October 29 (SeeNews) - The average net monthly salary in Bosnia's Serb Republic rose in September by a real 0.3% month-on-month, reaching 598 marka ($440/305 euro), official statistics showed on Monday.
In nominal terms, the average September net monthly salary was 0.9% higher than it was in August, the Republic's Statistics Office said.
In August, the average net monthly salary in the Serb Republic rose by a real 2.5% and was higher by a nominal 2.9% month-on-month.
Details follow (in Bosnian marka):
|
|
Sept'07 |
Aug'07 |
Sept'06 |
| Net salary |
598 |
593 |
538 |
| Gross salary |
893 |
887 |
818 |
| pct change in Sept |
Nominal |
Real |
|
| m/m |
+0.9 |
+0.3 |
|
| vs 2006 monthly avg |
+14.7 |
+14.0 |
|
NOTES: Retail prices in the Serb Republic, which together with the Muslim-Croat Federation forms war-divided Bosnia, in September rose by 0.5% month-on-month and were 2.5% higher on the year.
The cost of the consumer basket for a family of four was estimated at 488.53 marka in September, up from 484.97 marka month earlier.
The population of the Serb Republic was 1.5 million in 2001 under the latest official data available. Nearly one-third of the population is unemployed.
The average net monthly salary in the Federation was 668.16 marka in August, the last month for which figures were available.
(1 euro = 1.95583 Bosnian marka)