Earnings of persons in paid employment by legal persons, Slovenia, April 2020

Average earnings for April 2020 higher than earnings for March 2020
Average gross earnings for April 2020 amounted to EUR 1,937.21. Compared to gross earnings for March 2020 they were higher in nominal terms by 10.2% and in real terms by 11.2%. Average net earnings for April 2020 amounted to EUR 1,266.13 and were higher than net earnings for March 2020, in nominal terms by 10.5% and in real terms by 11.5%.

The increase in average earnings was largely the result of measures related to the COVID-19 epidemic (particularly emergency relief compensation in some activities in line with the Intervention Measures Act and/or collective agreements in the whole month of April 2020). In April 2020 also most of the persons in paid employment who were temporarily laid-off were laid-off the whole month (in March 2020 only in the second half of the month), which resulted in the drop of the number of persons in paid employment who received earnings or non-refunded wage compensation from the employer’s resources and in the increase in average gross and net earnings (compared to earnings for March 2020).

Average earnings for April 2020 higher than earnings for March 2020 in both sectors, public and private
Compared to earnings for March 2020, average gross earnings for April 2020 increased in the public sector by 10.9% (in the institutional sector general government by 13.9%) and in the private sector by 8.6%.

Average gross earnings for April 2020 (compared to March 2020) increased the most in human health and social work activities
The highest average gross earnings for April 2020 were paid in human health and social work activities (EUR 2,714.32). Compared to earnings for March 2020, average gross earnings for April 2020 also increased the most in that activity (by 27.9%).

Average gross earnings for April 2020 (compared to average gross earnings for March 2020) increased by more than 20% also in accommodation and food service activities (by 24.2%) and in other service activities (by 20.5%).

If average gross earnings for April 2020 were calculated by the number of persons in paid employment on the basis of paid hours (and not on the basis of the number of persons in paid employment), they would be higher than gross earnings for March 2020 in human health and social work activities by 30.5%, in accommodation and food service activities by 8.0% and in other service activities by 11.1%. Comparable data for other NACE sections of activities are available in the attachment Average monthly gross earnings calculated by the number of persons in paid employment on the basis of paid hours, by legal persons by activities and sectors, Slovenia, April 2020, provisional data.