In nominal terms, the average September net monthly salary was also 0.5% higher than it was in August, the Republic's Statistics Office said in a statement posted on its website.
In August, the average net monthly salary in the Serb Republic rose by a real 1.7% and a nominal 1.9% month-on-month to 779 marka.
Details follow (in Bosnian marka):
Sept'08 | Aug'08 | Sept'07 | |
Net salary | 783 | 779 | 598 |
Gross salary | 1,175 | 1,169 | 893 |
pct change in Sept | Nominal | Real | |
m/m | +0.5 | +0.5 | |
vs 2007 monthly avg | +34.0 | +24.2 |
NOTES: Consumer prices in the Serb Republic, which together with the Muslim-Croat Federation forms war-divided Bosnia, remained flat month-on-month in September and were 8.7% higher on the year.
The average net monthly salary in the Federation fell by 0.6% on the month to 759.11 marka in August, the last month for which data were available.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian marka)