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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

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Net (after tax)

6.98 HRK = 1 USD

231,571 HRK

$33,168 USD

Zagreb

242,986 HRK

118,690 HRK

$17,000 USD

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Average Salary / Croatia

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Average salary in Croatia is 231,571 HRK per year. The most typical earning is 118,690 HRK. All data are based on 504 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 233,889 HRK. Women receive a salary of 217,133 HRK.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 367,939 HRK and Finance & Banking with income 358,164 HRK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 249,947 HRK. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of 245,060 HRK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of 313,481 HRK. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 297,423 HRK.

Levels / Croatia (Gross HRK)

Salary Levels (HRK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
20,900 HRK - 34,899 HRK	0	n/a
34,900 HRK - 69,799 HRK	15	100% 2.98%
69,800 HRK - 104,699 HRK	63	97.02% 12.5%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
104,700 HRK - 139,599 HRK	90	84.52% 17.86%
139,600 HRK - 174,499 HRK	71	66.67% 14.09%
174,500 HRK - 209,399 HRK	60	52.58% 11.9%
209,500 HRK - 244,399 HRK	52	40.67% 10.32%
244,400 HRK - 279,299 HRK	43	30.36% 8.53%
279,300 HRK - 314,199 HRK	22	21.83% 4.37%
314,200 HRK - 349,099 HRK	19	17.46% 3.77%
349,100 HRK - 383,999 HRK	10	13.69% 1.98%
384,000 HRK - 418,899 HRK	6	11.71% 1.19%
418,900 HRK - 453,799 HRK	9	10.52% 1.79%
453,800 HRK - 488,699 HRK	8	8.73% 1.59%
488,700 HRK - 523,599 HRK	5	7.14% 0.99%
523,600 HRK - 558,499 HRK	1	6.15% 0.2%
558,500 HRK - 593,399 HRK	4	5.95% 0.79%
593,500 HRK - 628,399 HRK	4	5.16% 0.79%
628,400 HRK - 663,299 HRK	4	4.37% 0.79%
663,300 HRK - 698,199 HRK	3	3.57% 0.6%
698,200 HRK - 733,099 HRK	1	2.98% 0.2%
733,100 HRK - 767,999 HRK	3	2.78% 0.6%
768,000 HRK - 802,899 HRK	3	2.18% 0.6%
802,900 HRK - 837,799 HRK	0	n/a
837,800 HRK - 872,699 HRK	2	1.59% 0.4%
872,700 HRK - 907,599 HRK	0	n/a
907,600 HRK - 942,499 HRK	2	1.19% 0.4%
942,500 HRK - 977,399 HRK	1	0.79% 0.2%
977,400 HRK - 1,012,299 HRK	0	n/a
1,012,400 HRK - 1,047,299 HRK	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
1,047,300 HRK - 1,117,099 HRK	1	0.6% 0.2%
1,117,100 HRK - 1,186,899 HRK	0	n/a
1,186,900 HRK - 1,256,699 HRK	1	0.4% 0.2%
1,256,700 HRK - 1,326,499 HRK	0	n/a
1,326,500 HRK - 1,396,299 HRK	0	n/a
1,396,400 HRK - 1,466,199 HRK	0	n/a
1,466,200 HRK - 1,535,999 HRK	0	n/a
1,536,000 HRK - 1,605,799 HRK	0	n/a
1,605,800 HRK - 1,675,599 HRK	0	n/a
1,675,600 HRK - 1,745,399 HRK	0	n/a
1,745,400 HRK - 2,443,599 HRK	1	0.2% 0.2%

Gender / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	359	233,889 HRK
2	Women	120	217,133 HRK

Education / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	279	249,947 HRK
2	Doctorate Degree	28	245,060 HRK
3	Some College	34	226,209 HRK
4	Bachelors Degree	111	224,114 HRK
5	High School	49	148,013 HRK
6	Bellow H. School	3	85,177 HRK

Experience / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	70	313,481 HRK
2	16-20 Years	34	297,423 HRK
3	20+ Years	33	293,234 HRK
4	8-12 Years	93	264,609 HRK
5	4-8 Years	103	212,245 HRK
6	0-1 Year	44	178,733 HRK
7	2-4 Years	88	170,355 HRK
8	1-2 Years	39	145,220 HRK

Age / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	5	446,135 HRK
2	51-55	12	335,823 HRK
3	41-45	42	294,630 HRK
4	36-40	91	286,950 HRK
5	n/a	27	265,307 HRK
6	46-50	26	250,645 HRK
7	31-35	101	231,794 HRK
8	26-30	154	185,016 HRK
9	21-25	40	145,918 HRK
10	14-20	5	86,573 HRK
11	61-65	1	76,799 HRK

Work Type / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	24	264,609 HRK
2	Permanent	406	245,758 HRK
3	Contract	63	148,711 HRK
4	Part Time	11	124,275 HRK

Cities / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Split	32	256,230 HRK
2	Karlovac	6	256,230 HRK
3	Zagreb	361	242,965 HRK
4	Zadar	7	227,605 HRK
5	Slavonski Brod	2	220,623 HRK
6	Pula	13	215,736 HRK
7	--Other--	28	182,922 HRK
8	Rijeka	39	172,449 HRK
9	Osijek	16	161,278 HRK

Career Groups / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	44	367,939 HRK
2	Finance & Banking	30	358,164 HRK
3	Aviation & Shipping	4	352,579 HRK
4	Insurance	2	342,804 HRK
5	Logistics, Road, Railway	2	334,426 HRK
6	Health Care & Medical	14	297,423 HRK
7	Organization & Coordination	2	267,401 HRK
8	Salesmen & Saleswomen	8	264,609 HRK
9	Security & Fireguard	4	264,609 HRK
10	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	30	245,060 HRK
11	Public Sector	3	237,380 HRK
12	IT & Programming II	35	232,492 HRK
13	Engineers & Technicians	65	223,416 HRK
14	Architect Constructions	5	223,416 HRK
15	IT & Programming	96	216,434 HRK
16	Health Care & Medical II	15	214,340 HRK
17	Accounting & Administration	15	203,867 HRK
18	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	197,584 HRK
19	Hotels & Tourism	12	189,205 HRK
20	Human Resources	24	184,318 HRK
21	Making Design	5	177,336 HRK
22	Law	5	174,544 HRK
23	Education & University	20	150,806 HRK
24	Engineers & Technicians II	9	143,126 HRK
25	Automobile	3	142,428 HRK
26	Engineers & Technicians III	3	140,333 HRK
27	Engineers & Technicians V	7	134,748 HRK
28	Construction & Labor Workers	3	132,653 HRK
29	Media	6	130,559 HRK
30	Customer Services	3	129,860 HRK
31	Agriculture & Fishing	2	128,464 HRK
32	Geography & Geodesy	2	122,879 HRK
33	Sports & Recreation	2	115,199 HRK
34	Fashion	1	100,537 HRK
35	Military	1	91,461 HRK
36	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	4	86,573 HRK
37	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	85,177 HRK

Careers / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Finance Manager	8	557,145 HRK
2	Risk Manager	3	528,519 HRK
3	Project Manager	4	519,443 HRK
4	Electrical Engineer	6	494,309 HRK
5	Director	8	483,138 HRK
6	General Manager	5	445,436 HRK
7	Doctor Specialist	5	421,000 HRK
8	Operations Manager	5	418,906 HRK
9	Store Manager	3	407,735 HRK
10	Manager	6	395,866 HRK
11	Electrical Engineer Lead	3	375,619 HRK
12	Software Engineer	3	346,295 HRK
13	CEO	5	344,899 HRK
14	IT Manager	7	319,066 HRK
15	Mechanical Engineer Lead	7	303,008 HRK
16	Sales Representative	3	275,779 HRK
17	Banks	3	253,438 HRK
18	Other Medical Career	3	253,438 HRK
19	Database Administrator	3	248,551 HRK
20	Lead Developer	6	247,852 HRK
21	Unix or Linux System Administrator	4	238,078 HRK
22	C, C++ Developer	9	236,682 HRK
23	Hotel Manager	6	236,682 HRK
24	Marketing Manager	6	229,700 HRK
25	Java Developer	3	229,700 HRK
26	Network Specialist	3	227,605 HRK
27	Human Resource	7	226,907 HRK
28	Marketing Executive	3	226,907 HRK
29	Pharmacist	5	216,434 HRK
30	Software Developer	23	214,340 HRK
31	Accountant	5	204,565 HRK
32	IT Project Manager	14	201,773 HRK
33	Computer Engineer	3	201,074 HRK
34	Research Engineer	7	192,696 HRK
35	University Professor Assistant	4	189,205 HRK
36	.NET Developer	8	185,715 HRK
37	Doctor	3	185,016 HRK
38	Human Resources Manager	7	178,733 HRK
39	Other IT Career	8	173,846 HRK
40	Chemical Engineer Lead	3	171,751 HRK
41	Civil Engineer	8	170,355 HRK
42	Financial Analyst	5	166,166 HRK
43	Other Human Resource Career	6	161,977 HRK
44	Chemical Engineer	3	161,278 HRK
45	Other Tourism Career	3	161,278 HRK
46	Other Education Career	6	159,882 HRK
47	Mechanical Engineer	21	159,184 HRK
48	Marketing	5	153,598 HRK
49	Engineer	8	151,504 HRK
50	Energy Engineer	3	148,013 HRK
51	Other Engineer Career	7	134,748 HRK
52	Lecturer	3	124,275 HRK
53	System Administrator	3	123,577 HRK
54	Sales Manager	3	120,784 HRK
55	Receptionist	3	120,086 HRK
56	Dentist	3	120,086 HRK
57	Web Developer	6	109,613 HRK
58	Manufacturing	3	78,195 HRK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Accountant

Posted 13 January 2024
Key knowledge and tasks

"Payroll, preparation of financial reports, preparation of legal reports, accounting control."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	High School	12-16 Years	Expert	215,900 HRK

Marketing Specialist

Posted 12 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing planning and activites."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	161,500 HRK

Assistant

Posted 30 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Location and tourism research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	115,800 HRK

Digital Fashion Designer

Posted 28 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Using digital programs for designing clothes and pattern making."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	100,800 HRK

Regulatory Manager

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Banking regulation, risk management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	184,800 HRK

Brewer

Posted 04 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Brewing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	127,200 HRK

Internal Auditor

Posted 20 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Auditing bank processes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	191,300 HRK

Operations Director

Posted 19 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leading 5 Plants, in charge of daily operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Karlovac	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	656,600 HRK

Assistant

Posted 16 July 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	112,600 HRK

Recruitment And Employment Specialist

Posted 16 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Recruitment, onboarding, hiring new employees, HR administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Rijeka	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	722,300 HRK

Psychologist

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Talent development, performance management, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Osijek	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	96,500 HRK

Chief Officer

Posted 27 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Safety and Security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Split	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	503,000 HRK

Senior. Net Developer

Posted 25 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Microservices, Azure, C#, . NET, web development, databases."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	277,700 HRK

Lead Technologist

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Industrial engineering - new technologies."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	181,100 HRK

Site Engineer

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Construction project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Osijek	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	120,700 HRK

Project Researcher

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research technologies and apply them to the product design, develop a product around standard parts and within the limits of supplier's capabilities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	155,000 HRK

Fx Trader

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Trading on a foreign exchange market, ie. closing banks positions and proprietary trading."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	252,000 HRK

Senior Developer

Posted 05 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	340,200 HRK

Software Developer

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programming, writing of requirements."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	277,000 HRK

Junior Software Architect

Posted 19 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

". NET development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Split	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	135,000 HRK

Business Communication

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Communication with partners."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Split	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	89,800 HRK

Risk Management Specialist

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Risk management specialist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	162,100 HRK

Managment Consulting - Associate

Posted 18 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial modeling, due diligence, real estate consulting, strategy consulting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	792,700 HRK

Hr Specialist

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sourcing (directly) talented and relevant candidates for a range of vacancies; Linkedin recruiting
• Position planning (creating and posting a vacant position, conducting a recruitment strategy meeting, defining requirements, expectations, competencies, selection team, time schedules, and attraction methods)
• Pre-selection activities, screening, assessing and qualifying candidates
• Talent attraction (searching in the internal and external database, advertising job board)
• Pre-interview activities, conducting interviews
• Consolidate interview feedback and assessment results."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	151,400 HRK

Java Developer

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Spring, Hibernate, Angular."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Osijek	Some College	2-4 Years	Intermediate	211,900 HRK

Senior Developer

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Php symfony web."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	470,200 HRK

Agent

Posted 13 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer care."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	120,900 HRK

Consultant

Posted 02 December 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	112,000 HRK

Marketing Ans Sales

Posted 29 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Social Media Management, Community Management, Copywriting, Newsletter, Web content administration, contacting potential clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	92,900 HRK

Business Consultant

Posted 18 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technical Account Manager for Telco."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	309,000 HRK

Director

Posted 08 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing Director."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	403,000 HRK

Management Conulting

Posted 28 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project manager, strategy and operations consultant, stakeholders management, change management, business development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	211,600 HRK

Executive

Posted 07 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Retail."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	211,900 HRK

Director

Posted 28 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Management, Programming, Web, Digital Marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Osijek	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	403,000 HRK

Automation Engineer

Posted 12 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"SCADA, PLC and HMI."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Rijeka	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	151,100 HRK

Referent

Posted 28 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Preparing documents."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Split	High School	4-8 Years	Advanced	108,000 HRK

Senior Software Enginner

Posted 22 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research and development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	322,400 HRK

Video Editor

Posted 20 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Video editing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	128,800 HRK

Programmer

Posted 16 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"C, linux."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	241,800 HRK

Mechanical Engineer

Posted 24 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Products and tools development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	114,200 HRK

Marketing Communications

Posted 25 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing communications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	323,400 HRK

Assistant Professor

Posted 10 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Scientific research; faculty teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	209,000 HRK

Fullstack

Posted 01 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fullstack dev working in xamarin too."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Some College	0-1 Year	Intermediate	117,600 HRK

Worker

Posted 15 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bilding cleaning demolition."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Osijek	Bellow H. School	4-8 Years	n/a	86,800 HRK

Country General Manager

Posted 13 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing director."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	770,800 HRK

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 21 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"DevOps, System Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	318,100 HRK

Mathematics Teacher

Posted 11 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Master of education in mathematics and computer science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	161,300 HRK

Psychologist

Posted 10 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Psychologist with phd and additional psychotherapy training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Doctorate Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	247,500 HRK

Packing Honey

Posted 13 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I have HACCP and IFS certificat."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Osijek	High School	8-12 Years	n/a	72,300 HRK

Digital Designer

Posted 30 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"My key task is working on the client's branding, material for advertisement. 
Knowledge about motion design animation, marketing on social platforms and newsletters, graphic design. 
Using tools like Figma, Adobe ( Animate, Illustrator, Photoshop, Aftereffects, InDesign). 
Certificat from Facebook for creative strategy. 
Knowing English and German language."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	133,200 HRK

ECONOMY / Croatia

In spite of the slow recession recovery, Croatia is still ahead of some EU members such as Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania. It's GDP per capita for year 2011 was around 64% of the EU average. Unemployment rate was 13.5% in March 2011. The country has experienced faster economic growth recently and has been preparing for the EU membership.

Economy in the Croatia is mostly based on the services. Tertiary sector accounts around 70% of all GDP. Tourism is very important industry in the Croatia, especially during the summer. It generates more than 7 billion EUR revenue per year.

Split, Croatia

The largest companies in Croatia are:

Agrokor
INA
HEP
HT
Zagrebacki Holding
Vipnet Croatia
Podravka