Net earnings comprise income of a person in employment earned for the work done during regular working hours as well as annual leave, paid leave, public holidays and days-off as prescribed by law, sickness leave up to 42 days, absence for continuing professional education, during lay-off and job stop caused against a person’s will and of no fault of their own, and net pays on the basis of compensations, allowances and rewards in sums that are subject to contributions, taxes and surtaxes.
Gross earnings include all kinds of net pays on the basis of employment and the following mandatory allocations: pension insurance contributions, income tax and surtax on income tax.
Average gross and net earnings per person in employment are calculated by dividing the total of pays with the number of persons in employment who received their pay, and since 2020, they have been calculated by dividing with the number of persons in employment expressed in full-time equivalent.