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, 28 APRIL, 2009		NUMBER: 9.1.1/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN PAID EMPLOYMENT

For February 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 is given in the Notes on Methodology at the end of this Release.

For February 2009, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 5 230 kuna, which represented the nominal decrease of 1.4% and the real one of 2%, as compared to January  2009.

The average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia was nominally by 4.8% and really by 0.5% higher for February 2009, as compared to February 2008.

In the period from January to February 2009, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 5 269 kuna, which represented the nominal increase of 5.3% and the real one of 1.4%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

1.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNING FOR FEBRUARY 2009

	II. 2009.	I. – II. 2009.	Indices
			II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. – II. 2009. I. – II. 2008.
Average monthly paid off net earning, kuna	5 230	5 269	98,6	104,8	105,3
Real net earning			98,0	100,5	101,4

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS FOR FEBRUARY 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
			II. 2009.	I. - II. 2009.	II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. - II. 2009. I. - II. 2008.	II. 2009. Æ 2008.	II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. - II. 2009. I. - II. 2008.
		Total	5 230	5 269	98,6	104,8	105,3	101,0	98,0	100,5	101,4
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	4 379	4 457	96,5	101,5	100,9	93,4	96,0	97,4	97,2
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	3 820	3 860	97,9	103,4	102,4	95,8	97,3	99,3	98,7
	02	Forestry and logging	5 063	5 196	95,0	99,9	100,0	90,7	94,5	95,9	96,3
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	4 201	4 148	102,9	113,2	109,8	105,6	102,3	108,6	105,7
B		Mining and quarrying	6 799	6 634	105,1	110,4	105,9	101,4	104,5	106,0	102,0
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	7 169	7 479	92,1	105,2	104,6	91,1	91,5	100,9	100,8
	08	Other mining and quarrying	4 501	4 518	99,3	103,1	102,4	98,1	98,7	98,9	98,7
	09	Mining support service activities	8 187	7 405	123,7	118,4	108,3	113,6	122,9	113,6	104,3
C		Manufacturing	4 500	4 556	97,6	100,7	102,0	98,5	97,0	96,7	98,3
	10	Manufacture of food products	4 532	4 610	96,7	98,9	100,8	97,4	96,1	95,0	97,1
	11	Manufacture of beverages	5 371	5 494	95,6	90,3	94,6	92,8	95,0	86,7	91,2
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	6 062	6 458	88,5	107,3	109,9	87,4	88,0	103,0	105,9
	13	Manufacture of textiles	3 167	3 189	98,6	103,6	102,5	99,8	98,0	99,4	98,7
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	2 756	2 781	98,2	104,6	103,9	100,4	97,7	100,4	100,1
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	2 536	2 599	95,3	102,2	102,9	95,7	94,7	98,0	99,1
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	2 970	3 040	95,6	105,6	103,0	98,7	95,0	101,4	99,3
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	4 035	4 045	99,5	102,3	100,6	96,6	98,9	98,2	96,9
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	4 919	4 958	98,5	100,6	100,8	95,9	97,9	96,5	97,1
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	6 886	7 292	89,5	105,2	106,1	89,2	88,9	100,9	102,2
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	4 907	5 214	88,9	104,7	107,1	96,5	88,4	100,5	103,1
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	7 641	7 562	102,1	72,0	84,7	97,8	101,5	69,1	81,6
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	3 932	4 003	96,4	100,6	100,7	96,9	95,9	96,5	97,0
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	4 748	4 844	96,1	98,7	99,2	93,9	95,6	94,8	95,6
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	4 044	4 201	93,0	103,7	105,3	95,0	92,4	99,5	101,5
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	4 308	4 441	94,2	99,9	102,3	96,3	93,6	95,9	98,6
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	8 966	7 728	138,1	128,1	123,0	141,0	137,2	123,0	118,5
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	5 101	5 180	97,0	103,0	99,6	94,6	96,5	98,8	96,0
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	4 661	4 776	95,3	104,5	104,9	98,7	94,7	100,2	101,0
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	4 854	4 879	99,0	100,0	97,1	94,3	98,4	96,0	93,6
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	5 352	5 458	96,2	101,8	103,3	96,9	95,6	97,7	99,5
	31	Manufacture of furniture	3 098	3 155	96,4	99,6	99,6	95,7	95,9	95,6	95,9
	32	Other manufacturing	4 084	4 111	98,8	104,5	105,2	99,6	98,2	100,3	101,4
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	4 864	5 011	94,3	105,1	104,6	95,4	93,7	100,8	100,8
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	6 153	6 427	91,8	107,4	108,5	96,8	91,3	103,1	104,5
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	6 153	6 427	91,8	107,4	108,5	96,8	91,3	103,1	104,5
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	5 044	5 119	97,1	105,6	105,6	98,8	96,5	101,3	101,7
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	4 979	5 124	94,5	105,2	105,6	95,4	93,9	100,9	101,7
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	5 117	5 115	100,1	105,7	105,2	102,1	99,5	101,4	101,3
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	4 993	5 114	95,3	108,3	108,8	101,5	94,8	103,9	104,8
F		Construction	4 401	4 441	98,2	103,6	103,5	97,2	97,6	99,4	99,7
	41	Construction of buildings	3 916	3 910	100,3	103,3	102,3	98,5	99,7	99,2	98,5
	42	Civil engineering	4 965	5 039	97,1	105,2	105,6	96,4	96,6	100,9	101,8
	43	Specialised construction activities	4 055	4 131	96,4	100,6	101,4	96,0	95,8	96,6	97,6

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

 (continued)

			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
			II. 2009.	I. - II. 2009.	II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. - II. 2009. I. - II. 2008.	II. 2009. Æ 2008.	II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. - II. 2009. I. - II. 2008.
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 454	4 464	99,6	102,5	103,4	99,3	99,0	98,4	99,6
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 408	5 449	98,5	100,0	101,3	96,7	97,9	96,0	97,6
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 174	5 156	100,7	101,8	102,6	100,9	100,1	97,7	98,9
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3 914	3 936	98,9	103,6	104,4	98,6	98,3	99,4	100,6
H		Transportation and storage	5 603	5 769	94,4	102,4	103,3	95,5	93,8	98,3	99,5
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	5 376	5 607	92,1	102,5	104,4	95,6	91,5	98,3	100,6
	50	Water transport	5 878	6 114	92,6	109,7	110,5	95,0	92,1	105,3	106,5
	51	Air transport	8 466	8 944	89,6	95,7	95,6	87,8	89,1	91,9	92,1
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	6 076	6 243	94,8	101,3	101,7	94,6	94,2	97,3	98,0
	53	Postal and courier activities	4 638	4 619	100,8	102,3	101,7	98,0	100,2	98,1	97,9
I		Accommodation and food service activities	4 380	4 423	98,1	104,8	105,0	99,8	97,6	100,6	101,1
	55	Accommodation	4 502	4 535	98,6	104,6	104,6	100,3	98,0	100,4	100,8
	56	Food and beverage service activities	3 737	3 812	96,2	105,4	106,7	97,9	95,7	101,1	102,8
J		Information and communication	7 240	7 155	102,4	89,5	96,3	103,3	101,8	85,9	92,7
	58	Publishing activities	6 630	6 640	99,7	104,8	105,3	99,5	99,1	100,6	101,5
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	5 399	5 496	96,4	102,8	105,4	99,0	95,9	98,7	101,5
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	6 140	6 396	92,2	105,5	106,6	98,2	91,7	101,2	102,7
	61	Telecommunications	8 472	7 971	113,4	70,2	81,3	109,8	112,7	67,4	78,3
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	7 870	7 847	100,6	107,5	107,1	102,9	100,0	103,1	103,2
	63	Information service activities	6 101	6 158	98,2	101,8	104,5	99,0	97,6	97,7	100,6
K		Financial and insurance activities	6 977	7 094	96,8	102,7	101,5	96,5	96,2	98,6	97,8
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	7 517	7 636	96,9	102,6	99,1	96,4	96,3	98,5	95,5
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	6 835	7 017	94,9	102,1	105,8	95,6	94,4	97,9	101,9
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	5 586	5 619	98,8	102,7	103,6	97,0	98,3	98,5	99,8
L		Real estate activities	5 355	5 358	99,9	104,0	102,8	98,6	99,3	99,8	99,0
	68	Real estate activities	5 355	5 358	99,9	104,0	102,8	98,6	99,3	99,8	99,0
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	7 254	7 180	102,1	107,1	106,1	103,4	101,5	102,8	102,2
	69	Legal and accounting activities	5 470	5 406	102,4	103,8	102,6	101,7	101,8	99,6	98,9
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	11 635	11 521	102,0	115,0	107,0	104,3	101,4	110,3	103,0
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	6 673	6 679	99,8	105,1	105,1	100,2	99,2	100,9	101,3
	72	Scientific research and development	8 125	7 858	107,0	105,0	105,1	106,4	106,4	100,7	101,3
	73	Advertising and market research	10 191	9 910	105,9	118,3	114,7	112,6	105,3	113,5	110,5
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	4 172	4 218	97,9	95,2	93,7	94,5	97,3	91,4	90,2
	75	Veterinary activities	5 727	5 823	96,8	102,5	103,7	99,0	96,2	98,4	99,9

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

 (continued)

			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
			II. 2009.	I. - II. 2009.	II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. - II. 2009. I. - II. 2008.	II. 2009. Æ 2008.	II. 2009. I. 2009.	II. 2009. II. 2008.	I. - II. 2009. I. - II. 2008.
N		Administrative and support service activities	3 541	3 623	95,6	104,7	105,1	98,0	95,0	100,5	101,3
	77	Rental and leasing activities	4 531	4 665	94,3	105,1	105,9	98,5	93,8	100,9	102,0
	78	Employment activities	4 621	4 662	98,2	118,5	115,4	113,1	97,7	113,7	111,2
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	5 226	5 385	94,8	99,0	101,6	95,7	94,2	95,0	97,9
	80	Security and investigation activities	3 161	3 283	92,8	101,3	102,3	93,6	92,3	97,2	98,6
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	3 235	3 220	101,0	108,5	107,5	103,7	100,3	104,1	103,6
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	5 835	5 994	94,8	89,0	91,1	93,5	94,3	85,4	87,8
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	6 265	6 270	99,9	114,1	113,8	107,4	99,3	109,5	109,6
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	6 265	6 270	99,9	114,1	113,8	107,4	99,3	109,5	109,6
P		Education	5 423	5 396	101,0	108,3	108,6	105,2	100,4	104,0	104,6
	85	Education	5 423	5 396	101,0	108,3	108,6	105,2	100,4	104,0	104,6
Q		Human health and social work activities	6 113	6 229	96,3	107,0	107,3	102,2	95,8	102,7	103,4
	86	Human health activities	6 318	6 446	96,1	106,7	106,9	101,8	95,5	102,4	103,0
	87	Residential care activities	4 767	4 832	97,4	109,9	110,0	103,9	96,8	105,5	106,0
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	5 691	5 710	99,3	110,3	110,8	105,8	98,7	105,9	106,7
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	5 608	5 612	99,8	105,6	105,2	102,2	99,3	101,4	101,4
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	6 371	6 368	100,1	104,9	105,9	102,5	99,5	100,7	102,0
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	5 802	5 778	100,8	106,3	106,2	103,3	100,2	102,0	102,3
	92	Gambling and betting activities	4 513	4 558	98,0	102,6	100,4	100,1	97,5	98,5	96,7
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	5 604	5 628	99,1	108,3	107,4	100,8	98,5	103,9	103,5
S		Other service activities	5 279	5 318	98,6	105,6	106,3	101,1	98,0	101,3	102,5
	94	Activities of membership organisations	6 215	6 244	99,1	104,4	105,1	101,2	98,5	100,2	101,3
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	4 968	5 063	96,3	106,8	109,3	101,3	95,7	102,5	105,3
	96	Other personal service activities	3 972	4 011	98,1	107,9	108,3	100,4	97,5	103,5	104,3
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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