AVERAGE NET AND GROSS EARNINGS
Data source
Data on average monthly net and gross earnings are based on regular monthly survey covering 70% of persons in employment in each NKD 2007. division.
Data on earnings are collected by the report form (RAD-1) to be filled in by legal entities on the basis of their respective payrolls.
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.
Coverage
Data on average monthly paid off net earnings of persons employed in legal entities includes net and 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 when calculating the average for that month or months.
Data on average monthly paid off net earnings are presented according to realised pay-offs in current for previous month, which is in line with the pay-off dynamics in most legal entities, so the average earning per person in paid employment refers to the month for which the pay-off has been 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.
The monthly survey on net and gross earnings does not include payments of persons in employment in crafts and trades and free lances and independent farmers.
Definitions
Monthly paid off net earning includes income of a person in paid employment in legal entities earned for work done during regular working hours and some other pays: for annual leave, paid leave, public holidays and free days established by law, sickness pay for up to 42 days, absence for continuing professional education, job stop caused against a person’s will and on no fault of his own, bonus for worker’s meal and receipts on the basis of reimbursements, supports and awards in amounts for which contributions, taxes and surtaxes must be paid.
Monthly gross earning includes all kinds of net pays on the basis of employment plus participation, co-payments, contributions and taxes, as prescribed by law.
Average monthly paid off net and gross earnings per person in employment are calculated by dividing the total of pay-offs with the number of persons in employment.