Salaries and wages of employees by activity, qualification levels and sex, September 2024

1. Average net salaries and wages by activity sections, qualification levels, September 2024

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                RSD

	Total	Level of qualification
		Less than primary’ for educational attainment and level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Levels 7 and 8
Total	96115	57666	65993	70927	85811	104051	124393	138765
A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing	76658	53325	70215	74141	74550	75484	106185	126996
B - Mining and quarrying	124770	82512	94632	104642	119540	136007	204072	179421
C - Manufacturing	84134	64489	71097	73167	78840	100532	116190	161574
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	118356	68414	95294	99075	105696	112402	125659	154957
E - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	82671	65344	77145	77657	81792	93373	100295	123381
F - Construction	83208	55160	64017	67961	74311	94446	121959	150679
G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	79977	52661	59685	61402	71282	93517	115185	165759
H - Transportation and storage	82600	58337	61788	63091	84985	92466	92442	128303
I - Accommodation and food service activities	58767	45223	48673	50741	56131	66921	93855	110979
J - Information and communication	224247	97271	113455	123944	184760	180368	251954	265669
K - Financial and insurance activities	134910	66624	87356	89581	96665	129203	144400	181642
L - Real estate activities	87810	54795	62465	67065	71905	84159	126963	154730
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities	122276	55844	62807	65441	99637	106287	143371	163949
N -Administrative and support service activities	86165	57841	62340	67734	85090	110998	122461	145503
O - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	105391	64540	68475	70724	87355	101208	115587	135753
P - Education	90453	50821	51602	56261	64596	72718	85704	102324
Q - Human health and social work activities	96909	48623	51164	58728	82552	87480	94208	151740
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation	79695	46085	56015	66239	72019	74866	93029	109539
S - Other service activities	66729	48105	50096	50636	51201	80659	87167	109403

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*Less than primary’ for educational attainment and level 1(primary education).
Level 2 − vocational training or non-formal education.
Level 3 − vocational secondary education of 3 years or non-formal education.
Level 4 – secondary education of 4 years - vocational, artistic, secondary school.
Level 5 – masterly and specialist education, 3+2 or 4+1 year.
Level 6 – sub-level 6.1 (BAS or BVS, 180 ECTS) + sub-level 6.2 (BAS or SVS, 240 ECTS).
Level 7 and 8 encompass: Level 7, sub-levels 7.1  (IAS, max. 360 ECTS; MAS, 300 ECTS; MVS, +120 ECTS) + sub-level 7.2 (SAS, +60 ECTS) + Level 8 (PhD, +180 ЕСTS).

ECTS – European Credit Transfer System.
Note: Meaning of other abbreviations can be seen in the Methodological Explanations.

2. Average net salaries and wages by regions, qualification levels and sex, September 2024

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	Republic of Serbia
	Total	Srbija ‒ sever			Srbija ‒ jug
		all	Beogradski region	Region Vojvodine	all	Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije	Region Južne i Istočne Srbije	Region Kosovo i Metohija
Total
Total	96115	107114	121238	90774	81601	80892	82520	...
Level 1*	57666	59520	60581	59008	56346	57240	55431	...
Level 2	65993	66072	71466	61488	67263	68885	64803	...
Level 3	70927	73847	77127	71681	68953	69541	68433	...
Level 4	85811	93455	102511	82433	76497	76413	76604	...
Level 5	104051	111070	118105	98466	95340	93928	97039	...
Level 6	124393	140124	154272	119071	97729	94585	100700	...
Levels 7 and 8	138765	155440	171988	132496	110753	109570	112187	...
Male
Total	102844	116281	134162	96879	86156	84610	88111	...
Level 1*	62284	64789	68528	62649	60770	61986	59598	...
Level 2	70581	71268	78862	65222	71862	72263	71925	...
Level 3	74528	77742	82250	74780	72822	72923	73175	...
Level 4	93604	103440	116195	88737	82046	81310	82837	...
Level 5	107110	114484	123373	99217	99460	97246	101993	...
Level 6	146569	169006	188365	142402	108830	103519	113717	...
Levels 7 and 8	162263	186398	207969	159131	123173	122215	124376	...
Female
Total	88639	97513	108519	83988	76204	76605	75668	...
Level 1*	53738	55037	54517	55540	52631	53092	52040	...
Level 2	58595	57778	61224	54559	60219	63985	52587	...
Level 3	62216	65408	67028	64453	59489	61072	57366	...
Level 4	76894	82310	87874	75218	70114	71293	68708	...
Level 5	89747	99224	102513	95461	75397	79601	69543	...
Level 6	107407	117724	127797	101669	89640	88503	90536	...
Levels 7 and 8	123157	134798	147880	115144	102647	102030	103282	...

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*Less than primary’ for educational attainment and level 1(primary education).
Level 2 − vocational training or non-formal education.
Level 3 − vocational secondary education of 3 years or non-formal education.
Level 4 – secondary education of 4 years - vocational, artistic, secondary school.
Level 5 – masterly and specialist education, 3+2 or 4+1 year.
Level 6 – sub-level 6.1 (BAS or BVS, 180 ECTS) + sub-level 6.2 (BAS or SVS, 240 ECTS).
Level 7 and 8 encompass: Level 7, sub-levels 7.1  (IAS, max. 360 ECTS; MAS, 300 ECTS; MVS, +120 ECTS) + sub-level 7.2 (SAS, +60 ECTS) + Level 8 (PhD, +180 ЕСTS).

ECTS – European Credit Transfer System.
Note: Meaning of other abbreviations can be seen in the Methodological Explanations.

3. Average net salaries and wages, September 2024

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                RSD

	Average net salaries and wages
	Total	Males	Females
Total	96115	102844	88639
Salaries and wages of employees with indefinite or fixed-term employment contract	96541	103278	89043
Salaries and wages of employees in temporary and occasional employment	58632	61014	56355
Salaries and wages of employees at legal entities	102605	110016	94228
Salaries and wages of entrepreneurs and their employees	49573	48643	50622
Public sector	99363	104351	95225
Public state enterprises	107660	108636	105139
Public local enterprises	88572	88419	89021
Administration - all levels	106153	111147	99076
Health and social work	97632	108129	94831
Education and culture	93693	98716	91663
Non-public sector	94803	102369	85236

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4. Average net salaries and wages by age groups and sex, September 2024

 

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                RSD

	Average net salaries and wages
	Total	Males	Females
Total	96115	102844	88639
15–19	62973	64795	59371
20–24	73950	76699	69673
25–29	97622	103320	90478
30–34	104786	113219	94138
35–39	103947	114862	91669
40–44	101380	111063	91645
45–49	97983	106317	89939
50–54	93003	99549	86619
55–59	87622	91479	83842
60–64	89578	90444	88621
65 year and more	90332	91017	88713

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5. Structure of employees by amount of net salaries and wages, age groups and sex, September 2024

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                

	Total	Intervals of salaries and wages
		Up to RSD 50000	50001‒65000	65001‒85000	85001‒100000	100001‒ 120000	120001‒ 150000	150001‒ 200000	200001 and more
Total
Total	100.0	18.3	21.7	19.3	12.9	10.6	7.1	4.8	5.3
15–19	100.0	31.1	36.7	22.0	5.7	2.9	0.9	0.3	0.4
20–24	100.0	22.8	28.6	25.9	11.0	6.2	2.9	1.1	1.5
25–29	100.0	16.9	20.8	21.0	13.4	10.4	7.1	4.5	5.9
30–34	100.0	16.7	19.7	19.3	13.1	10.6	7.8	5.2	7.6
35–39	100.0	17.2	19.7	19.0	13.6	10.4	7.9	5.1	7.1
40–44	100.0	17.3	19.7	18.7	13.8	10.9	8.0	5.3	6.3
45–49	100.0	18.1	20.9	18.6	12.7	11.3	7.5	5.3	5.6
50–54	100.0	18.6	22.3	18.5	12.2	11.9	7.1	5.0	4.4
55–59	100.0	19.2	24.1	19.1	12.4	10.9	6.5	4.5	3.3
60–64	100.0	18.0	23.1	18.4	13.9	11.0	6.8	5.3	3.5
65 year and more	100.0	33.6	26.7	11.7	5.7	5.4	4.3	6.3	6.3
Male
Total	100.0	17.7	20.7	18.5	11.9	11.0	8.2	5.3	6.7
15–19	100.0	28.3	35.7	23.5	6.8	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.4
20–24	100.0	21.8	27.3	25.6	11.5	6.9	3.5	1.4	2.0
25–29	100.0	17.0	20.1	19.8	12.9	10.6	7.4	4.8	7.4
30–34	100.0	16.6	18.6	17.7	12.5	11.0	8.7	5.5	9.4
35–39	100.0	16.6	18.3	17.0	12.4	11.1	9.3	5.9	9.4
40–44	100.0	17.0	18.4	16.8	12.2	11.8	9.5	6.1	8.2
45–49	100.0	17.0	19.7	17.3	11.5	12.2	9.0	6.2	7.1
50–54	100.0	17.1	20.7	18.2	11.6	12.5	8.8	5.7	5.4
55–59	100.0	18.2	23.3	19.8	11.5	10.5	7.8	5.0	3.9
60–64	100.0	19.2	23.4	19.1	11.7	10.4	7.3	5.1	3.8
65 year and more	100.0	33.3	27.1	11.8	5.6	5.6	4.2	6.0	6.4
Female
Total	100.0	18.7	22.8	20.3	14.0	10.2	5.9	4.3	3.8
15–19	100.0	36.3	38.6	19.2	3.6	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.3
20–24	100.0	24.2	30.6	26.3	10.3	5.1	2.0	0.8	0.7
25–29	100.0	16.6	21.8	22.5	14.1	10.1	6.6	4.2	4.1
30–34	100.0	17.1	21.0	21.3	13.8	10.1	6.7	4.7	5.3
35–39	100.0	17.8	21.3	21.1	14.9	9.7	6.4	4.2	4.6
40–44	100.0	17.7	21.0	20.5	15.3	10.1	6.6	4.5	4.3
45–49	100.0	19.1	22.1	19.9	13.9	10.4	6.0	4.5	4.1
50–54	100.0	20.1	23.8	18.8	12.8	11.4	5.4	4.3	3.4
55–59	100.0	20.0	24.9	18.5	13.3	11.2	5.2	4.2	2.7
60–64	100.0	16.5	22.7	17.7	16.4	11.8	6.3	5.4	3.2
65 year and more	100.0	33.5	25.9	11.7	6.0	5.0	4.6	7.1	6.2

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METHODOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS

Data on average gross salaries and wages by activity sections, level of educational attainment and sex are based on the Survey on salaries and wages, according to the data from the Tax return as regards tax deduction (form PPP-PD) and annual Survey on salaries and wages and hours worked (form RAD–1/G).

The Survey on salaries and wages and hours worked (form RAD–1/G) is conducted annually, and the data are collected for September. The structure of salaries and wages by levels of educational attainment from the survey RAD-1/G is applied for the data obtained from tax Administration, also relating to September.

Average salaries and wages are calculated on the basis of amounts of computed salaries and wages for the referent month and number of employees, expressed as full-time equivalent – FTE.

Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).

Definition of salaries and wages

In accordance with the Labour Law and Personal Income Tax Law, in the survey on salaries and wages, encompassed are all salaries and wages paid to employees and subject to taxes and contributions.

Salaries and wages comprise:

• Salaries and wages of employees with indefinite or fixed-term employment contract, including on-call duty, night-and shift-work, work on Sundays and holidays, food allowances during work and for non-executed hours of work (annual vacation, paid leave, holidays, sick leave up to 30 days, absence due to professional development, work failure not caused by workers' guilt), holiday refund, awards, bonuses etc.;
• Remuneration for work of employees in temporary or occasional employment (based on contract for performing temporary and occasional jobs).

Salaries and wages are not considered to be payments under the service contract, sick-leave benefits longer than 30 days, compensation of public transport costs for commuting to and from work, for the time spent on business trip in the country and abroad, accommodation and food allowances during work and work in the field, retirement gratuity or benefits to those for whose work the need was terminated, one-time fees in accordance with the social program, compensation of funeral expenses and compensation for occupational disease or injury, jubilee prizes, solidarity aid, as well as other revenues not subject to taxes and contributions payment.

The level of educational attainment¹ (required qualification) for performing certain activities and tasks presents the level of education required for the particular working post according to Register of qualification levels.

The data presentation by activities was carried out pursuant to the Regulation on Classification of Activities ("Official Gazette of RS", No. 54/10).

¹ According to the Decision on the Unique Codes for entering and encrypting data in the records by the fields of work (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 56/18, 101/20, and 74/21) and in accordance with the Law on the National Qualifications Framework of the Republic of Serbia (“Official Gazette of RS”, No. 27/18, 6/20 and 129/21), instead of the previous Code of Degrees, a new system for editing the level and type of qualifications has been established: Register of qualification levels.

Meaning of abbreviations:

BAS  – Basic Academic Studies                 SAS – Specialist Academic Studies
IAS   – Integrated Academic Studies          BVS – Basic Vocational Studiese
MAS – Master Academic Studies                MAS – Master Academic Studies
SVS – Specialist Vocational Studies