Average wages - 1 quarter

The average nominal wage increased by 3.1% and the real wage by 1.0%

04.06.2009
Code: r-3101-09
 




In Q1 2009 the average gross monthly nominal wage per employee FTE in the entire national economy accounted for CZK 22,328, i.e. 3.1% up, y-o-y, with the real wage increasing by 1.0%. In the business sphere the average nominal wage increased by 2.9%, real wage by 0.8%. In the non-business sphere the nominal wage raised by 4.3% and the real wage by 2.2%.
In Q1 2009 the nominal average wage per natural persons excluding businesses employing up to 20 employees increased by 2.4%, y-o-y.


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In Q1 2009 the average gross monthly nominal wage (hereinafter only the “average wage“), per employee FTE in the entire national economy raised, compared to the previous quarter , by 1.2% seasonally adjusted.

The average wage accounted for CZK 22,328, i.e. by CZK 681 (3.1 %) more compared to the corresponding period in 2008. Consumer prices in Q1 2009, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, increased by 2.1% and the real wage raised by 1.0%. In the business sphere the average wage increased by CZK 634 (2.9 %) to CZK 22, 331, with the real wage raising by 0.8%. In the non-business sphere the wage growth was bigger, the average wage increased by CZK 915 (4.3 %) to CZK 22, 311, with the real wage raising by 2.2 %.

Since Q1 2009 the data are processed and published according to a new Classification of Economic Activities CZ-NACE (national version of international classification NACE Rev.2), which replaced OKEČ classification used before (national version NACE Rev.1.1). The average nominal wage (according to CZ-NACE sections) recorded the biggest drop in “accommodation and food service activities“, in “administrative and support service activities“ (both - 6.1 %) and in “real estate activities“ (- 5.3 %). The biggest growth was reported for “professional, scientific and technical activities“ (+ 15.2 %), “electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply“ (+ 10.5 %) and in “information and communication“ (+8.7 %). The highest nominal wage (in financial and insurance activities) was approximately 4.6times higher than the lowest nominal wage (accommodation and food service activities).

In Q1 2009 the inter-industry wage differentiation increased, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. The variation coefficient of average wages (according to CZ-NACE sections) increased by 1.9 percentage point to reach 43.1 %.

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The average wage according to the previously published method, i.e. per natural persons and excluding businesses employing up to 20 employees increased in Q1 2009, compared to the corresponding period in 2008, by CZK 534 (2.4 %) to reach CZK 22,941, with the real wage raising by 0.3 %. In the business sphere the average wage increased by CZK 465 (2.0 %) to CZK 23,483, while the real wage dropped by 0.1 %. In the non-business sphere the wage growth was bigger, the average wage increased by CZK 903 (+4.5%) to CZK 21,067 Kč, with the real wage raising by 2.4 %.

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As the labour market statistics department of the CZSO informed, since 2009 the labour and wage statistics reported changes in methodology of survey and presentation of the results.
Now, the results are published both for the whole population of enterprises and also, due to comparability of time series, in the original form, i.e. without businesses employing up to 20 employees. Another change is an increased emphasis assigned to average wages of employees FTE, taking into account the length of employment (earlier, the average wages per natural persons were preferred). Details are available in the reference to Methodology.
Converted time series of average wages for the while period 2000–2008 will be available later.

Analysis - Analysis of the development of average wages of employees


Note:
Contact: D. Holý, phone (+420) 274052694, e-mail: dalibor.holy@czso.cz
Data source: CZSO direct quarterly survey and the CZSO models – see the methodological note under the attached tables for details
End of data collection: 6 May 2009
End of data processing: 3 June 2009
The data are preliminary; revised data will be available in September 2009.
Related outputs: 3106-09 Registered Number of Employees and their Wages in the CR for Q1 2009, to be brought out in June 2009.
(see also : http://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/evidencni-pocet-zamestnancu-a-jejich-mzdy-4-ctvrtleti-nhzu3f85nm )

The average monthly wage is the share of wages and salaries (including premium pay for overtime, direct remuneration and bonuses, refund of wages, etc) per one employee/month. It does not therefore show what wage does each concrete employee receive. Results of structural statistics providing data on employees´ earnings show that almost two thirds of employees have a lower wage than the national average.
It should be mentioned that an employee receives net salary, while the gross wage is such from which the employer pays appropriate amounts on health and social insurance, policy of employment and advance income tax.



  • apmz060509.doc

  • Annexes:
  • Table 1 Employees, average monthly wages (by NACE activity, quarter – in thousand employees and in CZK, year-on-year changes)
  • Table 2 Employees, average monthly wages (by NACE activity, quarter – in thousand employees, in CZK, year-on-year changes)
  • Graph 1 Y-o-y increase/decrease of real wage in Q1 2009 (FTE)
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Published: 04.06.2009
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