Salaries and wages of employees by activity, qualification levels and sex, September 2025

1. Average net salaries and wages by activity sections, qualification levels, September 2025

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	109147	67345	76200	81664	97528	117756	137128	157914
A - Agriculture, forestry and fishing	87443	61012	84133	86647	88828	89839	107555	142570
B - Mining and quarrying	148397	100312	111145	136993	137698	169037	226201	215297
C - Manufacturing	98753	76226	81671	84638	92476	109518	132843	189623
D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	132890	77415	96557	109136	119413	128740	133709	175631
E - Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	96343	80551	84690	90318	96230	109019	114452	136395
F - Construction	94661	65847	74299	78179	88228	106888	122062	176423
G - Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	91459	60664	69596	71248	81750	99450	126364	182990
H - Transportation and storage	95430	67181	69882	73657	94293	113473	121150	145643
I - Accommodation and food service activities	68365	55343	58846	62267	65081	78768	108182	111064
J - Information and communication	237105	112271	119310	131957	198704	193887	261472	287977
K - Financial and insurance activities	150109	68188	90031	93797	105719	153452	157117	209658
L - Real estate activities	98982	63934	73752	73468	80507	104620	141491	162852
M - Professional, scientific and technical activities	137988	62963	67052	75335	104378	107662	149773	174846
N -Administrative and support service activities	98384	68151	74818	79806	96377	112574	167459	194992
O - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	117992	68422	70974	85233	101629	105256	122922	152806
P - Education	107007	64141	65427	65889	76950	77923	96691	121297
Q - Human health and social work activities	107444	61852	63937	69325	90383	98660	103867	166049
R - Arts, entertainment and recreation	92549	61625	71477	80065	83200	96076	108808	125758
S - Other service activities	76230	58972	59147	59316	59404	101644	105932	118653

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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 2025

                                                                                                                                                                                                               RSD

	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	109147	121044	135332	104435	93338	92535	94389	...
Level 1*	67345	68726	69944	68922	68376	68178	68635	...
Level 2	76200	76285	81363	72800	79300	80063	78232	...
Level 3	81664	84539	88047	83168	81626	81194	82400	...
Level 4	97528	105696	114343	95454	87228	87235	87194	...
Level 5	117756	125295	132321	116017	108395	106121	111426	...
Level 6	137128	151607	167613	127795	108665	109050	108181	...
Levels 7 and 8	157914	176831	194324	153502	125452	123149	128249	...
Male
Total	116337	131099	148743	111801	97801	96129	99930	...
Level 1*	71648	73698	76961	72331	73236	72802	73788	...
Level 2	80603	81694	88887	76761	83969	83525	84695	...
Level 3	85763	89769	95103	87069	85888	84445	88039	...
Level 4	105291	115624	126547	103898	92267	90942	93826	...
Level 5	123885	133490	142033	125610	114202	111006	118748	...
Level 6	160619	181305	199894	157446	119987	121090	118649	...
Levels 7 and 8	186084	212695	236773	183004	140178	138336	142179	...
Female
Total	101256	110637	122256	96330	88095	88448	87617	...
Level 1*	63671	64549	64591	65454	64107	64290	63840	...
Level 2	68637	67709	71392	64815	71290	74878	64179	...
Level 3	72119	74211	76028	73861	71457	73553	68285	...
Level 4	88309	93873	100451	85682	81650	83181	79734	...
Level 5	98932	104727	110129	98663	89754	88230	91269	...
Level 6	119596	129126	142529	107563	100603	100817	100233	...
Levels 7 and 8	139597	152938	165200	135232	116203	114571	118237	...

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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 2025

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                RSD

	Average net salaries and wages
	Total	Males	Females
Total	109147	116337	101256
Salaries and wages of employees with indefinite or fixed-term employment contract	109627	116815	101720
Salaries and wages of employees in temporary and occasional employment	66334	68682	64213
Salaries and wages of employees at legal entities	116262	124273	107331
Salaries and wages of entrepreneurs and their employees	58592	57364	59976
Public sector	113025	118744	108382
Public state enterprises	122422	123030	120785
Public local enterprises	103972	103829	104396
Administration - all levels	118970	124898	110893
Health and social work	108289	118607	105519
Education and culture	110344	116522	107888
Non-public sector	107588	115589	97558

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4. Average net salaries and wages by age groups and sex, September 2025

 

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                RSD

	Average net salaries and wages
	Total	Males	Females
Total	109147	116337	101256
15–19	72123	74008	68333
20–24	83907	87005	79119
25–29	107412	113094	100284
30–34	117604	125999	106843
35–39	117658	128760	104922
40–44	115417	126240	104494
45–49	112185	121048	103615
50–54	107318	114729	100136
55–59	101448	106184	96860
60–64	102515	103685	101267
65 years and more	101908	102145	101403

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5. Structure of employees by amount of net salaries and wages, age groups and sex, September 2025

Republic of Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                

	Total	Intervals of salaries and wages
		Up to RSD 55000	55001-65000	65001-85000	85001-110000	110001-130000	130001-160000	160001-220000	220001 and more
Total
Total	100.0	5.8	22.7	21.2	20.3	10.9	7.5	6.0	5.6
15–19	100.0	10.8	40.5	30.8	13.8	2.2	1.0	0.6	0.3
20–24	100.0	6.9	30.5	28.7	21.7	6.0	3.1	1.7	1.4
25–29	100.0	4.9	22.7	21.2	22.7	10.3	7.3	5.6	5.3
30–34	100.0	5.2	21.1	19.3	21.0	10.8	8.1	6.7	7.8
35–39	100.0	5.5	21.3	19.3	20.8	10.9	8.3	6.4	7.5
40–44	100.0	5.5	21.2	19.3	20.9	11.5	8.3	6.7	6.6
45–49	100.0	5.6	21.9	20.3	20.0	11.7	7.9	6.5	6.1
50–54	100.0	5.6	22.6	21.7	19.1	12.3	7.6	6.1	5.0
55–59	100.0	5.8	23.5	23.6	19.4	11.4	7.0	5.4	3.9
60–64	100.0	5.9	21.9	23.0	19.9	12.0	7.3	6.2	3.8
65 years and more	100.0	14.5	34.3	19.4	9.3	5.0	4.6	6.6	6.3
Male
Total	100.0	5.9	22.1	19.7	19.3	10.9	8.4	6.6	7.1
15–19	100.0	9.0	39.0	30.9	16.0	2.7	1.3	0.7	0.4
20–24	100.0	6.4	29.8	26.7	22.3	7.0	3.8	2.1	1.9
25–29	100.0	5.2	22.8	19.6	21.6	10.4	7.6	6.0	6.8
30–34	100.0	5.3	20.9	17.5	19.8	10.9	8.8	7.2	9.6
35–39	100.0	5.7	20.5	16.9	19.1	11.0	9.5	7.4	9.9
40–44	100.0	5.9	20.2	17.2	19.0	11.6	9.6	7.7	8.8
45–49	100.0	5.9	20.7	18.5	18.3	11.9	9.4	7.5	7.8
50–54	100.0	6.0	20.8	20.1	18.3	12.5	9.1	7.0	6.2
55–59	100.0	6.2	22.6	22.8	19.2	10.5	8.0	5.9	4.8
60–64	100.0	6.7	23.3	22.8	18.5	10.6	7.7	6.1	4.3
65 years and more	100.0	14.7	35.0	18.8	9.6	4.9	4.6	6.0	6.4
Female
Total	100.0	5.4	23.3	23.0	21.6	11.1	6.4	5.2	4.0
15–19	100.0	14.2	43.2	30.6	9.7	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.1
20–24	100.0	7.6	31.5	31.8	20.7	4.6	2.1	1.1	0.6
25–29	100.0	4.7	22.6	23.2	24.0	10.1	6.9	5.0	3.5
30–34	100.0	4.9	21.5	21.5	22.6	10.6	7.4	6.0	5.5
35–39	100.0	5.2	22.1	22.1	22.7	10.7	7.0	5.3	4.9
40–44	100.0	5.1	22.1	21.4	22.9	11.5	7.0	5.6	4.4
45–49	100.0	5.3	23.1	22.0	21.7	11.4	6.6	5.5	4.4
50–54	100.0	5.4	24.3	23.2	19.9	12.1	6.2	5.2	3.7
55–59	100.0	5.6	24.3	24.3	19.6	12.2	6.0	4.9	3.1
60–64	100.0	5.2	20.4	23.2	21.3	13.5	6.8	6.3	3.3
65 years and more	100.0	14.2	32.8	20.7	8.5	5.2	4.7	7.8	6.1

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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