The trade union consumer basket calculated by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina for April 2024 amounts to 2,930.20 BAM.
They remind that the average salary paid in the Federation of BiH for February 2024 was 1,315 BAM (the latest data published by the Federal Bureau of Statistics), and the minimum salary according to the Decision of the Government of FBiH is 619 BAM.
The coverage of the union consumer basket is 44.88 percent with the average salary, and 21.12 percent with the minimum salary.
When creating the Trade Union Consumer Basket, the average salary paid in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was taken into account, as well as the minimum living expenses of a four-member family consisting of two adults and two children, one of whom is in high school and the other in elementary school.
The consumer basket itself consists of food (43.83 percent), housing and communal services (13.30 percent), hygiene and health maintenance (8.48 percent), education and culture (10.58 percent), clothing and footwear (12, 28 percent), transportation (4.71 percent) and household maintenance (6.82 percent).
In the food category, prices from three shopping centers were used for 86 items. When it comes to hygiene and health maintenance, expenses for 10 items were counted, and for housing and communal services, expenses for six items, the SSSBiH announced.
