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, 30 NOVEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 9.1.3/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS OF PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT
BY ACCOUNTING PERIODS, 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.

In the period from April to June 2009, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment Republic of Croatia amounted to 5 330 kuna, which represented the nominal increase of 0.5% and the real decrease of 0.5%, as compared to the first quarter of 2009. As compared to the same period of 2008, it shows nominal increase of 4% and the real one of 1.1%.

In the period from July to September 2009, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment Republic of Croatia amounted to 5 271 kuna, which represented the nominal decrease of 1.1% and the real one of 0.3%, as compared to the second quarter of 2009. As compared to the same period of 2008, it shows nominal increase of 1.2% and the real one remains at the same level.

1.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET EARNINGS, QUARTERLY DATA, 2009

	I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009.	Indices
				IV. – VI. 2009. I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. IV. – VI. 2009	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.
Average monthly paid off net earning, kuna	5 301	5 330	5 271	100,5	104,0	98,9	101,2
Real net earning				99,5	101,1	99,7	100,0

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

			Average paid off net earnings per person in employment,  kuna			Change indices of average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
			For period			Nominal		Real
			I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008
		Total	5 301	5 330	5 271	104,0	101,2	101,1	100,0
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	4 527	4 736	4 861	99,5	105,6	96,7	104,4
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	3 878	3 999	4 155	102,8	102,3	99,9	101,1
	02	Forestry and logging	5 330	5 691	5 791	97,1	109,1	94,4	107,8
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	4 143	4 247	4 340	106,0	107,0	103,0	105,7
B		Mining and quarrying	6 573	6 715	6 632	101,9	98,5	99,0	97,3
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	7 561	7 798	7 788	97,7	100,2	95,0	99,0
	08	Other mining and quarrying	4 546	4 642	4 672	103,1	98,6	100,2	97,4
	09	Mining support service activities	7 138	7 100	7 021	103,4	96,3	100,4	95,2
C		Manufacturing	4 595	4 630	4 610	102,5	100,6	99,6	99,4
	10	Manufacture of food products	4 628	4 723	4 680	102,5	100,0	99,7	98,8
	11	Manufacture of beverages	5 655	5 677	5 620	99,9	99,1	97,0	97,9
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	6 448	7 033	7 524	115,8	96,0	112,6	94,9
	13	Manufacture of textiles	3 211	3 263	3 317	104,0	104,2	101,1	103,0
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	2 779	2 783	2 788	103,2	99,7	100,3	98,6
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	2 619	2 712	2 757	103,7	102,6	100,8	101,4
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	3 065	3 113	3 168	105,3	102,6	102,3	101,4
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	4 148	3 982	4 107	97,0	96,0	94,2	94,9
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	4 961	5 027	5 162	98,5	98,4	95,7	97,2
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	7 357	7 676	7 648	98,9	100,4	96,1	99,2
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	5 196	5 124	5 112	101,6	98,6	98,7	97,4
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	7 668	7 949	7 741	103,6	103,1	100,7	101,9
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	4 041	4 173	4 183	104,3	101,9	101,3	100,7
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	4 986	5 053	4 970	99,1	98,6	96,3	97,5
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	4 262	4 197	4 115	99,2	94,2	96,4	93,0
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	4 458	4 505	4 463	102,3	98,7	99,4	97,5
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	7 665	7 266	6 694	117,9	106,6	114,6	105,3
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	5 294	5 328	5 344	97,4	99,9	94,6	98,7
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	4 785	4 756	4 726	101,8	100,7	98,9	99,5
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	4 874	5 019	5 020	97,7	96,2	95,0	95,1
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	5 487	5 453	5 338	97,9	98,3	95,1	97,2
	31	Manufacture of furniture	3 177	3 206	3 251	99,9	99,5	97,1	98,3
	32	Other manufacturing	4 177	4 480	4 362	110,6	105,7	107,5	104,5
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	5 085	5 259	5 242	105,0	99,2	102,1	98,0
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	6 527	7 223	6 840	110,9	105,2	107,8	103,9
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	6 527	7 223	6 840	110,9	105,2	107,8	103,9
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	5 143	5 291	5 167	104,9	102,0	102,0	100,8
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	5 187	5 382	5 252	105,1	102,6	102,1	101,4
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	5 099	5 210	5 080	104,5	101,1	101,6	99,9
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	5 129	5 206	5 177	107,1	103,6	104,1	102,3

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

 (continued)

			Average paid off net earnings per person in employment,  kuna			Change indices of average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
			For period			Nominal		Real
			I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009.	VII. – IX. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.	IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008
F		Construction	4 500	4 628	4 609	103,3	98,7	100,4	97,5
	41	Construction of buildings	3 971	4 107	4 102	104,1	100,1	101,1	99,0
	42	Civil engineering	5 108	5 239	5 188	102,9	97,2	100,0	96,0
	43	Specialised construction activities	4 150	4 195	4 199	100,4	97,0	97,6	95,9
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4 472	4 476	4 509	101,2	99,4	98,3	98,3
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 481	5 520	5 456	99,1	95,8	96,3	94,6
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 135	5 146	5 112	100,7	99,3	97,8	98,1
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	3 958	3 967	4 056	102,2	100,7	99,4	99,5
H		Transportation and storage	5 810	6 014	5 993	103,9	100,4	101,0	99,2
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	5 678	5 887	5 787	104,7	101,1	101,8	99,9
	50	Water transport	6 197	6 442	6 815	103,3	102,6	100,4	101,4
	51	Air transport	8 992	9 445	9 525	97,4	96,4	94,7	95,2
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	6 255	6 502	6 454	104,0	98,8	101,1	97,6
	53	Postal and courier activities	4 639	4 681	4 732	101,9	101,5	99,0	100,3
I		Accommodation and food service activities	4 445	4 528	4 617	105,2	101,6	102,2	100,4
	55	Accommodation	4 563	4 628	4 719	105,2	101,6	102,2	100,4
	56	Food and beverage service activities	3 810	3 859	3 839	102,8	99,1	99,9	97,9
J		Information and communication	7 595	7 338	6 961	108,6	100,1	105,5	98,9
	58	Publishing activities	6 610	6 518	6 399	97,3	95,4	94,6	94,3
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	5 429	5 361	5 428	99,5	95,9	96,7	94,8
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	6 433	6 303	6 536	104,4	100,2	101,5	99,0
	61	Telecommunications	9 428	8 689	7 401	120,9	101,9	117,5	100,7
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	7 792	7 892	7 846	105,6	102,6	102,6	101,3
	63	Information service activities	6 188	6 301	6 129	105,2	97,1	102,2	96,0
K		Financial and insurance activities	7 123	8 037	7 017	110,5	100,7	107,4	99,5
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	7 580	9 171	7 588	116,4	102,6	113,1	101,4
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	7 308	7 117	6 846	101,0	95,8	98,2	94,7
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	5 610	5 848	5 552	99,8	98,8	97,0	97,6
L		Real estate activities	5 498	5 634	5 442	103,7	101,2	100,8	100,0
	68	Real estate activities	5 498	5 634	5 442	103,7	101,2	100,8	100,0
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	7 172	7 116	7 059	102,6	101,0	99,7	99,8
	69	Legal and accounting activities	5 415	5 487	5 403	103,7	100,7	100,8	99,5
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	11 573	11 683	12 079	108,7	107,6	105,7	106,3
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	6 685	6 732	6 644	101,3	100,3	98,4	99,1
	72	Scientific research and development	7 873	7 478	7 589	99,1	100,0	96,3	98,8

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

 (continued)

			Average paid off net earnings per person in employment,  kuna					Change indices of average monthly paid off net earnings according to payoffs for month
			For period					Nominal			Real
			I. – III. 2009.	IV. – VI. 2009.		VII. – IX. 2009.		IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008.		IV. – VI. 2009. IV. – VI. 2008.	VII. – IX. 2009. VII. – IX. 2008
	73	Advertising and market research	9 679		9 171		8 555	104,3		94,5	101,4		93,4
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	4 447		5 427		5 350	127,4		120,7	123,8		119,2
	75	Veterinary activities	5 811		5 732		5 717	101,7		99,9	98,9		98,7
N		Administrative and support service activities	3 626		3 632		3 636	101,2		99,1	98,4		98,0
	77	Rental and leasing activities	4 656		4 628		4 632	99,7		99,3	96,8		98,1
	78	Employment activities	4 641		4 525		4 544	114,1		112,3	110,9		111,0
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	5 441		5 260		5 112	97,5		93,0	94,8		91,9
	80	Security and investigation activities	3 295		3 319		3 374	99,1		97,4	96,3		96,2
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	3 210		3 215		3 187	104,3		101,2	101,4		100,0
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	5 902		6 458		5 897	101,2		100,8	98,3		99,6
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	6 249		6 103		5 980	105,1		101,6	102,1		100,4
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	6 249		6 103		5 980	105,1		101,6	102,1		100,4
P		Education	5 411		5 221		5 280	102,1		101,3	99,2		100,1
	85	Education	5 411		5 221		5 280	102,1		101,3	99,2		100,1
Q		Human health and social work activities	6 237		6 103		6 092	102,8		100,5	99,9		99,3
	86	Human health activities	6 456		6 313		6 311	102,6		100,2	99,7		99,1
	87	Residential care activities	4 824		4 750		4 667	103,5		100,8	100,6		99,6
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	5 701		5 529		5 523	103,0		101,8	100,1		100,6
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	5 618		5 651		5 591	102,7		103,8	99,8		102,5
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	6 372		6 347		6 256	99,5		101,9	96,7		100,7
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	5 802		5 783		5 623	101,8		102,3	98,9		101,1
	92	Gambling and betting activities	4 505		4 588		4 600	103,3		104,3	100,4		103,1
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	5 657		5 768		5 757	106,2		104,6	103,2		103,4
S		Other service activities	5 326		5 454		5 356	104,8		103,0	101,8		101,8
	94	Activities of membership organisations	6 253		6 283		6 235	103,6		102,1	100,6		100,9
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	5 113		5 226		5 274	106,6		106,2	103,6		105,0
	96	Other personal service activities	4 008		4 283		4 068	106,5		103,1	103,5		101,9
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 2002. 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.

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, 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

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

n.e.c.              not elsewhere classified

NKD 2002.     National Classification of Activities, 2002 version

NKD 2007.     National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

Symbols

-  no occurrence