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: 9.1.4/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS 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 gross earning per person in paid employment Republic of Croatia amounted to 7 752 kuna, which represented the nominal increase of 0.6% 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 3.4% and the real one of 0.5%.

In the period from July to September 2009, the average monthly gross earning per person in paid employment Republic of Croatia amounted to 7 638 kuna, which represented the nominal decrease of 1.5% and the real one of 0.7%, as compared to the second quarter of 2009. As compared to the same period of 2008, it shows nominal increase of 1.4% and the real one of 0.2%.

1.   AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS 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 gross earning, kuna	7 708	7 752	7 638	100,6	103,4	98,5	101,4
Real gross earning				99,5	100,5	99,3	100,2

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007., 2009

			Average gross earnings per person in employment, kuna			Indices of change in average monthly gross earnings
			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	7 708	7 752	7 638	103,4	101,4	100,5	100,2
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	6 229	6 540	6 760	98,1	106,6	95,3	105,3
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	5 305	5 486	5 739	102,1	102,9	99,2	101,7
	02	Forestry and logging	7 363	7 901	8 103	95,2	110,7	92,5	109,4
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	5 756	5 878	6 023	103,8	104,8	100,8	103,6
B		Mining and quarrying	9 697	9 876	9 847	100,3	99,0	97,5	97,8
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	11 305	11 718	11 716	95,6	100,4	92,9	99,2
	08	Other mining and quarrying	6 481	6 614	6 615	102,5	98,0	99,6	96,8
	09	Mining support service activities	10 549	10 345	10 523	102,2	97,6	99,3	96,4
C		Manufacturing	6 574	6 615	6 596	101,6	101,1	98,8	99,9
	10	Manufacture of food products	6 536	6 703	6 668	101,5	100,3	98,7	99,1
	11	Manufacture of beverages	8 344	8 368	8 295	99,5	100,0	96,7	98,8
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	9 796	10 715	11 501	116,0	95,7	112,8	94,6
	13	Manufacture of textiles	4 399	4 446	4 512	102,3	102,8	99,4	101,6
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	3 756	3 762	3 765	102,8	99,6	99,9	98,4
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	3 561	3 701	3 768	103,6	103,3	100,7	102,0
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	4 181	4 261	4 345	105,3	103,1	102,4	101,9
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	5 787	5 491	5 703	95,5	95,5	92,8	94,4
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	7 213	7 340	7 596	97,4	98,9	94,6	97,7
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	10 777	11 320	11 300	97,2	100,7	94,4	99,5
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	7 374	7 229	7 172	100,8	97,9	97,9	96,7
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	11 614	12 253	11 995	102,5	104,6	99,6	103,3
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	5 645	5 839	5 858	103,5	102,0	100,6	100,8
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	7 156	7 232	7 161	97,1	99,4	94,4	98,2
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	5 900	5 815	5 776	98,1	94,9	95,3	93,7
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	6 285	6 345	6 277	101,3	98,4	98,5	97,2
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	12 535	11 294	10 365	118,2	108,5	114,8	107,2
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	7 780	7 908	7 942	96,0	100,9	93,3	99,8
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	6 784	6 725	6 688	100,8	100,9	97,9	99,7
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	6 971	7 244	7 211	97,8	96,5	95,1	95,3
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	7 821	7 752	7 560	96,6	98,2	93,9	97,1
	31	Manufacture of furniture	4 338	4 374	4 447	99,3	99,9	96,5	98,7
	32	Other manufacturing	5 929	6 388	6 204	110,5	106,5	107,4	105,2
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	7 243	7 519	7 500	105,2	100,0	102,2	98,8
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	9 409	10 588	9 931	111,5	106,3	108,4	105,0
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	9 409	10 588	9 931	111,5	106,3	108,4	105,0
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	7 250	7 497	7 305	104,5	102,5	101,6	101,3
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	7 298	7 602	7 406	104,7	103,4	101,7	102,2
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	7 166	7 373	7 168	104,0	101,5	101,1	100,3
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	7 538	7 647	7 601	107,4	104,2	104,4	103,0

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007., 2009

 (continued)

			Average gross earnings per person in employment, kuna			Indices of change in average monthly gross earnings
			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	6 379	6 589	6 553	102,6	98,5	99,7	97,4
	41	Construction of buildings	5 608	5 809	5 808	103,2	99,9	100,3	98,8
	42	Civil engineering	7 299	7 538	7 441	102,3	97,1	99,4	95,9
	43	Specialised construction activities	5 788	5 853	5 859	99,3	96,5	96,5	95,4
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	6 460	6 460	6 511	100,2	99,2	97,4	98,0
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	8 105	8 156	8 059	97,5	94,7	94,7	93,5
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	7 634	7 643	7 581	99,6	99,5	96,8	98,3
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	5 567	5 579	5 725	101,5	100,4	98,7	99,2
H		Transportation and storage	8 335	8 691	8 658	103,1	100,6	100,2	99,4
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	8 077	8 420	8 249	103,8	101,2	100,9	100,0
	50	Water transport	9 037	9 492	10 059	102,9	102,8	100,0	101,6
	51	Air transport	14 597	15 401	15 826	95,3	97,6	92,6	96,5
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	9 052	9 501	9 398	103,6	98,8	100,7	97,6
	53	Postal and courier activities	6 363	6 429	6 558	100,6	102,3	97,8	101,1
I		Accommodation and food service activities	6 345	6 502	6 614	104,4	101,5	101,5	100,3
	55	Accommodation	6 548	6 676	6 790	104,4	101,4	101,5	100,2
	56	Food and beverage service activities	5 252	5 333	5 280	102,0	98,6	99,2	97,4
J		Information and communication	11 938	11 354	10 653	108,2	100,1	105,1	98,9
	58	Publishing activities	10 150	9 981	9 721	95,3	94,7	92,6	93,6
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	8 116	7 979	8 077	97,7	95,2	94,9	94,1
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	9 611	9 702	9 916	104,0	100,1	101,1	99,0
	61	Telecommunications	15 409	13 462	11 246	122,5	102,9	119,0	101,7
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	12 366	12 533	12 463	104,5	101,9	101,6	100,7
	63	Information service activities	9 191	9 365	9 087	104,4	97,2	101,4	96,1
K		Financial and insurance activities	10 954	12 883	10 709	113,0	101,0	109,8	99,8
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	11 817	15 165	11 773	121,4	103,4	118,0	102,2
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	11 219	10 856	10 324	99,1	95,2	96,3	94,1
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	8 187	8 676	8 060	97,4	98,4	94,7	97,3
L		Real estate activities	8 050	8 282	7 975	103,6	102,1	100,7	100,9
	68	Real estate activities	8 050	8 282	7 975	103,6	102,1	100,7	100,9
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	11 251	11 122	11 019	101,3	101,0	98,5	99,8
	69	Legal and accounting activities	8 127	8 269	8 068	102,9	100,2	100,0	99,0
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	19 903	20 201	21 059	108,1	109,4	105,1	108,1
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	10 266	10 342	10 186	99,5	100,4	96,7	99,2
	72	Scientific research and development	12 393	11 629	11 865	97,6	99,6	94,8	98,5

2.     AVERAGE MONTHLY GROSS EARNINGS, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007., 2009

 (continued)

			Average gross earnings per person in employment, kuna			Indices of change in average monthly gross earnings
			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	16 431	15 301	14 060	103,8	93,1	100,8	92,0
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	6 315	7 815	7 763	127,8	122,5	124,2	121,0
	75	Veterinary activities	8 425	8 274	8 241	100,4	99,5	97,6	98,3
N		Administrative and support service  activities	5 019	5 011	5 016	99,8	98,7	97,0	97,5
	77	Rental and leasing activities	6 719	6 653	6 645	98,4	99,4	95,6	98,2
	78	Employment activities	6 655	6 363	6 422	113,3	112,8	110,1	111,5
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	7 950	7 594	7 436	94,6	92,8	91,9	91,7
	80	Security and investigation activities	4 461	4 488	4 577	98,1	97,0	95,3	95,8
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	4 380	4 386	4 324	103,2	100,6	100,3	99,4
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	8 698	9 751	8 675	99,9	100,3	97,1	99,1
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	9 063	8 779	8 566	104,6	101,7	101,7	100,5
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	9 063	8 779	8 566	104,6	101,7	101,7	100,5
P		Education	7 829	7 496	7 605	100,8	101,6	98,0	100,4
	85	Education	7 829	7 496	7 605	100,8	101,6	98,0	100,4
Q		Human health and social work activities	9 203	8 968	8 963	101,9	100,6	99,0	99,4
	86	Human health activities	9 589	9 334	9 345	101,7	100,3	98,8	99,1
	87	Residential care activities	6 756	6 643	6 508	102,7	100,9	99,8	99,7
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	8 159	7 891	7 895	102,7	102,6	99,8	101,3
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	8 188	8 238	8 132	101,2	104,1	98,4	102,9
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	9 486	9 393	9 237	97,7	101,9	95,0	100,7
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	8 402	8 390	8 113	99,9	102,8	97,1	101,5
	92	Gambling and betting activities	6 439	6 585	6 571	102,2	103,9	99,4	102,7
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	8 264	8 441	8 447	105,5	105,4	102,6	104,2
S		Other service activities	7 760	7 985	7 827	104,0	103,6	101,0	102,4
	94	Activities of membership organisations	9 308	9 377	9 310	102,6	102,7	99,7	101,5
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	7 408	7 617	7 702	106,8	107,4	103,8	106,1
	96	Other personal service activities	5 557	6 015	5 649	106,0	103,4	103,0	102,2
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 gross 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 gross 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

Gross earnings cover all kinds of net pays on the basis of permanent employment plus participation, co-payments, contributions and taxes, as prescribed by law.

The statistical survey on average monthly gross earnings of persons employed in legal entities includes gross 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 while calculating the average for that month or months.

Data on average gross 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 gross earnings comprise all kinds of net pays on the basis of permanent employment plus participations: contributions, taxes and surtaxes as prescribed by the law.

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

Real indices of gross earnings are calculated by dividing index of nominal earnings with a consumer price index for the respective months and years.

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

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