Who earns the most and who earns the least in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)? This time we are talking about ordinary citizens, those who live from their work and their salary. We will exclude politicians.
Working for a better life – that is, working for survival, when it comes to BiH. If we take into account that the trade union consumer basket came out to 3.322 BAM, the question arises who can afford it?
Here is a list of the highest and lowest-paying jobs in the state.
Managers receive the highest salary of 4.244 BAM, followed by IT architects with a salary of 3.559 BAM, and IT directors with a salary of 3.549 BAM, and general directors with a salary of 3.447 BAM.
On the other hand, tailors earn the least, whose salary is 700 BAM on average, followed by cleaners with an average monthly salary of 709 BAM and doormen with a salary of 724 BAM.
The average monthly net salary paid in BiH in the first half of 2023 was 1.244 BAM. The majority of BiH workers are dissatisfied with their salary, and a third believe that an increase of 11 to 20 percent would be satisfactory.
According to economists, a new situation is emerging in the labor market, where workers are increasingly setting their own conditions when looking for a job, so employers must react in accordance with market pressures.
“Predictions are that in the near future, in the following months and even years, there will be more and more market pressures in such a way that employers will have several alternatives, either to significantly improve the labor standard or to move towards capital-intensive investments, i.e. machines, robots, etc., or ultimately import labor from some other countries, primarily from the East,” said economist Admir Cavalic.
Analyzes have shown that flexible working hours are something that bothers workers the most in BiH.
“We have a lot of countries that are already thinking about a non-working Thursday, and we have not yet adapted to non-working weekends, and what should be the number one priority is that all workers have the weekend off,” Dominik Raskaj stated, employment agent and expert in marketing and public relations.
Employers in BiH must understand that the improvement of workers’ rights, conditions, and standards necessarily leads to better labor productivity, and the high level of the gray economy in the country should not be ignored either, where the worker is not responsible for working illegally, because he is forced to choose between ” having or not having food”, but the interlocutors emphasize that this issue should be dealt with by the inspection, Biznis Info reports.
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