The trade union consumer basket calculated by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for the month of May this year amounts to 3.178.40 BAM.
The average salary paid in the Federation of BiH (FBiH) for the month of March 2025 amounted to 1.565.00 BAM (the latest data published by the Federal Bureau of Statistics). The minimum wage, according to the decision of the Government of the FBiH, amounts to 1.000.00 BAM. The coverage of the trade union consumer basket by the average salary is 49.24 percent. The coverage of the trade union consumer basket by the minimum wage is 31.46 percent, it was stated by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of BiH.
In preparing the trade union consumer basket, the average salary paid in the FBiH was taken into account, as well as the minimum living costs of a four-member family consisting of two adults and two children, one of whom is in high school and the other of elementary school age.
The consumer basket itself consists of the following categories: food – 44.95 percent, housing and utilities 13.58 percent, hygiene and health maintenance 9.44 percent, education and culture 10.07 percent, clothing and footwear 11.33 percent, transportation 4.34 percent, and household maintenance 6.29 percent.
In the food category, prices from three shopping centers for 86 items were used. Regarding hygiene and health maintenance, the costs for ten items were included, and for housing and utilities, the costs for six items, the statement said.
