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, 26 FEBRUARY, 2010		NUMBER: 9.1.6/12.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF EARNINGS PER HOUR

OF WORK IN LEGAL ENTITIES

For December 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 December 2009, there were 180 paid hours, which was by 8.4% more than in the previous month. The greatest number of paid hours was recorded in the activity Water transport (215) and the smallest one in the activity Education (170).

The average monthly paid off net earning per hour for December 2009 amounted to 29.33 kuna, which was by 5.7% less than in November 2009. As compared to the same month last year, it decreased by 0.5%.

The average monthly gross earning per hour was 42.39 kuna, which was by 5.2% less than in November 2009. As compared to the same month last year, it decreased by 0.7%.

1.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF EARNINGS PER HOUR OF WORK IN LEGAL ENTITIES FOR DECEMBER 2009

	XII. 2009.	I. – XII. 2009.	Indice
			XII. 2009. XI. 2009.	XII. 2009. XII. 2008.
Average paid off net earning per hour, kuna	29,33	30,39	94,3	99,5
Average monthly gross earning per hour, kuna	42,39	43,91	94,8	99,3

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS PER HOUR FOR DECEMBER 2009, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. ACTIVITIES

			Average net earnings per hour, kuna		Indices of change in average paid off net earnings per hour		Average gross earnings per hour, kuna		Indices of change in average  gross earnings per hour
			XII. 2009.	I. – XII. 2009.	XII. 2009. XI. 2009.	XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	I. – XII. 2009.	XII. 2009. XI. 2009.	XII. 2009. XII. 2008.
		Total	29,33	30,39	94,3	99,5	42,39	43,91	94,8	99,3
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	26,31	26,91	95,4	100,5	36,30	37,06	96,2	100,7
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	22,54	23,06	95,3	99,2	30,90	31,63	95,3	99,2
	02	Forestry and logging	31,16	31,96	94,7	101,5	43,25	44,16	96,4	101,9
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	23,57	24,32	94,0	103,4	32,49	33,63	94,1	103,5
B		Mining and quarrying	36,24	37,24	94,5	99,0	53,39	54,55	98,2	98,4
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	44,44	44,60	96,7	100,7	67,32	66,79	100,4	100,8
	08	Other mining and quarrying	25,92	26,72	96,8	103,3	36,95	37,97	97,3	102,5
	09	Mining support service activities	35,41	37,68	90,6	94,0	51,25	54,60	95,9	92,6
C		Manufacturing	25,92	26,41	97,1	99,8	37,07	37,68	97,7	99,8
	10	Manufacture of food products	26,52	26,80	103,1	99,0	37,65	37,94	103,9	99,3
	11	Manufacture of beverages	32,57	31,90	97,8	104,7	47,91	46,69	98,8	104,3
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	40,02	40,38	96,0	104,9	60,57	61,17	98,5	109,9
	13	Manufacture of textiles	18,42	19,12	95,6	100,4	25,02	26,08	95,2	100,4
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	15,69	16,12	95,5	98,7	21,22	21,77	95,9	98,2
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	15,07	15,55	93,4	101,6	20,61	21,22	93,5	102,1
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	17,77	18,19	95,5	101,4	24,45	24,91	95,6	102,1
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	22,87	23,50	91,1	97,2	31,69	32,56	90,6	96,7
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	28,63	29,20	93,8	99,3	41,70	42,56	94,0	98,8
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	44,06	43,41	96,2	97,6	65,45	63,78	99,5	96,9
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	27,95	29,25	101,5	97,3	39,36	41,22	102,7	96,8
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	41,32	44,97	91,3	99,5	64,04	69,04	92,1	100,7
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	22,95	23,81	96,2	99,8	32,24	33,26	97,4	100,2
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	28,37	28,73	95,5	102,3	40,61	41,06	95,7	102,7
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	24,24	23,43	106,8	102,4	34,46	32,71	108,4	104,5
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25,40	25,99	95,9	100,6	35,81	36,61	95,8	100,1
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	40,14	39,32	101,5	104,4	62,20	60,63	102,8	105,6
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	30,92	30,98	89,5	98,6	46,24	45,95	88,2	97,3
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment  n. e. c.	26,20	27,15	95,5	99,2	36,91	38,39	96,0	98,9
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	28,08	28,91	94,3	101,4	40,41	41,56	92,8	101,8
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	29,34	30,34	96,2	94,0	41,54	43,21	96,5	92,9
	31	Manufacture of furniture	18,24	18,92	95,7	99,7	24,95	25,84	96,2	100,0
	32	Other manufacturing	25,06	25,73	96,0	104,4	35,68	36,56	96,4	104,9
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	28,18	29,25	94,9	102,1	40,21	41,52	96,8	102,9
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	38,24	38,73	96,7	103,1	55,64	55,91	99,1	103,9
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	38,24	38,73	96,7	103,1	55,64	55,91	99,1	103,9
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	28,44	29,18	94,9	101,4	40,11	41,01	96,8	101,9
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	28,60	29,42	93,8	102,2	40,34	41,26	96,8	102,7
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	28,11	28,90	95,5	100,5	39,44	40,51	96,0	101,3
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	29,70	29,42	99,2	101,8	43,60	43,01	102,6	100,9
F		Construction	25,35	26,16	96,9	99,5	35,93	37,13	97,1	99,0
	41	Construction of buildings	22,44	23,49	95,6	100,0	31,52	33,21	94,4	99,2
	42	Civil engineering	28,23	29,08	97,3	98,1	40,41	41,63	98,3	97,6
	43	Specialised construction activities	23,52	24,20	96,4	98,2	32,82	33,75	96,9	98,0
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	25,00	25,88	92,8	100,1	35,91	37,21	92,9	100,1
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	30,76	31,96	93,3	98,7	45,49	47,19	93,5	98,6
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	28,32	29,61	91,6	100,0	41,81	43,75	91,7	100,3
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	22,40	23,00	93,6	100,7	31,37	32,26	93,7	100,5
H		Transportation and storage	32,53	33,38	94,8	101,4	46,75	47,89	96,1	101,6
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	31,42	32,38	95,0	103,1	44,42	45,81	97,7	102,6
	50	Water transport	32,10	31,54	97,8	103,6	47,41	46,35	97,6	104,5
	51	Air transport	51,81	52,59	96,7	98,8	84,64	85,82	97,5	99,3
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	35,66	36,35	95,5	99,9	51,85	52,74	96,1	100,3
	53	Postal and courier activities	25,85	27,20	91,0	99,9	35,62	37,31	91,3	100,3
I		Accommodation and food service activities	25,36	26,04	93,3	99,5	36,15	37,23	94,1	99,3
	55	Accommodation	26,09	26,59	93,6	99,9	37,37	38,19	94,3	99,6
	56	Food and beverage service activities	21,21	22,42	93,0	95,7	29,27	30,90	93,6	95,4
J		Information and communication	38,07	39,63	93,7	99,6	57,80	60,17	94,5	99,3
	58	Publishing activities	35,43	37,43	93,7	95,2	53,74	56,90	93,6	94,5
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	30,98	31,80	91,5	100,3	46,38	47,40	91,9	99,9
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	36,78	37,45	98,0	99,0	55,21	56,52	99,4	98,8
	61	Telecommunications	39,24	41,01	91,6	103,6	58,67	61,35	91,6	103,9
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	42,99	45,03	91,7	98,9	68,25	70,85	94,1	98,5
	63	Information service activities	32,99	34,88	99,3	94,9	48,74	51,65	100,4	93,8
K		Financial and insurance activities	37,83	40,51	89,1	100,4	57,32	61,64	89,7	100,6
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	41,14	43,65	87,3	103,3	63,32	67,47	87,8	104,0
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	36,05	39,44	94,4	94,2	53,98	59,24	97,1	93,5
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	30,08	32,52	91,4	97,5	43,41	47,36	91,5	96,7
L		Real estate activities	30,56	31,50	93,6	99,8	44,95	46,01	94,4	100,8
	68	Real estate activities	30,56	31,50	93,6	99,8	44,95	46,01	94,4	100,8
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	39,53	40,93	93,4	99,7	61,39	63,56	93,9	99,7
	69	Legal and accounting activities	30,38	31,40	93,5	97,9	45,12	46,90	93,2	97,5
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	67,59	69,15	97,4	102,9	117,10	119,51	97,9	104,9
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	37,38	38,72	94,0	99,8	57,29	59,22	94,7	99,5
	72	Scientific research and development	41,86	43,40	91,8	98,9	64,86	67,09	92,5	98,6
	73	Advertising and market research	48,71	50,58	94,2	99,1	78,57	82,41	94,6	97,8
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	30,24	29,61	94,4	121,3	43,64	42,49	95,1	122,9
	75	Veterinary activities	32,54	33,61	93,5	92,3	47,09	48,54	94,3	92,0
N		Administrative and support service activities	19,58	20,18	94,9	98,4	27,02	27,81	95,3	98,0
	77	Rental and leasing activities	26,44	27,03	93,7	104,7	38,21	38,76	94,4	106,6
	78	Employment activities	25,81	27,17	92,7	99,1	36,72	38,56	92,6	98,8
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	30,39	31,50	91,8	96,9	44,98	45,85	92,5	97,6
	80	Security and investigation activities	17,21	17,50	97,4	97,7	23,23	23,67	97,8	96,7
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	18,05	18,70	94,0	100,7	24,51	25,37	94,1	100,6
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	30,41	32,41	91,2	99,1	44,49	47,14	96,3	99,1
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	32,32	34,78	92,5	94,5	46,04	49,76	92,6	93,4
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	32,32	34,78	92,5	94,5	46,04	49,76	92,6	93,4
P		Education	30,89	32,53	91,3	98,5	44,50	46,80	91,4	98,6
	85	Education	30,89	32,53	91,3	98,5	44,50	46,80	91,4	98,6
Q		Human health and social work activities	33,75	35,64	93,5	96,2	49,67	52,40	94,1	95,7
	86	Human health activities	34,97	36,87	93,7	96,1	51,81	54,57	94,4	95,6
	87	Residential care activities	25,99	27,71	91,8	96,3	36,24	38,70	91,5	95,7
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	30,13	32,05	92,4	97,2	42,90	45,60	92,2	97,0
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	31,03	32,61	91,0	100,5	45,04	47,36	90,7	100,6
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	34,31	36,27	90,7	100,5	50,65	53,56	90,7	100,3
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	31,09	33,03	90,5	99,0	44,84	47,65	89,9	99,4
	92	Gambling and betting activities	26,08	27,40	92,3	100,0	37,08	39,10	92,4	99,3
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	31,52	32,86	90,6	100,5	45,96	47,99	89,9	100,5
S		Other service activities	30,09	31,26	92,3	99,9	43,96	45,59	92,8	99,8
	94	Activities of membership organisations	35,43	36,54	92,6	99,0	52,98	54,42	93,3	99,0
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	28,48	30,13	90,6	101,2	40,96	43,73	91,3	100,1
	96	Other personal service activities	22,41	23,71	92,2	100,9	31,07	32,94	92,3	100,8
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

3.   AVERAGE NUMBER OF PAID HOURS FOR DECEMBER 2009, ACCORDING TO NKD 2007. ACTIVITIES

			Average number of paid hours		Indices
			XII. 2009.	I. – XII. 2009.	XII. 2009. XI. 2009.
		Total	180	172	108,4
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	179	171	107,8
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	178	172	106,6
	02	Forestry and logging	179	169	109,8
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	183	174	107,6
B		Mining and quarrying	182	174	108,3
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	181	173	107,7
	08	Other mining and quarrying	182	172	107,7
	09	Mining support service activities	184	175	110,2
C		Manufacturing	181	173	106,5
	10	Manufacture of food products	181	172	101,1
	11	Manufacture of beverages	181	174	107,1
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	176	173	108,0
	13	Manufacture of textiles	180	171	105,9
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	182	173	109,0
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	185	175	106,9
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	180	172	107,8
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	183	173	107,6
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	180	173	107,1
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	182	175	107,1
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	179	174	105,9
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	183	170	108,9
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	183	174	108,3
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	178	172	106,0
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	185	178	106,9
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	181	173	108,4
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	166	170	100,0
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	181	173	109,0
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	179	174	107,2
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	182	173	108,3
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	182	177	106,4
	31	Manufacture of furniture	176	170	106,0
	32	Other manufacturing	180	169	107,8
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	188	175	110,6
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	181	172	109,0
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	181	172	109,0
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	182	175	107,7
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	185	176	108,8
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	180	173	107,1
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	180	176	104,0
F		Construction	177	174	104,7
	41	Construction of buildings	176	172	104,8
	42	Civil engineering	178	176	104,7
	43	Specialised construction activities	179	173	106,5
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	179	171	108,5
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	180	171	108,4
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	180	171	109,1
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	179	171	108,5
H		Transportation and storage	185	176	108,8
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	185	175	109,5
	50	Water transport	215	204	109,1
	51	Air transport	183	176	108,9
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	184	175	108,9
	53	Postal and courier activities	179	170	109,1
I		Accommodation and food service activities	176	173	109,3
	55	Accommodation	175	174	108,7
	56	Food and beverage service activities	178	170	108,5
J		Information and communication	182	172	109,6
	58	Publishing activities	181	171	109,0
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	180	171	109,1
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	181	171	109,0
	61	Telecommunications	183	173	109,6
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	181	171	109,0
	63	Information service activities	183	174	108,3
K		Financial and insurance activities	181	172	109,7
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	182	172	110,3
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	180	171	108,4
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	182	172	110,3
L		Real estate activities	180	171	108,4
	68	Real estate activities	180	171	108,4
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	179	171	107,8
	69	Legal and accounting activities	180	171	109,8
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	172	169	104,2
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	180	171	107,8
	72	Scientific research and development	180	170	109,1
	73	Advertising and market research	178	169	107,9
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	178	171	107,9
	75	Veterinary activities	180	172	108,4
N		Administrative and support service activities	185	178	107,6
	77	Rental and leasing activities	178	170	108,5
	78	Employment activities	178	168	109,2
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	175	167	108,0
	80	Security and investigation activities	193	189	106,0
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	177	169	107,9
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	187	178	106,3
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	183	172	108,9
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	183	172	108,9
P		Education	170	161	109,0
	85	Education	170	161	109,0
Q		Human health and social work activities	180	171	109,1
	86	Human health activities	180	171	109,1
	87	Residential care activities	179	169	109,8
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	178	169	109,2
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	179	170	109,1
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	182	172	109,6
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	179	171	108,5
	92	Gambling and betting activities	174	166	108,8
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	180	172	108,4
S		Other service activities	179	171	108,5
	94	Activities of membership organisations	179	171	108,5
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	182	171	109,6
	96	Other personal service activities	179	171	109,1
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 and data coverage

Data on the number of hours for which persons in employment were paid and average monthly paid off earnings per hour have been monitored by a regular monthly survey since January 2003.

This survey covers 70% persons in employment from each division of the NKD 2007. 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 employed insured persons - private farmers are not covered.

Since January 2004, persons employed in the police and defence are included.

Data are collected through the RAD-1 report, which is filled in by legal entities on the basis of accountancy records.

Definitions

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.).

Abbreviations

etc.	and so on (from Latin: et cetera)
NACE Rev. 2	Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community, Revision 2
n.e.c.	not elsewhere classified
NN	Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
NKD 2002.	National Classification of Activities, 2002 version
NKD 2007	National Classification of Activities, 2007 version

Symbols

-  no occurrence