FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 27 MARCH, 2009		NUMBER: 9.1.1/1.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT

For January 2009

Since January 2009, data have been expressed according to the National Classification of Activities – NKD 2007. (NN, Nos. 58/07 and 72/07). Information on the application of the new classification are given in the Notes on Methodology at the end of this Release.

For January 2009, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 5 307 kuna, which represented the nominal decrease of 1.9% and the real one of 3.1%, as compared to December 2008.

The average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia was nominally by 5.7% and really by 2.3% higher for January 2009, as compared to January 2008.

1.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNING FOR JANUARY 2009

	I. 2009.	Indices
		I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
Average monthly paid off net earning, kuna	5 307	98,1	105,7
Real net earning		96,9	102,3

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS FOR JANUARY 2009, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

			Average paid off net earning per person in employment, kuna	Indices of change in average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
			For month	Nominal			Real
			I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.	I. 2009. Ø 2008.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
		Total	5 307	98,1	105,7	102,5	96,9	102,3
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	4 537	97,3	100,4	96,8	96,1	97,1
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	3 901	96,3	101,4	97,8	95,1	98,1
	02	Forestry and logging	5 329	97,8	100,0	95,5	96,6	96,7
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	4 084	99,1	106,3	102,7	97,9	102,8
B		Mining and quarrying	6 470	78,7	101,5	96,5	77,8	98,2
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	7 788	75,6	104,1	99,0	74,7	100,7
	08	Other mining and quarrying	4 535	97,5	101,8	98,8	96,3	98,4
	09	Mining support service activities	6 619	74,5	97,9	91,9	73,6	94,7
C		Manufacturing	4 611	96,3	103,4	100,9	95,2	100,0
	10	Manufacture of food products	4 687	96,3	102,7	100,7	95,1	99,3
	11	Manufacture of beverages	5 620	97,6	99,2	97,1	96,4	96,0
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	6 850	91,8	112,2	98,7	90,7	108,5
	13	Manufacture of textiles	3 211	98,3	101,2	101,2	97,1	97,8
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	2 805	97,1	103,1	102,2	95,9	99,7
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	2 662	99,3	103,6	100,5	98,1	100,2
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	3 108	98,9	100,5	103,3	97,7	97,2
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	4 056	96,3	98,9	97,1	95,2	95,6
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	4 996	94,7	101,0	97,4	93,5	97,7
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	7 696	75,4	107,0	99,7	74,5	103,5
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	5 517	105,4	109,2	108,5	104,1	105,6
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	7 485	95,5	103,5	95,8	94,3	100,1
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	4 078	97,8	100,8	100,4	96,6	97,5
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	4 939	99,2	99,6	97,7	98,0	96,3
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	4 350	98,5	106,6	102,2	97,3	103,1
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	4 574	98,6	104,7	102,2	97,4	101,2
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	6 494	99,5	116,2	102,1	98,3	112,4
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	5 257	88,8	96,4	97,4	87,7	93,3
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	4 894	97,8	105,3	103,6	96,6	101,8
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	4 904	96,5	94,2	95,3	95,3	91,1
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	5 564	95,2	104,8	100,7	94,1	101,3
	31	Manufacture of furniture	3 212	97,6	99,5	99,2	96,4	96,3
	32	Other manufacturing	4 135	98,7	105,9	100,9	97,6	102,5
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	5 158	97,6	104,2	101,2	96,5	100,8
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	6 703	99,0	109,5	105,4	97,8	105,9
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	6 703	99,0	109,5	105,4	97,8	105,9
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	5 194	96,9	105,6	101,7	95,8	102,1
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	5 269	96,7	105,9	101,0	95,5	102,5
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	5 112	97,2	104,7	102,0	96,0	101,3
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	5 237	97,3	109,5	106,4	96,1	105,9
F		Construction	4 481	97,8	103,4	98,9	96,7	100,0
	41	Construction of buildings	3 904	98,4	101,3	98,2	97,2	97,9
	42	Civil engineering	5 111	97,9	106,0	99,3	96,7	102,6
	43	Specialised construction activities	4 205	97,1	102,0	99,6	96,0	98,6

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS FOR JANUARY 2009, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

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			Average paid off net earning per person in employment, kuna	Indices of change in average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
			For month	Nominal			Real
			I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.	I. 2009. Ø 2008.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 473	96,9	104,3	99,8	95,8	100,9
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 491	97,4	102,6	98,2	96,2	99,2
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 138	99,1	103,5	100,2	98,0	100,1
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3 958	95,2	105,2	99,7	94,0	101,8
H		Transportation and storage	5 936	94,7	104,1	101,1	93,5	100,7
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	5 839	101,6	106,4	103,9	100,4	102,9
	50	Water transport	6 347	98,3	111,3	102,6	97,2	107,6
	51	Air transport	9 445	95,4	95,4	97,9	94,3	92,2
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	6 409	94,3	102,0	99,8	93,2	98,7
	53	Postal and courier activities	4 601	79,5	101,1	97,2	78,6	97,8
I		Accommodation and food service activities	4 463	100,3	105,1	101,7	99,1	101,7
	55	Accommodation	4 567	100,5	104,7	101,7	99,3	101,2
	56	Food and beverage service activities	3 884	97,8	107,9	101,8	96,7	104,3
J		Information and communication	7 068	100,0	104,2	100,9	98,8	100,8
	58	Publishing activities	6 650	99,3	105,9	99,8	98,2	102,4
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	5 598	100,5	108,1	102,7	99,3	104,6
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	6 660	99,5	107,8	106,5	98,3	104,3
	61	Telecommunications	7 473	101,3	98,6	96,8	100,1	95,4
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	7 824	99,3	106,7	102,3	98,1	103,2
	63	Information service activities	6 214	96,8	107,2	100,8	95,6	103,7
K		Financial and insurance activities	7 210	102,6	100,3	99,7	101,4	97,0
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	7 756	102,8	95,9	99,5	101,6	92,8
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	7 200	103,3	109,7	100,7	102,1	106,1
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	5 652	100,4	104,6	98,2	99,2	101,2
L		Real estate activities	5 361	96,4	101,6	98,7	95,3	98,3
	68	Real estate activities	5 361	96,4	101,6	98,7	95,3	98,3
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	7 105	96,8	105,1	101,3	95,7	101,7
	69	Legal and accounting activities	5 341	95,7	101,4	99,3	94,5	98,1
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	11 407	90,9	99,8	102,3	89,8	96,5
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	6 686	97,6	105,1	100,4	96,5	101,7
	72	Scientific research and development	7 593	96,3	105,4	99,5	95,1	101,9
	73	Advertising and market research	9 623	99,1	111,0	106,3	97,9	107,3
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	4 263	94,1	92,2	96,5	93,0	89,2
	75	Veterinary activities	5 917	92,1	105,0	102,3	91,0	101,5

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS FOR JANUARY 2009, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007.

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			Average paid off net earning per person in employment, kuna	Indices of change in average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
			For month	Nominal			Real
			I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.	I. 2009. Ø 2008.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
N		Administrative and support service  activities	3 703	97,8	105,4	102,5	96,6	102,0
	77	Rental and leasing activities	4 804	104,9	106,7	104,5	103,6	103,2
	78	Employment activities	4 703	102,2	112,0	115,1	101,0	108,3
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	5 513	99,1	103,7	100,9	97,9	100,2
	80	Security and investigation activities	3 406	95,4	103,3	100,9	94,2	99,9
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	3 204	98,2	106,6	102,7	97,1	103,1
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	6 153	102,9	93,3	98,6	101,7	90,2
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	6 275	100,8	113,4	107,5	99,6	109,7
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	6 275	100,8	113,4	107,5	99,6	109,7
P		Education	5 370	99,5	108,8	104,2	98,4	105,2
	85	Education	5 370	99,5	108,8	104,2	98,4	105,2
Q		Human health and social work activities	6 346	99,7	107,6	106,1	98,5	104,0
	86	Human health activities	6 574	99,4	107,2	105,9	98,3	103,7
	87	Residential care activities	4 897	101,1	110,1	106,7	99,9	106,5
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	5 729	100,4	111,2	106,5	99,2	107,5
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	5 617	100,5	104,8	102,3	99,3	101,4
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	6 366	101,2	106,8	102,5	100,0	103,3
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	5 754	100,1	106,1	102,4	98,9	102,6
	92	Gambling and betting activities	4 603	100,9	98,3	102,1	99,7	95,0
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	5 653	100,0	106,6	101,7	98,8	103,1
S		Other service activities	5 356	97,6	107,1	102,6	96,4	103,6
	94	Activities of membership organisations	6 272	96,9	105,9	102,2	95,8	102,4
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	5 159	99,2	111,7	105,2	98,0	108,1
	96	Other personal service activities	4 050	99,2	108,7	102,4	98,0	105,1
T		Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods – and services –producing activities of households for own use	-	-	-	-	-	-
	97	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	-	-	-	-	-	-
	98	Undifferentiated goods – and services –  producing activities of private households for own use	-	-	-	-	-	-
U		Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	-	-	-	-	-	-
	99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	-	-	-	-	-	-

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Since January 2009, statistical data on earnings have been observed, processed and presented according to the National Classification of Activities, 2007 version (NKD 2007.). This Classification entered into force on 1 January 2008 (NN, Nos. 58/07 and 72/07) and, regarding its contents and structure, it is completely in line with the NACE, Rev. 2. Its implementation will provide for a high quality international coverage of statistical data.

The implementation of the NKD 2007. in the monthly survey on persons in employment and earnings caused the formation of a new structure of legal entities at the NKD 2007. classes for 2009 and, due to the calculation of indices, for 2008. This means that the structure of the coverage of legal entities in 2008 and 2009 differs from its structure in previous years.

The structure of the NKD 2007. is different from that of the NKD 2002. and all relevant changes that occurred in the NKD 2007. can be found in the Methodology for the Statistical Implementation of the National Classification of Activities, 2007 version – NKD 2007. (NN, Nos. 102/07 and 123/08).

Data source

Data on average monthly paid off net earnings are based on regular monthly survey covering 70% of persons in employment in each NKD 2007. division. The survey comprises persons in employment in legal entities of all types of ownership, government bodies, and bodies of local and regional government and self-government units, on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Persons employed in crafts and trades and free lances and private farmers are not covered, so data on their pays are not included in the data on average net earnings.

Since January 2004, the data on average monthly paid off net earnings have included pays of persons employed in the police and defence.

Data on earnings are collected by a report form to be filled in by legal entities on the basis of their respective payrolls.

Coverage and comparability

The statistical survey on average monthly net earnings of persons employed in legal entities includes net earnings of persons in permanent employment, irrespective of the kind of employment and number of working-hours. In the case when persons employed in legal entities in one month or during several subsequent months do not get their pays, they are not included in the data on the number of employed persons when calculating the average for that month or months.

Data on average net earnings are presented according to realised pays in current for previous month, which is in line with the pay-off dynamics in most legal entities, so the average earning per employed person refers to the month for which the pay is received.

However, if the pays are late for previous months and periods of time, the data are included into average earnings for the referring month, since the monthly survey dynamics does not allow corrections of data that are already issued and used.

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, worker’s meal and net pays on the basis of compensations, allowances and rewards in sums which are subjects to contributions, taxes and surtaxes.

Nominal indices of net earnings are calculated from data on average monthly net earnings for respective month and year.

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

Abbreviations

n.e.c.                 not elsewhere classified

NACE Rev. 2   Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in
                           the European Community, Revision 2

NKD 2002.       National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

NKD 2007.       National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

Symbols

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