In July 2020, the number of persons in paid employment in BiH amounted to 803.326, out of which there were 344.792 women. As compared to June 2020, the number of persons in paid employment decreased by 0,1% and the number of employed women also decreased by 0,4%.
The number of registered unemployed persons in July 2020 compared to June 2020 increased by 1,2% and the number of unemployed women also increased by 1,4%, according to BiH’s Agency for Statistics.
In July 2020, the average monthly gross earning per person in employment in legal entities in BiH amounted to 1.492 BAM, which represented the nominal increase of 1,5% as compared to December 2019.
In comparison to July 2019 the average monthly gross earnings for the July 2020 was nominally by 3,7% higher.
In July 2020, the average monthly paid off net earning per person in employment in legal entities in BiH amounted to 965 BAM, which represented the nominal increase of 1,5% as compared to December 2019, according to BiH’s Agency for Statistics.
In comparison to July 2019 the average monthly paid off net earnings for the July 2020 was nominally by 3,6% higher.
The average monthly paid net salary in Bosnia and Herzegovina in June amounted to 955 BAM and is nominally higher by 0.4 percent compared to December last year, and higher by 4.9 percent compared to June last year, the Agency for Statistics of BiH announced.
The lowest average net salary in June was in the provision of accommodation, and food preparation and service and amounted to 563 BAM, in construction 639 BAM, while the average net salary in administrative and support service activities amounted to 657 BAM.
In the financial and insurance activities, the average net salary in the sixth month amounted to 1,578 BAM, in the production and supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning 1,460 BAM, and in information and communications 1,369 BAM.
In BiH, the average monthly gross salary in June amounted to 1,475 BAM and is nominally higher by 0.4 percent compared to December last year, and higher by 5.1 percent compared to June last year.
