1 437 108,7 108,0 107,8 108,2
  Men 1 533 1 563 1 579 1 558 107,9 108,7 109,2 108,6
T Other service activities 1 226 1 234 1 241 1 233 109,3 109,3 110,1 109,5
  Women 1 169 1 175 1 187 1 177 109,0 109,1 110,4 109,5
  Men 1 295 1 306 1 304 1 302 109,4 109,7 109,7 109,6

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.

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
IV V VI IV ‒ VI IV 2026
IV 2025		 V 2026
V 2025		 VI 2026
VI 2025		 IV ‒ VI 2026
IV ‒ VI 2025
  Total 2 180 2 178 2 184 2 181 109,1 107,9 108,8 108,6
  Women 2 121 2 123 2 122 2 122 108,7 107,5 108,0 108,0
  Men 2 230 2 223 2 237 2 230 109,4 108,1 109,4 109,0
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1 822 1 830 1 894 1 849 105,4 108,7 110,9 108,3
  Women 1 750 1 760 1 824 1 778 108,9 109,4 112,5 110,2
  Men 1 849 1 856 1 920 1 875 104,3 108,5 110,4 107,7
B Mining and quarrying 2 158 2 114 2 359 2 206 107,5 104,2 115,6 108,9
  Women 1 939 1 929 2 087 1 983 102,5 103,3 108,6 104,8
  Men 2 185 2 139 2 396 2 235 108,2 104,4 116,6 109,5
C Manufacturing 1 992 1 985 2 026 2 001 108,8 109,2 110,7 109,6
  Women 1 800 1 773 1 812 1 795 109,2 108,8 110,3 109,4
  Men 2 083 2 085 2 128 2 099 108,6 109,3 110,8 109,6
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 2 839 2 782 2 827 2 816 113,0 109,4 117,5 113,2
  Women 2 934 2 770 2 794 2 833 118,4 109,7 116,0 114,7
  Men 2 811 2 786 2 837 2 811 111,5 109,3 117,9 112,8
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 1 958 1 957 2 023 1 980 110,4 106,3 111,1 109,3
  Women 2 011 1 991 2 056 2 020 112,1 108,1 112,6 110,9
  Men 1 943 1 948 2 015 1 969 109,8 105,8 110,8 108,8
F Construction 1 793 1 790 1 802 1 795 114,1 111,9 113,3 113,1
  Women 2 024 1 982 2 004 2 004 114,6 112,4 114,2 113,7
  Men 1 768 1 769 1 780 1 772 113,9 111,7 113,2 112,9
G Wholesale and retail trade 1 956 1 938 1 979 1 958 110,5 108,8 109,2 109,5
  Women 1 774 1 775 1 820 1 790 110,5 108,8 109,4 109,5
  Men 2 167 2 128 2 166 2 154 110,2 108,5 108,7 109,2
H Transportation and storage 1 991 2 014 2 022 2 009 111,1 107,9 108,9 109,3
  Women 1 990 2 007 2 002 2 000 110,6 108,7 108,9 109,4
  Men 1 991 2 016 2 027 2 012 111,2 107,7 108,9 109,3
I Accommodation and food service activities 1 718 1 740 1 746 1 736 111,3 107,0 108,3 108,8
  Women 1 665 1 687 1 694 1 683 111,5 107,2 108,2 108,8
  Men 1 768 1 790 1 796 1 786 110,9 106,7 108,4 108,6
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 2 355 2 371 2 248 2 325 108,6 113,7 108,1 110,1
  Women 2 293 2 315 2 188 2 266 109,7 116,1 109,8 111,9
  Men 2 412 2 423 2 303 2 380 107,6 111,6 106,6 108,6
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities 3 182 2 992 3 007 3 060 108,0 107,0 109,5 108,1
  Women 2 918 2 725 2 724 2 789 112,4 107,2 110,3 110,0
  Men 3 295 3 106 3 129 3 177 106,3 106,8 109,1 107,4
L Financial and insurance activities 3 073 2 918 2 772 2 919 118,7 101,1 111,4 109,9
  Women 2 686 2 652 2 507 2 614 114,3 104,5 110,6 109,6
  Men 3 828 3 436 3 295 3 518 124,8 95,9 112,3 110,1
M Real estate activities 1 943 2 006 2 005 1 985 110,5 112,3 112,3 111,7
  Women 1 880 1 919 1 911 1 903 109,0 110,9 110,6 110,1
  Men 1 997 2 082 2 088 2 056 111,7 113,5 113,7 113,0
N Professional, scientific and technical activities 2 408 2 393 2 413 2 404 110,0 108,0 110,5 109,5
  Women 2 280 2 267 2 307 2 285 109,7 108,3 110,8 109,6
  Men 2 526 2 509 2 512 2 516 110,3 107,8 110,3 109,4
O Administrative and support service activities 1 689 1 721 1 727 1 713 110,2 112,2 112,9 111,8
  Women 1 655 1 648 1 661 1 655 109,7 110,2 112,0 110,6
  Men 1 714 1 775 1 775 1 755 110,7 113,8 113,5 112,6
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 2 648 2 697 2 694 2 680 105,9 106,7 106,1 106,2
  Women 2 454 2 492 2 490 2 479 106,0 106,5 106,4 106,3
  Men 2 860 2 920 2 915 2 898 106,0 106,9 105,8 106,2
Q Education 2 322 2 328 2 300 2 317 105,6 105,0 104,4 105,0
  Women 2 257 2 266 2 238 2 253 106,0 105,4 105,0 105,4
  Men 2 565 2 565 2 534 2 555 103,8 103,3 101,9 103,0
R Human health and social work activities 2 765 2 852 2 810 2 809 105,9 107,0 103,7 105,5
  Women 2 578 2 653 2 617 2 616 105,7 106,8 103,9 105,4
  Men 3 355 3 483 3 419 3 419 105,8 107,3 102,8 105,2
S Arts, sports and recreation 2 072 2 101 2 121 2 098 109,5 109,4 109,8 109,6
  Women 2 002 2 014 2 027 2 015 110,0 109,1 108,9 109,3
  Men 2 152 2 200 2 228 2 194 108,9 109,7 110,6 109,7
T Other service activities 1 686 1 696 1 710 1 697 111,0 110,9 112,1 111,3
  Women 1 603 1 610 1 633 1 615 110,9 110,7 112,6 111,4
  Men 1 787 1 802 1 802 1 797 111,1 111,2 111,4 111,3

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
IV V VI IV ‒ VI IV 2026
IV 2025		 V 2026
V 2025		 VI 2026
VI 2025		 IV ‒ VI 2026
IV ‒ VI 2025
  Total 8,71 9,06 8,72 8,83 107,8 111,7 103,2 107,6
  Women 8,52 8,87 8,51 8,63 107,6 111,4 102,5 107,1
  Men 8,88 9,23 8,90 9,00 108,2 112,0 103,7 107,9
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 7,55 7,90 7,81 7,75 104,6 112,4 104,7 107,0
  Women 7,21 7,54 7,46 7,40 107,6 113,0 106,0 108,8
  Men 7,68 8,03 7,94 7,88 103,6 112,2 104,3 106,6
B Mining and quarrying 8,74 8,78 9,31 8,94 107,2 107,6 108,9 108,0
  Women 7,82 8,11 8,35 8,09 102,8 108,0 103,1 104,5
  Men 8,85 8,87 9,44 9,04 107,8 107,6 109,8 108,3
C Manufacturing 8,02 8,33 8,12 8,15 107,8 113,0 104,6 108,4
  Women 7,31 7,53 7,35 7,39 108,0 112,7 104,3 108,2
  Men 8,35 8,71 8,49 8,51 107,6 113,1 104,8 108,4
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 11,32 11,60 11,25 11,38 110,0 111,5 108,6 110,0
  Women 11,60 11,52 11,08 11,40 114,9 112,5 107,8 111,7
  Men 11,24 11,62 11,30 11,38 108,6 111,3 108,9 109,5
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 7,93 8,25 8,13 8,10 108,9 110,6 105,0 108,1
  Women 8,12 8,39 8,25 8,25 110,6 112,3 106,0 109,6
  Men 7,88 8,21 8,10 8,06 108,4 110,1 104,8 107,8
F Construction 7,26 7,58 7,30 7,38 111,7 115,2 106,4 111,1
  Women 8,09 8,32 8,04 8,15 112,7 116,0 107,5 112,0
  Men 7,17 7,50 7,22 7,29 111,7 115,0 106,3 111,0
G Wholesale and retail trade 7,92 8,15 7,98 8,01 108,8 112,3 103,2 108,0
  Women 7,27 7,52 7,41 7,40 108,5 112,1 103,3 107,9
  Men 8,67 8,88 8,64 8,73 108,8 112,1 103,0 107,9
H Transportation and storage 7,97 8,35 8,05 8,12 109,6 111,5 102,9 107,8
  Women 8,03 8,43 8,06 8,17 109,3 112,4 103,2 108,2
  Men 7,95 8,33 8,05 8,11 109,7 111,2 102,9 107,8
I Accommodation and food service activities 7,05 7,37 7,11 7,17 109,6 110,7 102,9 107,3
  Women 6,85 7,18 6,92 6,98 109,8 111,0 102,7 107,4
  Men 7,23 7,55 7,29 7,35 109,2 110,4 103,0 107,1
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 9,28 9,72 8,88 9,29 107,8 117,1 102,3 109,0
  Women 9,05 9,50 8,66 9,07 108,9 119,2 103,7 110,5
  Men 9,49 9,92 9,09 9,50 106,9 115,3 101,2 107,7
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities 12,20 12,12 11,63 11,98 107,4 111,1 103,5 107,3
  Women 11,21 11,06 10,58 10,95 111,1 111,3 104,2 108,8
  Men 12,62 12,57 12,09 12,42 106,0 110,9 103,2 106,6
L Financial and insurance activities 11,88 11,92 10,90 11,56 115,9 106,3 105,3 109,0
  Women 10,51 10,93 9,94 10,45 112,2 109,7 104,7 108,7
  Men 14,56 13,85 12,80 13,73 121,4 100,9 106,2 109,0
M Real estate activities 7,82 8,41 8,03 8,08 109,1 116,0 105,7 110,1
  Women 7,59 8,07 7,69 7,78 108,0 114,6 104,3 108,8
  Men 8,03 8,70 8,32 8,34 110,2 117,1 106,8 111,2
N Professional, scientific and technical activities 9,51 9,90 9,51 9,63 109,3 112,2 104,4 108,6
  Women 9,02 9,40 9,09 9,17 109,1 112,4 104,5 108,6
  Men 9,96 10,36 9,90 10,07 109,3 112,1 104,3 108,5
O Administrative and support service activities 6,83 7,21 6,94 7,00 108,2 115,0 106,1 109,9
  Women 6,74 7,00 6,74 6,83 107,8 113,6 105,1 108,8
  Men 6,90 7,36 7,09 7,11 108,7 116,1 106,8 110,4
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 10,48 11,13 10,70 10,77 105,2 111,4 101,9 106,1
  Women 9,76 10,34 9,92 10,00 105,4 111,1 101,7 106,0
  Men 11,24 11,97 11,53 11,58 104,9 111,8 102,0 106,2
Q Education 9,39 9,84 9,35 9,52 105,2 109,6 99,6 104,6
  Women 9,14 9,59 9,11 9,28 105,4 109,9 100,0 105,1
  Men 10,29 10,77 10,24 10,43 103,5 108,0 97,6 103,0
R Human health and social work activities 10,67 11,31 10,78 10,92 105,1 110,6 99,4 104,9
  Women 10,08 10,67 10,16 10,30 105,0 110,3 99,4 104,8
  Men 12,50 13,30 12,66 12,82 105,2 110,8 98,8 104,8
S Arts, sports and recreation 8,34 8,76 8,49 8,53 108,3 113,0 104,4 108,5
  Women 8,09 8,43 8,16 8,23 108,7 112,7 103,8 108,4
  Men 8,62 9,14 8,87 8,88 107,6 113,1 105,0 108,6
T Other service activities 6,94 7,27 7,01 7,07 109,5 114,5 105,4 109,6
  Women 6,63 6,95 6,73 6,77 109,0 114,1 105,7 109,5
  Men 7,30 7,67 7,35 7,43 109,6 115,0 105,2 109,7

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.

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
IV V VI IV ‒ VI IV 2026
IV 2025		 V 2026
V 2025		 VI 2026
VI 2025		 IV ‒ VI 2026
IV ‒ VI 2025
  Total 12,24 12,71 12,25 12,40 109,1 112,7 104,3 108,6
  Women 11,94 12,43 11,94 12,10 108,7 112,4 103,6 108,1
  Men 12,49 12,96 12,51 12,65 109,4 113,0 104,8 109,0
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 10,30 10,78 10,69 10,59 105,4 113,7 106,1 108,3
  Women 9,91 10,36 10,30 10,18 109,0 114,3 107,6 110,2
  Men 10,45 10,93 10,84 10,74 104,4 113,4 105,7 107,7
B Mining and quarrying 12,21 12,24 13,18 12,53 108,1 108,3 111,1 109,1
  Women 10,99 11,40 11,83 11,41 102,8 108,5 104,1 105,2
  Men 12,36 12,35 13,36 12,67 108,7 108,3 112,1 109,6
C Manufacturing 11,18 11,59 11,33 11,36 109,1 114,3 106,0 109,7
  Women 10,15 10,41 10,19 10,25 109,5 114,0 105,6 109,6
  Men 11,66 12,15 11,87 11,89 108,8 114,4 106,0 109,7
D Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 15,95 16,32 15,88 16,04 112,7 114,0 112,1 112,9
  Women 16,63 16,43 15,83 16,29 118,2 114,7 110,8 114,6
  Men 15,75 16,29 15,89 15,97 111,2 113,8 112,5 112,5
E Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 10,94 11,38 11,26 11,19 110,3 111,4 106,3 109,3
  Women 11,34 11,70 11,57 11,53 112,2 113,3 107,6 111,0
  Men 10,83 11,30 11,18 11,10 109,7 110,9 106,0 108,8
F Construction 10,12 10,54 10,16 10,27 114,1 117,0 108,3 113,1
  Women 11,48 11,74 11,36 11,52 114,7 117,5 109,2 113,7
  Men 9,97 10,41 10,03 10,13 113,9 116,8 108,2 112,9
G Wholesale and retail trade 11,07 11,37 11,17 11,20 110,4 113,6 104,6 109,5
  Women 10,06 10,40 10,29 10,25 110,3 113,5 104,9 109,5
  Men 12,24 12,50 12,20 12,31 110,2 113,4 104,2 109,1
H Transportation and storage 11,11 11,66 11,26 11,34 111,2 112,5 104,4 109,2
  Women 11,24 11,82 11,30 11,45 110,6 113,5 104,3 109,4
  Men 11,07 11,62 11,25 11,31 111,4 112,4 104,4 109,3
I Accommodation and food service activities 9,74 10,20 9,86 9,93 111,4 111,7 104,1 108,6
  Women 9,44 9,90 9,57 9,64 111,7 112,0 104,0 108,8
  Men 10,02 10,48 10,14 10,21 111,0 111,3 104,2 108,4
J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities 13,35 14,02 12,73 13,36 108,7 119,0 103,4 110,2
  Women 13,02 13,74 12,42 13,05 109,8 121,6 105,0 111,9
  Men 13,65 14,28 13,00 13,64 107,8 116,9 102,0 108,8
K Telecommunication, computer programming, consulting, computing infrastructure and other information service activities 17,96 17,67 17,01 17,55 108,1 111,7 104,5 108,1
  Women 16,49 16,12 15,43 16,02 112,3 111,9 105,3 109,9
  Men 18,59 18,34 17,69 18,21 106,4 111,6 104,2 107,4
L Financial and insurance activities 17,40 17,29 15,71 16,78 118,7 105,9 106,6 110,0
  Women 15,23 15,74 14,22 15,04 114,3 109,5 105,9 109,7
  Men 21,64 20,30 18,62 20,17 124,7 100,2 107,3 110,0
M Real estate activities 11,00 11,85 11,34 11,39 110,4 117,4 107,4 111,7
  Women 10,65 11,35 10,83 10,94 109,1 116,1 106,0 110,3
  Men 11,30 12,29 11,79 11,79 111,7 118,6 108,7 112,9
N Professional, scientific and technical activities 13,63 14,16 13,64 13,81 110,4 113,1 105,6 109,7
  Women 12,91 13,43 13,05 13,12 110,2 113,2 105,8 109,7
  Men 14,29 14,84 14,20 14,44 110,4 112,9 105,5 109,6
O Administrative and support service activities 9,47 10,00 9,65 9,70 110,1 117,0 108,3 111,6
  Women 9,32 9,64 9,32 9,43 109,6 115,0 107,4 110,7
  Men 9,57 10,25 9,88 9,90 110,4 118,2 108,8 112,4
P Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 14,72 15,60 15,00 15,10 105,8 111,5 101,8 106,3
  Women 13,77 14,60 14,03 14,12 106,1 111,6 102,3 106,6
  Men 15,73 16,64 16,04 16,13 105,5 111,3 101,5 106,0
Q Education 13,04 13,66 12,98 13,22 105,7 109,9 99,8 105,1
  Women 12,68 13,30 12,63 12,86 106,0 110,3 100,4 105,5
  Men 14,37 15,03 14,30 14,56 104,0 108,3 97,7 103,3
R Human health and social work activities 15,14 16,11 15,34 15,52 105,7 111,2 99,5 105,4
  Women 14,21 15,10 14,38 14,56 105,6 110,9 99,7 105,4
  Men 17,98 19,22 18,27 18,48 105,7 111,4 98,9 105,2
S Arts, sports and recreation 11,70 12,31 11,95 11,98 109,3 114,1 105,6 109,6
  Women 11,33 11,82 11,46 11,54 109,8 113,8 104,8 109,5
  Men 12,11 12,86 12,52 12,49 108,6 114,1 106,4 109,7
T Other service activities 9,54 10,00 9,67 9,73 111,2 116,1 107,4 111,5
  Women 9,10 9,52 9,26 9,29 111,0 115,8 107,8 111,4
  Men 10,07 10,58 10,15 10,26 111,3 116,6 106,8 111,4

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.

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 payments 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 payments 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 payments 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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