The trade union consumer basket calculated by the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina for November 2024 is 3,107.50 BAM.
The SSSBiH states that the average salary paid in the Federation of BiH for September 2024 was 1,369 BAM (the latest data published by the Federal Institute of Statistics), and that the minimum salary according to the Decision of the Government of the Federation of BiH is 619 BAM.
The coverage of the trade union consumer basket by the average salary is 44.05 percent, and the coverage by the minimum salary is 19.92 percent.
When creating the trade union consumer basket, the average salary paid in the Federation of BiH 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 (44.17 percent), housing and communal services (13.95 percent), hygiene and health maintenance (9.12 percent), education and culture (10.30 percent), clothing and footwear (11.58 percent), transportation (4.44 percent), and household maintenance (6.44 percent).
In the food category, prices from three shopping centers for 86 items were used. When it comes to hygiene and health maintenance, costs for 10 items were included, and for housing and communal services, costs for six items, the SSSBiH announced.
