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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

6.72 HRK = 1 USD

223,043 HRK

$33,172 USD

Zagreb

234,084 HRK

114,305 HRK

$17,000 USD

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Average Salary / Croatia

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Average salary in Croatia is 223,043 HRK per year. The most typical earning is 114,305 HRK. All data are based on 503 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 225,249 HRK. Women receive a salary of 209,112 HRK.

The most paid careers are Management & Business with average income 354,347 HRK and Finance & Banking with income 344,933 HRK.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 240,714 HRK. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of 236,007 HRK.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of 303,246 HRK. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 286,436 HRK.

Levels / Croatia (Gross HRK)

Salary Levels (HRK) per Year	Surveys	[%]
20,200 HRK - 33,599 HRK	0	n/a
33,600 HRK - 67,199 HRK	15	100% 2.98%
67,200 HRK - 100,899 HRK	63	97.02% 12.52%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
100,900 HRK - 134,499 HRK	90	84.49% 17.89%
134,500 HRK - 168,099 HRK	71	66.6% 14.12%
168,100 HRK - 201,699 HRK	60	52.49% 11.93%
201,700 HRK - 235,299 HRK	51	40.56% 10.14%
235,300 HRK - 268,899 HRK	43	30.42% 8.55%
269,000 HRK - 302,599 HRK	22	21.87% 4.37%
302,600 HRK - 336,199 HRK	19	17.5% 3.78%
336,200 HRK - 369,799 HRK	10	13.72% 1.99%
369,800 HRK - 403,399 HRK	6	11.73% 1.19%
403,400 HRK - 436,999 HRK	9	10.54% 1.79%
437,100 HRK - 470,699 HRK	8	8.75% 1.59%
470,700 HRK - 504,299 HRK	5	7.16% 0.99%
504,300 HRK - 537,899 HRK	1	6.16% 0.2%
537,900 HRK - 571,499 HRK	4	5.96% 0.8%
571,500 HRK - 605,099 HRK	4	5.17% 0.8%
605,100 HRK - 638,799 HRK	4	4.37% 0.8%
638,800 HRK - 672,399 HRK	3	3.58% 0.6%
672,400 HRK - 705,999 HRK	1	2.98% 0.2%
706,000 HRK - 739,599 HRK	3	2.78% 0.6%
739,600 HRK - 773,199 HRK	3	2.19% 0.6%
773,200 HRK - 806,899 HRK	0	n/a
806,900 HRK - 840,499 HRK	2	1.59% 0.4%
840,500 HRK - 874,099 HRK	0	n/a
874,100 HRK - 907,699 HRK	2	1.19% 0.4%
907,700 HRK - 941,299 HRK	1	0.8% 0.2%
941,300 HRK - 974,999 HRK	0	n/a
975,000 HRK - 1,008,599 HRK	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
1,008,600 HRK - 1,075,799 HRK	1	0.6% 0.2%
1,075,800 HRK - 1,142,999 HRK	0	n/a
1,143,100 HRK - 1,210,299 HRK	1	0.4% 0.2%
1,210,300 HRK - 1,277,499 HRK	0	n/a
1,277,500 HRK - 1,344,799 HRK	0	n/a
1,344,800 HRK - 1,411,999 HRK	0	n/a
1,412,000 HRK - 1,479,199 HRK	0	n/a
1,479,200 HRK - 1,546,499 HRK	0	n/a
1,546,500 HRK - 1,613,699 HRK	0	n/a
1,613,700 HRK - 1,680,999 HRK	0	n/a
1,681,000 HRK - 2,353,399 HRK	1	0.2% 0.2%

Gender / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	359	225,249 HRK
2	Women	119	209,112 HRK

Education / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	279	240,714 HRK
2	Doctorate Degree	28	236,007 HRK
3	Some College	34	217,853 HRK
4	Bachelors Degree	111	215,835 HRK
5	High School	48	141,201 HRK
6	Bellow H. School	3	82,031 HRK

Experience / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	69	303,246 HRK
2	16-20 Years	34	286,436 HRK
3	20+ Years	33	282,402 HRK
4	8-12 Years	93	254,834 HRK
5	4-8 Years	103	204,405 HRK
6	0-1 Year	44	172,130 HRK
7	2-4 Years	88	164,062 HRK
8	1-2 Years	39	139,856 HRK

Age / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	4	485,462 HRK
2	51-55	12	323,417 HRK
3	41-45	42	283,746 HRK
4	36-40	91	276,350 HRK
5	n/a	27	255,506 HRK
6	46-50	26	241,386 HRK
7	31-35	101	223,232 HRK
8	26-30	154	178,182 HRK
9	21-25	40	140,528 HRK
10	14-20	5	83,375 HRK
11	61-65	1	73,962 HRK

Work Type / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	24	254,834 HRK
2	Permanent	405	236,679 HRK
3	Contract	63	143,218 HRK
4	Part Time	11	119,684 HRK

Cities / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Split	32	246,765 HRK
2	Karlovac	6	246,765 HRK
3	Zagreb	360	233,990 HRK
4	Zadar	7	219,197 HRK
5	Slavonski Brod	2	212,473 HRK
6	Pula	13	207,767 HRK
7	--Other--	28	176,165 HRK
8	Rijeka	39	166,079 HRK
9	Osijek	16	155,321 HRK

Career Groups / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Management & Business	44	354,347 HRK
2	Finance & Banking	30	344,933 HRK
3	Aviation & Shipping	4	339,554 HRK
4	Insurance	2	330,141 HRK
5	Logistics, Road, Railway	2	322,072 HRK
6	Health Care & Medical	14	286,436 HRK
7	Organization & Coordination	2	257,523 HRK
8	Salesmen & Saleswomen	8	254,834 HRK
9	Security & Fireguard	4	254,834 HRK
10	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	30	236,007 HRK
11	Public Sector	3	228,611 HRK
12	IT & Programming II	35	223,904 HRK
13	Engineers & Technicians	65	215,163 HRK
14	Architect Constructions	5	215,163 HRK
15	IT & Programming	96	208,439 HRK
16	Health Care & Medical II	15	206,422 HRK
17	Accounting & Administration	14	195,664 HRK
18	Engineers & Technicians IV	12	190,285 HRK
19	Hotels & Tourism	12	182,216 HRK
20	Human Resources	24	177,509 HRK
21	Making Design	5	170,786 HRK
22	Law	5	168,096 HRK
23	Education & University	20	145,235 HRK
24	Engineers & Technicians II	9	137,839 HRK
25	Automobile	3	137,166 HRK
26	Engineers & Technicians III	3	135,149 HRK
27	Engineers & Technicians V	7	129,770 HRK
28	Construction & Labor Workers	3	127,753 HRK
29	Media	6	125,736 HRK
30	Customer Services	3	125,063 HRK
31	Agriculture & Fishing	2	123,719 HRK
32	Geography & Geodesy	2	118,339 HRK
33	Sports & Recreation	2	110,943 HRK
34	Fashion	1	96,823 HRK
35	Military	1	88,082 HRK
36	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	4	83,375 HRK
37	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	82,031 HRK

Careers / Croatia (Gross HRK)

#		Surveys
1	Finance Manager	8	536,563 HRK
2	Risk Manager	3	508,996 HRK
3	Project Manager	4	500,255 HRK
4	Electrical Engineer	6	476,049 HRK
5	Director	8	465,291 HRK
6	General Manager	5	428,982 HRK
7	Doctor Specialist	5	405,448 HRK
8	Operations Manager	5	403,431 HRK
9	Store Manager	3	392,673 HRK
10	Manager	6	381,242 HRK
11	Electrical Engineer Lead	3	361,743 HRK
12	Software Engineer	3	333,503 HRK
13	CEO	5	332,158 HRK
14	IT Manager	7	307,280 HRK
15	Mechanical Engineer Lead	7	291,815 HRK
16	Sales Representative	3	265,592 HRK
17	Banks	3	244,076 HRK
18	Other Medical Career	3	244,076 HRK
19	Database Administrator	3	239,369 HRK
20	Lead Developer	6	238,696 HRK
21	Unix or Linux System Administrator	4	229,283 HRK
22	C, C++ Developer	9	227,938 HRK
23	Hotel Manager	6	227,938 HRK
24	Marketing Manager	6	221,214 HRK
25	Java Developer	3	221,214 HRK
26	Network Specialist	3	219,197 HRK
27	Human Resource	7	218,525 HRK
28	Marketing Executive	3	218,525 HRK
29	Pharmacist	5	208,439 HRK
30	Software Developer	23	206,422 HRK
31	IT Project Manager	14	194,319 HRK
32	Accountant	4	194,319 HRK
33	Computer Engineer	3	193,647 HRK
34	Research Engineer	7	185,578 HRK
35	University Professor Assistant	4	182,216 HRK
36	.NET Developer	8	178,854 HRK
37	Doctor	3	178,182 HRK
38	Human Resources Manager	7	172,130 HRK
39	Other IT Career	8	167,424 HRK
40	Chemical Engineer Lead	3	165,406 HRK
41	Civil Engineer	8	164,062 HRK
42	Financial Analyst	5	160,027 HRK
43	Other Human Resource Career	6	155,993 HRK
44	Chemical Engineer	3	155,321 HRK
45	Other Tourism Career	3	155,321 HRK
46	Other Education Career	6	153,976 HRK
47	Mechanical Engineer	21	153,303 HRK
48	Marketing	5	147,924 HRK
49	Engineer	8	145,907 HRK
50	Energy Engineer	3	142,545 HRK
51	Other Engineer Career	7	129,770 HRK
52	Lecturer	3	119,684 HRK
53	System Administrator	3	119,012 HRK
54	Sales Manager	3	116,322 HRK
55	Receptionist	3	115,650 HRK
56	Dentist	3	115,650 HRK
57	Web Developer	6	105,564 HRK
58	Manufacturing	3	75,307 HRK

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	155,500 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	111,500 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	97,000 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	177,900 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	122,500 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	184,300 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	632,300 HRK

Assistant

Posted 16 July 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	108,400 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	695,700 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	92,900 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	484,400 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	267,400 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	174,400 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	116,300 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	149,300 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	242,700 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	327,600 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	266,800 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	130,100 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	86,400 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	156,100 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	763,400 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	145,800 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	204,100 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	452,800 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	116,400 HRK

Consultant

Posted 02 December 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Zagreb	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	107,800 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	89,500 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	297,600 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	388,200 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	203,800 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	204,100 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	388,200 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	145,600 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	104,000 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	310,500 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	124,000 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	232,900 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	110,000 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	311,500 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	201,300 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	113,200 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	83,600 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	742,300 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	306,400 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	155,300 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	238,300 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	69,600 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	128,300 HRK

Translator

Posted 12 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Translation, proofreading, team coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Pula	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	148,500 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