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 MAY, 2009		NUMBER: 9.1.6/3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF EARNINGS PER HOUR OF WORK IN

LEGAL ENTITIES
For March 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 March 2009, there were 173 paid hours, which was by 9.5% more than in the previous month. The greatest number of paid hours was recorded in the activity Water transport (179) and the smallest one in the activity Education (163).

The average monthly paid off net earning per hour for March 2009 amounted to 30.38 kuna, which was by 6.2% less than in February 2009. As compared to the same month last year, it increased by 3%.

The average monthly gross earning per hour was 43.94 kuna, which was by 5.9% less than in February 2009. As compared to the same month last year, it increased by 2.2%.

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

	III. 2009.	I. – III. 2009.	Indice
			III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.
Average paid off net earning per hour, kuna	30,38	31,01	93,8	103,0
Average monthly gross earning per hour, kuna	43,94	44,81	94,1	102,2

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS PER HOUR FOR MARCH 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
			III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.	III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.
		Total	30,38	31,01	93,8	103,0	43,94	44,81	94,1	102,2
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	27,08	27,01	98,4	108,9	37,47	37,12	99,7	104,7
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	22,64	23,01	95,0	102,1	30,99	31,44	95,4	101,3
	02	Forestry and logging	32,53	32,11	100,2	115,2	45,40	44,33	102,3	107,4
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	24,04	23,92	99,0	106,1	33,18	33,05	98,9	105,3
B		Mining and quarrying	34,96	36,66	91,6	100,8	51,28	53,67	92,4	100,5
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	44,31	44,57	98,9	107,4	66,54	66,63	100,3	107,1
	08	Other mining and quarrying	26,38	26,90	93,3	100,4	37,52	38,28	93,3	99,4
	09	Mining support service activities	32,45	36,07	83,7	93,8	47,01	52,25	84,0	93,7
C		Manufacturing	26,33	26,63	95,9	102,9	37,54	37,88	96,4	102,0
	10	Manufacture of food products	26,52	27,27	93,4	100,0	37,62	38,47	94,3	98,9
	11	Manufacture of beverages	33,12	32,51	99,9	102,5	48,88	47,68	100,8	101,6
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	38,77	38,04	98,7	114,5	59,14	57,79	99,1	115,1
	13	Manufacture of textiles	18,92	19,20	95,2	101,4	25,83	26,30	95,4	99,4
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	16,04	16,40	93,2	102,8	21,66	22,16	93,2	101,9
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	15,22	15,60	93,1	101,6	20,76	21,22	93,5	100,3
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	18,00	18,18	96,4	106,0	24,73	24,80	97,8	106,6
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	23,94	24,07	96,4	100,9	33,41	33,45	97,4	100,5
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	28,57	29,36	92,1	97,1	41,72	42,68	92,8	96,1
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	42,55	42,92	98,9	104,6	62,46	62,83	100,3	104,2
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	29,44	30,09	98,3	101,6	41,63	42,67	98,5	99,8
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	48,05	45,91	100,4	113,2	72,12	69,36	99,4	109,5
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	23,63	23,75	96,9	101,4	32,98	33,12	97,0	100,4
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	28,69	28,55	98,6	99,2	40,86	40,66	99,1	97,8
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	24,13	24,17	99,0	104,7	33,35	33,44	99,3	103,8
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	25,63	26,11	95,8	99,8	36,08	36,81	95,6	98,7
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	38,36	38,94	95,6	111,9	58,89	59,95	94,9	111,8
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	31,14	30,65	98,2	109,7	46,18	45,01	99,8	110,2
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment  n. e. c.	27,13	27,62	95,9	102,4	38,16	39,03	95,5	100,9
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	27,89	28,69	91,8	98,0	40,06	41,03	92,3	97,2
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	30,22	30,83	94,4	101,0	43,06	43,79	95,0	100,1
	31	Manufacture of furniture	18,80	19,00	95,2	99,9	25,89	25,95	96,1	100,2
	32	Other manufacturing	25,03	25,36	94,9	105,0	35,76	35,99	96,0	105,0
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	29,05	29,06	98,3	105,6	41,57	41,15	100,4	106,3
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	38,25	38,42	99,1	111,7	55,24	55,26	100,3	112,6
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	38,25	38,42	99,1	111,7	55,24	55,26	100,3	112,6
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	28,80	29,24	95,6	102,8	40,45	41,06	95,8	102,5
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	29,05	29,42	96,3	103,5	40,78	41,25	96,9	103,1
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	28,56	29,02	95,0	101,8	39,89	40,58	95,0	101,4
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	28,65	29,52	93,7	105,5	42,08	43,38	93,7	105,8
F		Construction	26,25	26,60	95,6	103,6	37,32	37,70	96,5	102,6
	41	Construction of buildings	23,62	23,85	95,3	103,4	33,44	33,68	95,7	102,9
	42	Civil engineering	29,49	29,81	96,7	105,2	42,30	42,57	98,1	104,1
	43	Specialised construction activities	23,80	24,52	93,4	99,5	33,15	34,19	93,4	98,1

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS PER HOUR FOR MARCH 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
			III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.	III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	25,54	26,14	92,8	99,9	36,72	37,56	92,9	98,6
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	32,02	32,55	94,3	98,6	47,32	48,07	94,5	97,0
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	29,12	29,97	91,8	97,5	42,97	44,22	91,6	96,0
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	22,61	23,10	93,2	101,7	31,69	32,36	93,4	100,7
H		Transportation and storage	32,87	33,31	96,5	100,4	47,13	47,64	97,3	99,3
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	32,08	32,33	98,1	101,9	45,63	45,74	99,6	100,9
	50	Water transport	31,80	31,85	97,1	110,1	46,38	46,37	97,8	110,0
	51	Air transport	50,84	52,11	96,1	94,7	82,16	84,40	95,8	92,5
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	35,41	36,11	95,6	99,3	51,20	52,15	96,2	97,8
	53	Postal and courier activities	27,04	27,49	94,3	96,6	37,09	37,68	94,4	95,2
I		Accommodation and food service activities	26,63	27,00	94,4	102,2	38,12	38,54	95,0	101,4
	55	Accommodation	27,41	27,77	94,5	103,4	39,47	39,85	95,1	102,9
	56	Food and beverage service activities	22,53	22,90	94,2	94,1	31,10	31,58	94,5	91,2
J		Information and communication	39,10	40,21	92,5	102,4	59,21	60,90	92,6	101,1
	58	Publishing activities	37,42	38,64	92,1	98,6	57,14	58,95	92,0	97,0
	59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	30,91	32,49	89,7	98,4	46,16	48,56	89,7	96,9
	60	Programming and broadcasting activities	37,54	38,18	96,4	105,5	56,16	56,94	97,5	104,8
	61	Telecommunications	39,98	40,97	91,8	102,0	59,52	61,02	91,8	100,6
	62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	43,71	45,61	89,8	102,7	68,70	71,96	89,2	100,9
	63	Information service activities	35,50	36,13	93,2	101,4	52,63	53,66	93,4	100,0
K		Financial and insurance activities	39,64	40,65	92,2	99,9	60,17	61,67	92,3	98,8
	64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	42,18	43,14	92,0	100,4	64,78	66,23	92,0	99,3
	65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	39,80	40,97	93,3	97,8	60,29	61,99	93,7	96,3
	66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	32,16	33,11	91,8	99,4	46,80	48,19	91,7	98,3
L		Real estate activities	30,96	31,63	92,8	99,5	45,24	45,90	93,8	99,1
	68	Real estate activities	30,96	31,63	92,8	99,5	45,24	45,90	93,8	99,1
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities	40,55	41,72	91,8	103,1	62,87	64,90	91,3	101,8
	69	Legal and accounting activities	31,59	32,09	93,0	101,9	47,38	48,04	93,2	100,6
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	67,55	68,88	91,6	110,6	116,03	118,45	91,2	109,1
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	38,27	39,34	92,2	101,4	58,51	60,23	92,0	100,0
	72	Scientific research and development	43,51	44,93	91,2	102,9	67,62	69,80	91,3	102,4
	73	Advertising and market research	49,93	52,19	89,6	104,3	79,10	85,10	85,9	99,0
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	28,00	26,83	105,0	108,8	39,91	38,09	105,9	107,2
	75	Veterinary activities	33,39	34,37	93,0	98,4	48,41	49,83	93,2	97,3

2.   AVERAGE MONTHLY PAID OFF NET AND GROSS EARNINGS PER HOUR FOR MARCH 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
			III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.	III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.	III. 2009. III. 2008.
N		Administrative and support service activities	20,04	20,50	94,4	99,9	27,63	28,31	94,4	98,3
	77	Rental and leasing activities	26,72	26,91	94,2	98,7	38,22	38,41	95,1	97,4
	78	Employment activities	27,49	28,29	92,4	107,5	39,33	40,58	92,5	107,9
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	33,03	33,05	96,8	99,4	47,98	48,22	95,6	96,7
	80	Security and investigation activities	17,31	17,70	95,9	100,4	23,41	23,97	96,2	99,2
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	18,31	18,86	91,3	97,4	24,77	25,58	90,9	94,5
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	32,29	33,63	90,3	91,2	47,24	49,25	90,3	88,7
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	35,46	36,65	91,4	105,1	50,96	52,70	91,4	104,8
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	35,46	36,65	91,4	105,1	50,96	52,70	91,4	104,8
P		Education	32,95	33,86	91,6	104,2	47,66	48,91	91,7	104,0
	85	Education	32,95	33,86	91,6	104,2	47,66	48,91	91,7	104,0
Q		Human health and social work activities	36,05	37,03	93,6	102,1	53,17	54,62	94,0	101,1
	86	Human health activities	37,32	38,30	93,9	102,1	55,39	56,87	94,3	101,0
	87	Residential care activities	27,97	28,91	92,0	102,2	39,18	40,47	92,2	102,1
	88	Social work activities without accommodation	32,53	33,44	91,6	104,2	46,42	47,62	92,1	104,1
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation	32,64	33,45	92,1	101,5	47,43	48,63	92,1	100,5
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	36,50	37,48	91,6	101,7	54,38	55,62	92,1	101,1
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	33,67	34,47	92,1	102,2	48,57	49,75	92,0	101,0
	92	Gambling and betting activities	26,72	27,74	90,8	98,1	38,01	39,63	90,3	96,7
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	32,53	33,13	93,2	102,4	47,32	48,32	93,2	101,5
S		Other service activities	30,95	31,66	93,1	101,9	45,07	46,09	93,2	100,8
	94	Activities of membership organisations	36,21	37,21	92,2	100,2	53,87	55,36	92,3	98,9
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	30,19	30,27	96,1	107,8	43,89	43,78	97,2	107,9
	96	Other personal service activities	23,32	23,83	93,5	104,0	32,28	33,01	93,6	102,9
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

			Average number of paid hours		Indices
			III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.
		Total	173	168	109,5
A		Agriculture, forestry and fishing	171	167	108,2
	01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	170	167	106,3
	02	Forestry and logging	171	166	109,6
	03	Fishing and aquaculture	172	170	104,9
B		Mining and quarrying	180	171	113,2
	06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	174	170	108,8
	08	Other mining and quarrying	173	167	110,2
	09	Mining support service activities	192	176	120,0
C		Manufacturing	174	170	108,8
	10	Manufacture of food products	172	168	108,9
	11	Manufacture of beverages	175	170	108,7
	12	Manufacture of tobacco products	166	170	107,8
	13	Manufacture of textiles	172	167	108,2
	14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	173	170	108,1
	15	Manufacture of leather and related products	175	168	112,9
	16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	173	169	108,8
	17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	174	169	107,4
	18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	174	169	110,1
	19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	176	171	110,0
	20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	174	172	107,4
	21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	162	166	101,9
	22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	174	170	108,1
	23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	175	170	108,7
	24	Manufacture of basic metals	177	175	106,6
	25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	175	171	108,7
	26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	172	167	106,2
	27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	176	172	109,3
	28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c.	177	172	109,3
	29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	174	170	108,8
	30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	181	177	108,4
	31	Manufacture of furniture	172	167	109,6
	32	Other manufacturing	172	165	111,0
	33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	175	172	107,4
D		Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	174	168	110,1
	35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	174	168	110,1
E		Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	176	172	107,3
	36	Water collection, treatment and supply	178	173	109,2
	38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	174	171	105,5
	39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	180	174	110,4
F		Construction	176	169	110,0
	41	Construction of buildings	173	166	109,5
	42	Civil engineering	177	171	108,6
	43	Specialised construction activities	176	169	110,7
G		Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	172	168	108,9
	45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	173	168	108,8
	46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	172	168	108,9
	47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	172	168	108,9
H		Transportation and storage	177	172	109,3
	49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	176	171	109,3
	50	Water transport	198	193	110,6
	51	Air transport	177	171	111,3
	52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	176	172	109,3
	53	Postal and courier activities	171	168	106,2
I		Accommodation and food service activities	168	164	108,4
	55	Accommodation	168	164	108,4
	56	Food and beverage service activities	169	166	108,3

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

 (continued)

				Average number of paid hours		Indices
				III. 2009.	I. - III. 2009.	III. 2009. II. 2009.
J			Information and communication	174	169	109,4
	58		Publishing activities	174	168	110,1
	59		Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	171	167	108,9
	60		Programming and broadcasting activities	173	168	109,5
	61		Telecommunications	175	170	109,4
	62		Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	174	168	109,4
	63		Information service activities	174	170	108,8
K			Financial and insurance activities	173	168	109,5
	64		Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	174	169	110,1
	65		Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	173	168	109,5
	66		Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	173	168	109,5
L		Real estate activities		173	169	108,8
	68	Real estate activities		173	169	108,8
M		Professional, scientific and technical activities		172	168	108,9
	69	Legal and accounting activities		170	166	108,3
	70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities		173	168	109,5
	71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis		173	168	108,8
	72	Scientific research and development		173	168	109,5
	73	Advertising and market research		170	167	106,9
	74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities		172	166	110,3
	75	Veterinary activities		173	169	108,8
N		Administrative and support service activities		180	175	109,1
	77	Rental and leasing activities		174	169	108,8
	78	Employment activities		167	164	107,7
	79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities		166	164	108,5
	80	Security and investigation activities		192	186	109,7
	81	Services to buildings and landscape activities		171	166	108,9
	82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities		174	172	108,1
O		Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		173	168	109,5
	84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security		173	168	109,5
P		Education		163	158	108,7
	85	Education		163	158	108,7
Q		Human health and social work activities		172	167	108,9
	86	Human health activities		173	168	109,5
	87	Residential care activities		171	166	110,3
	88	Social work activities without accommodation		170	166	109,0
R		Arts, entertainment and recreation		171	166	108,9
	90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities		173	168	109,5
	91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities		172	166	110,3
	92	Gambling and betting activities		165	162	107,8
	93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities		174	170	108,8
S		Other service activities		172	168	108,9
	94	Activities of membership organisations		173	167	109,5
	95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods		170	167	108,3
	96	Other personal service activities		172	168	108,2
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 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