The highest monthly salaries in the region are those in Slovenia and Croatia, while the lowest in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the latest statistical data of the Western Balkan countries showed on Monday. Based on the data of the statistical agency of Slovenia, the average net salary of the country during the month of August of this year was 1.082 euros per month.
Slovenia is also the only country in the region that has an average monthly salary higher than 1 thousand euros.
After Slovenia, in the list of countries with the highest salaries in the region, Croatia is ranked, this country is a member of the European Union, where during August the highest average salary was 843 euros. The data of the statistical agency of Croatia have also shown that the average net salary in August has increased by 0.9 percent compared to that of July of the same year, reports "Koha Ditore".
In the third place in this list is Montenegro, where Monstat's data have shown that the average benefits of employees, excluding taxes and contributions, during this September reached the figure of 512 euros, which is a lot for 0.2 percent higher than in August.
The lowest monthly salaries were recorded in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to data from the statistical agency of Bosnia, it is known that the average salary of employees in this country during September was 448 euros, which means a nominal increase of 1.7 percent compared to December of last year.
Data from the statistical agency of Serbia have shown that the average monthly income of employed citizens of this country is 421 euros per month. Whereas, the data of the Macedonian statistics agency show that the average salary of the country, during August of this year, was 393 euros.
