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: 9.1.6/1.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF EARNINGS PER HOUR OF WORK IN

LEGAL ENTITIES
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.

In January 2009, there were 173 paid hours, which was by 3.9% less than in the previous month. The greatest number of paid hours was recorded in the activity Water transport (203) and the smallest one in the activity Education (162).

The average monthly paid off net earning per hour amounted for January 2009 to 30.39 kuna, which was by 3% more than in December 2008. As compared to the same month last year, it increased by 10.2%.

The average monthly gross earning per hour was 43.95 kuna, which was by 2.9% more than in December 2008. As compared to the same month last year, it increased by 9.2%.

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

	I. 2009.	Indices
		I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
Average paid off net earning per hour, kuna	30,39	103,0	110,2
Average monthly gross earning per hour, kuna	43,95	102,9	109,2

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS PER HOUR FOR JANUARY 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
			I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.	I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
		Total	30,39	103,0	110,2	43,95	102,9	109,2
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	26,44	101,0	105,2	36,33	100,7	104,1
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	22,60	99,4	108,1	30,90	99,1	107,5
	02	Forestry and logging	31,34	102,1	103,4	43,22	101,8	101,8
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	23,36	102,5	109,6	32,36	103,1	109,8
B		Mining and quarrying	37,08	101,3	110,9	54,49	100,4	102,5
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	44,59	101,0	109,4	66,98	100,2	107,7
	08	Other mining and quarrying	26,18	104,4	106,5	37,34	103,5	105,6
	09	Mining support service activities	37,66	99,9	114,5	54,74	98,9	94,7
C		Manufacturing	26,16	100,8	107,9	37,23	100,3	106,5
	10	Manufacture of food products	27,01	100,8	106,6	38,01	100,2	104,7
	11	Manufacture of beverages	31,33	100,8	103,9	45,85	99,8	101,8
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	36,38	95,4	108,9	55,05	99,8	107,6
	13	Manufacture of textiles	18,86	102,8	106,0	26,05	104,5	105,5
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	15,99	100,7	108,5	21,64	100,2	107,8
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	15,31	103,2	108,6	20,80	103,0	105,4
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	17,93	102,3	105,9	24,43	102,0	105,0
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	23,36	99,3	104,8	32,56	99,4	103,4
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	28,68	99,5	105,2	41,66	98,7	103,9
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	43,21	95,8	107,8	63,70	94,3	106,8
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	30,84	107,3	116,7	44,05	108,3	116,6
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	42,32	101,9	107,6	64,12	100,8	105,3
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	23,23	101,1	105,0	32,41	100,8	103,4
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	27,91	100,6	101,6	39,92	100,9	99,6
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	24,04	101,6	110,2	33,41	101,3	109,6
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	26,00	103,0	109,9	36,69	102,6	108,6
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	38,40	99,9	120,6	58,98	100,1	121,2
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	29,24	93,2	101,2	42,73	89,9	97,7
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment  n. e. c.	27,49	104,1	110,6	39,02	104,5	109,6
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	27,96	101,0	99,3	39,82	100,3	97,1
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	30,41	97,4	109,5	43,22	96,6	108,4
	31	Manufacture of furniture	18,53	101,3	103,5	25,11	100,6	101,9
	32	Other manufacturing	24,82	103,4	114,9	35,15	103,4	113,2
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	28,64	103,7	110,2	40,59	103,8	109,7
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	38,42	103,6	114,5	55,48	103,6	114,3
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	38,42	103,6	114,5	55,48	103,6	114,3
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	28,86	102,9	109,2	40,61	103,2	108,5
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	29,12	104,1	109,6	40,97	104,3	108,8
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	28,52	102,0	108,5	39,93	102,6	107,6
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	29,43	100,8	112,4	43,27	100,1	112,8
F		Construction	26,17	102,7	108,1	37,18	102,5	107,3
	41	Construction of buildings	23,24	103,6	107,7	32,78	103,2	106,9
	42	Civil engineering	29,49	102,5	109,5	42,34	102,3	108,9
	43	Specialised construction activities	24,37	101,8	106,3	34,07	101,7	105,0

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

 (continued)

			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
			I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.	I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	25,47	102,0	107,1	36,60	102,1	106,0
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	31,76	101,9	106,6	46,97	101,8	105,1
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	29,22	103,2	107,3	43,03	103,2	105,9
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	22,53	101,3	107,2	31,62	101,3	106,4
H		Transportation and storage	33,08	103,1	106,9	47,45	103,1	105,4
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	32,26	105,9	109,3	45,77	105,8	107,7
	50	Water transport	31,11	100,4	112,3	45,44	100,2	112,1
	51	Air transport	52,70	100,5	98,2	85,52	100,3	95,4
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	35,96	100,7	104,5	52,12	100,8	102,9
	53	Postal and courier activities	26,82	103,6	105,0	36,76	103,5	103,4
I		Accommodation and food service activities	26,34	103,4	108,4	37,58	103,2	107,2
	55	Accommodation	27,07	103,6	108,0	38,80	103,4	106,7
	56	Food and beverage service activities	22,35	100,9	110,7	30,88	100,7	109,8
J		Information and communication	39,40	103,1	111,8	59,74	102,7	110,1
	58	Publishing activities	37,97	102,0	110,1	57,79	101,6	106,1
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	32,25	104,4	112,5	48,34	104,1	111,4
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	38,12	102,6	112,9	57,14	102,2	111,6
	61	Telecommunications	39,62	104,6	110,5	59,05	104,6	109,2
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	44,70	102,8	113,8	70,56	101,8	112,9
	63	Information service activities	35,01	100,7	110,3	52,25	100,6	110,0
K		Financial and insurance activities	39,53	105,0	109,9	59,98	105,3	108,9
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	41,64	104,6	108,4	63,89	105,0	107,3
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	40,59	106,0	113,3	61,51	106,6	112,2
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	32,27	104,6	109,5	46,97	104,6	108,4
L		Real estate activities	30,72	100,3	105,1	44,42	99,7	103,3
	68	Real estate activities	30,72	100,3	105,1	44,42	99,7	103,3
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	40,64	102,5	111,2	63,29	102,8	110,0
	69	Legal and accounting activities	30,81	99,3	106,3	46,04	99,4	104,2
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	65,76	100,1	115,5	112,95	101,2	112,2
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	38,38	102,4	109,2	58,74	102,0	107,5
	72	Scientific research and development	43,81	103,5	112,2	68,11	103,5	111,8
	73	Advertising and market research	51,00	103,7	116,4	84,26	104,9	115,8
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	25,54	102,4	99,9	36,21	102,0	97,3
	75	Veterinary activities	33,96	96,3	108,1	49,33	96,4	107,0

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

 (continued)

			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
			I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.	I.  2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.	I. 2009. I. 2008.
N		Administrative and support service activities	20,30	102,1	108,7	28,13	102,0	108,0
	77	Rental and leasing activities	25,72	101,8	104,0	36,92	103,0	102,6
	78	Employment activities	27,74	106,5	112,8	40,04	107,7	113,5
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	32,30	103,0	107,4	47,05	102,1	104,7
	80	Security and investigation activities	17,77	100,9	107,0	24,18	100,6	106,3
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	18,34	102,3	110,8	24,89	102,1	110,0
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	33,14	108,0	99,1	48,61	108,3	97,0
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	35,86	104,8	116,8	51,62	104,7	117,0
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	35,86	104,8	116,8	51,62	104,7	117,0
P		Education	32,84	104,7	113,4	47,36	105,0	113,0
	85	Education	32,84	104,7	113,4	47,36	105,0	113,0
Q		Human health and social work activities	36,67	104,5	112,4	54,27	104,6	111,6
	86	Human health activities	37,99	104,4	112,1	56,62	104,5	111,3
	87	Residential care activities	28,46	105,5	115,0	39,90	105,4	115,1
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	32,47	104,7	114,9	46,26	104,6	114,9
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	32,45	105,1	110,7	47,21	105,5	109,3
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	36,30	106,3	111,0	53,74	106,4	109,8
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	33,38	106,3	112,2	48,18	106,8	110,8
	92	Gambling and betting activities	27,21	104,3	104,6	38,96	104,4	102,5
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	32,10	102,4	113,3	47,07	103,0	112,2
S		Other service activities	30,91	102,7	111,8	45,03	102,2	110,7
	94	Activities of membership organisations	36,35	101,6	110,4	54,08	101,1	109,1
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	29,33	104,2	115,2	42,42	103,7	114,7
	96	Other personal service activities	23,32	105,1	114,0	32,39	105,1	113,2
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	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

			Average number of paid hours		Indices
			XII. 2008.	I. 2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.
		Total	180	173	96,1
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	178	171	96,1
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	178	172	96,6
	02	Forestry and logging	177	170	96,0
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	181	175	96,7
B		Mining and quarrying	181	174	96,1
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	182	174	95,6
	08	Other mining and quarrying	178	171	96,1
	09	Mining support service activities	183	175	95,6
C		Manufacturing	182	176	96,7
	10	Manufacture of food products	181	173	95,6
	11	Manufacture of beverages	182	175	96,2
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	196	188	95,9
	13	Manufacture of textiles	178	170	95,5
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	182	175	96,2
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	181	174	96,1
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	179	173	96,6
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	179	173	96,6
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	183	174	95,1
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	182	177	97,3
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	181	179	98,9
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	184	176	95,7
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	181	175	96,7
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	180	174	96,7
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	187	181	96,8
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	182	176	96,7
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	170	169	99,4
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	186	180	96,8
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	185	177	95,7
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	184	175	95,1
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	187	183	97,9
	31	Manufacture of furniture	180	173	96,1
	32	Other manufacturing	174	167	96,0
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	189	179	94,7
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	180	173	96,1
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	180	173	96,1
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	183	177	96,7
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	186	179	96,2
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	179	176	98,3
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	184	178	96,7
F		Construction	178	171	96,1
	41	Construction of buildings	177	168	94,9
	42	Civil engineering	178	172	96,6
	43	Specialised construction activities	181	173	95,6

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

 (continued)

				Average number of paid hours		Indices
				XII. 2008.	I. 2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.
G			Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	180	174	96,7
	45		Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	180	172	95,6
	46		Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	180	172	95,6
	47		Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	180	175	97,2
H			Transportation and storage	184	177	96,2
	49		Land transport and transport via pipelines	184	177	96,2
	50		Water transport	207	203	98,1
	51		Air transport	185	178	96,2
	52		Warehousing and support activities for transportation	184	177	96,2
	53		Postal and courier activities	176	171	97,2
I			Accommodation and food service activities	174	169	97,1
	55		Accommodation	174	169	97,1
	56		Food and beverage service activities	178	173	97,2
J			Information and communication	181	174	96,1
	58		Publishing activities	179	173	96,6
	59		Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	180	174	96,7
	60		Programming and broadcasting activities	180	173	96,1
	61		Telecommunications	184	176	95,7
	62		Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	180	171	95,0
	63		Information service activities	185	177	95,7
K			Financial and insurance activities	181	174	96,1
	64		Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	182	174	95,6
	65		Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	181	173	95,6
	66		Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	181	173	95,6
L		Real estate activities		180	174	96,7
	68	Real estate activities		180	174	96,7
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities		180	172	95,6
	69	Legal and accounting activities		178	171	96,1
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities		181	173	95,6
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis		180	173	96,1
	72	Scientific research and development		181	172	95,0
	73	Advertising and market research		179	172	96,1
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities		180	167	92,8
	75	Veterinary activities		181	174	96,1
N		Administrative and support service activities		187	181	96,8
	77	Rental and leasing activities		181	175	96,7
	78	Employment activities		177	169	95,5
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities		177	171	96,6
	80	Security and investigation activities		197	192	97,5
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities		180	172	95,6
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities		191	181	94,8

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

 (continued)

			Average number of paid hours		Indices
			XII. 2008.	I. 2009.	I. 2009. XII. 2008.
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	181	173	95,6
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	181	173	95,6
P		Education	170	162	95,3
	85	Education	170	162	95,3
Q		Human health and social work activities	181	172	95,0
	86	Human health activities	181	172	95,0
	87	Residential care activities	179	171	95,5
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	179	171	95,5
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	179	172	96,1
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	181	173	95,6
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	179	171	95,5
	92	Gambling and betting activities	174	168	96,6
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	180	175	97,2
S		Other service activities	181	173	95,6
	94	Activities of membership organisations	180	172	95,6
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	183	175	95,6
	96	Other personal service activities	183	173	94,5
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 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

n.e.c.              not elsewhere classified

etc.                  and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

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

-  no occurrence