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

Average earnings for September 2020 lower than earnings for August 2020
Average earnings for September 2020 amounted to EUR 1,799.07 gross and EUR 1,169.52 net. Compared to earnings for August 2020 they were lower in nominal terms by 0.7% and in real terms by 0.3%.

If average earnings 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 who received earnings), average gross earnings for September 2020 would be higher than average gross earnings for August 2020 by 0.2% (in nominal terms).

Average monthly gross earnings for the January–September 2020 period increased in nominal terms by 5.5% and in real terms by 5.3% (in comparison with average monthly gross earnings for the same period of 2019).

Average gross earnings for September 2020 lower than earnings for August 2020 only in the private sector
Compared to earnings for August 2020, average gross earnings for September 2020 decreased in the private sector by 1.3%, while in the public sector they increased by 0.3% (in the institutional sector general government they went up by 0.9%).

Average gross earnings for September 2020 the highest in financial and insurance activities
Compared to earnings for August 2020, average gross earnings for September 2020 decreased the most in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (by 9.0%; mainly due to lower extra payments paid with earnings for September 2020) and increased the most in education (by 2.9%).

The highest average gross earnings for September 2020 were paid in financial and insurance activities (EUR 2,533.97).

Average monthly gross earnings for the January–September 2020 period (compared to average monthly gross earnings for the same period of 2019) increased in most of activities, the most in human health and social work activities (by 12.9%). They were lower only in accommodation and food service activities (by 1.9%).