Ljubljana, 15 January (STA) - An average gross salary in Slovenia in November amounted to EUR 1,813, which was up by 8.1% in nominal terms and 8% in real terms over October. An average net salary rose to EUR 1,186, a rise of 9.2% and 9.1%, respectively.
Just like in October, wages in November increased due to the end-of-year bonuses, such as the 13th pay or Christmas bonus, the Statistics Office said on Tuesday.
Slightly over 23% of all workers in the country received an end-of-year bonus with their November wage, up 1.9 percentage points from November 2017.
Also higher than in November 2017 was the average end-of-year bonus, which amounted to EUR 667 gross, up 1%.
An average November wage was also higher than a year earlier; gross wage increased by 3.2% in nominal terms and by 1.2% in real terms.
An average net wage in November was, meanwhile, higher by 3% nominally and 1% in real terms.
On the annual comparison, the average net wage was higher in both the private and public sectors, by 12.6% and 3.1%, respectively.
Compared with October, the average November wage was up in all sectors, with the financial and insurance sector posting the heftiest growth of almost 23% to EUR 1,820.