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 October 2011, compared to October 2010, was 101.5.
This increase is caused by the increase of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in the sectors: Other service activities (14.1%), Arts, entertainment and recreation (10.5%) and Agriculture, forestry and fishing (9.0%).
An increase in the average monthly net wage paid per employee compared to the previous month was recorded in the sectors: Other service activities (6.2%), Agriculture, forestry and fishing (4.0%) and Human health and social work
activities (3.9%).
The average monthly net wage paid per employee in October 2011 was 20 902 denars.
In October 2011, 2.4% of the employees in the Republic of Macedonia did not receive any payment.