At the beginning of this year, the State Statistical Office applied the new National Classification of Activities (NACE Rev.2) for collecting and processing data on the average monthly net wages.
The monthly indices of the average net wage per employee for 2010 are processed according to the new National Classification of Activities (NACE Rev.2).
According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the index of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in September 2011, compared to September 2010, was 100.5.
This increase is caused by the increase of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in the sectors: Other service activities (14.3%), Arts, entertainment and recreation (6.0%) and Professional, scientific and technical activities (5.2%).
A decrease in the average monthly net wage paid per employee compared to the previous month was recorded in the sectors:
Mining and quarrying (6.2%), Other service activities (5.8%) and Real estate activities (4.7%).
The average monthly net wage paid per employee in September 2011 was 20 659 denars.
In September 2011, 2.3% of the employees in the Republic of Macedonia did not receive any payment.