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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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€42,196 EUR

$45,690 USD

Ljubljana

€45,238 EUR

€24,935 EUR

$27,000 USD

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Average Salary / Slovenia

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Average salary in Slovenia is €42,196 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €24,935 EUR. All data are based on 327 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €45,253 EUR. Women receive a salary of €36,295 EUR.

The most paid careers are Customer Services with average income €63,632 EUR and Management & Business with income €62,709 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €50,795 EUR. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of €44,699 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 12-16 Years of experience receive salary of €61,877 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €56,336 EUR.

Levels / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,800 EUR - €4,599 EUR	0	n/a
€4,600 EUR - €9,199 EUR	3	100% 0.92%
€9,200 EUR - €13,899 EUR	12	99.08% 3.67%
€13,900 EUR - €18,499 EUR	27	95.41% 8.26%
€18,500 EUR - €23,099 EUR	30	87.16% 9.17%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€23,100 EUR - €27,699 EUR	39	77.98% 11.93%
€27,700 EUR - €32,299 EUR	32	66.06% 9.79%
€32,300 EUR - €36,899 EUR	35	56.27% 10.7%
€36,900 EUR - €41,599 EUR	26	45.57% 7.95%
€41,600 EUR - €46,199 EUR	22	37.61% 6.73%
€46,200 EUR - €50,799 EUR	20	30.89% 6.12%
€50,800 EUR - €55,399 EUR	12	24.77% 3.67%
€55,400 EUR - €59,999 EUR	9	21.1% 2.75%
€60,000 EUR - €64,599 EUR	17	18.35% 5.2%
€64,600 EUR - €69,299 EUR	3	13.15% 0.92%
€69,300 EUR - €73,899 EUR	3	12.23% 0.92%
€73,900 EUR - €78,499 EUR	4	11.31% 1.22%
€78,500 EUR - €83,099 EUR	4	10.09% 1.22%
€83,100 EUR - €87,699 EUR	3	8.87% 0.92%
€87,700 EUR - €92,399 EUR	4	7.95% 1.22%
€92,400 EUR - €96,999 EUR	2	6.73% 0.61%
€97,000 EUR - €101,599 EUR	5	6.12% 1.53%
€101,600 EUR - €106,199 EUR	5	4.59% 1.53%
€106,200 EUR - €110,799 EUR	0	n/a
€110,800 EUR - €115,399 EUR	1	3.06% 0.31%
€115,400 EUR - €120,099 EUR	1	2.75% 0.31%
€120,100 EUR - €124,699 EUR	1	2.45% 0.31%
€124,700 EUR - €129,299 EUR	3	2.14% 0.92%
€129,300 EUR - €133,899 EUR	0	n/a
€133,900 EUR - €138,499 EUR	1	1.22% 0.31%
HIGH SALARIES
€138,500 EUR - €147,799 EUR	0	n/a
€147,800 EUR - €156,999 EUR	2	0.92% 0.61%
€157,000 EUR - €166,199 EUR	0	n/a
€166,200 EUR - €175,499 EUR	0	n/a
€175,500 EUR - €184,699 EUR	0	n/a
€184,700 EUR - €193,899 EUR	1	0.31% 0.31%
€193,900 EUR - €203,199 EUR	0	n/a
€203,200 EUR - €212,399 EUR	0	n/a
€212,400 EUR - €221,699 EUR	0	n/a
€221,700 EUR - €230,899 EUR	0	n/a
€230,900 EUR - €323,199 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	207	€45,253 EUR
2	Women	62	€36,295 EUR

Education / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	18	€50,795 EUR
2	Bachelors Degree	160	€44,699 EUR
3	Masters Degree	68	€40,728 EUR
4	High School	31	€40,543 EUR
5	Bellow H. School	7	€37,865 EUR
6	Some College	43	€33,432 EUR

Experience / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	12-16 Years	37	€61,877 EUR
2	16-20 Years	32	€56,336 EUR
3	8-12 Years	67	€47,378 EUR
4	20+ Years	22	€45,346 EUR
5	4-8 Years	76	€35,279 EUR
6	2-4 Years	50	€33,709 EUR
7	1-2 Years	24	€31,585 EUR
8	0-1 Year	19	€21,518 EUR

Age / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	14-20	2	€77,762 EUR
2	51-55	7	€68,804 EUR
3	61-65	1	€62,801 EUR
4	41-45	35	€57,167 EUR
5	36-40	49	€47,562 EUR
6	46-50	15	€42,021 EUR
7	31-35	67	€40,451 EUR
8	26-30	70	€38,050 EUR
9	n/a	58	€37,773 EUR
10	21-25	23	€25,120 EUR

Work Type / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	23	€60,215 EUR
2	Permanent	258	€42,113 EUR
3	Contract	35	€34,817 EUR
4	Part Time	11	€29,553 EUR

Cities / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Ljubljana	212	€45,253 EUR
2	Celje	14	€37,773 EUR
3	Maribor	31	€37,496 EUR
4	Kranj	29	€37,219 EUR
5	Novo Mesto	10	€37,126 EUR
6	--Other--	18	€35,187 EUR
7	Koper	10	€34,817 EUR
8	Murska Sobota	3	€28,630 EUR

Career Groups / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Customer Services	5	€63,632 EUR
2	Management & Business	34	€62,709 EUR
3	Health Care & Medical	5	€57,629 EUR
4	Human Resources	7	€56,613 EUR
5	Law	5	€52,919 EUR
6	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	30	€48,855 EUR
7	Finance & Banking	12	€48,855 EUR
8	Media	4	€47,839 EUR
9	Sports & Recreation	1	€45,715 EUR
10	Engineers & Technicians V	4	€43,314 EUR
11	IT & Programming	74	€41,929 EUR
12	IT & Programming II	21	€41,929 EUR
13	Health Care & Medical II	7	€39,897 EUR
14	Geography & Geodesy	2	€38,881 EUR
15	Accounting & Administration	9	€38,696 EUR
16	Public Sector	6	€37,588 EUR
17	Engineers & Technicians	33	€36,664 EUR
18	Fashion	1	€35,187 EUR
19	Insurance	2	€35,094 EUR
20	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	€33,801 EUR
21	Education & University	15	€31,677 EUR
22	Logistics, Road, Railway	6	€29,184 EUR
23	Organization & Coordination	2	€27,706 EUR
24	Engineers & Technicians III	2	€27,614 EUR
25	Engineers & Technicians II	4	€27,521 EUR
26	Architect Constructions	3	€26,413 EUR
27	Making Design	4	€24,289 EUR
28	Engineers & Technicians IV	6	€23,735 EUR
29	Salesmen & Saleswomen	11	€22,626 EUR
30	Security & Fireguard	4	€22,165 EUR
31	Automobile	1	€21,795 EUR
32	Construction & Labor Workers	2	€14,037 EUR
33	Hotels & Tourism	2	€13,853 EUR

Careers / Slovenia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Other Management Career	2	€84,412 EUR
2	Customer Service Manager	3	€81,641 EUR
3	Surgeon	2	€78,409 EUR
4	Photographer	2	€75,546 EUR
5	General Manager	3	€73,422 EUR
6	Corporate Counsel Lawyer	2	€71,482 EUR
7	CEO	3	€68,804 EUR
8	Business Development Manager	5	€67,696 EUR
9	Lead Developer	6	€66,495 EUR
10	Market Research	2	€63,724 EUR
11	IT Manager	8	€63,540 EUR
12	Manager	8	€62,247 EUR
13	Human Resources Manager	5	€59,476 EUR
14	Director	5	€56,983 EUR
15	Finance Manager	3	€53,935 EUR
16	Electrical Engineer Lead	4	€53,565 EUR
17	IT Project Manager	9	€52,827 EUR
18	Sales Manager	6	€50,887 EUR
19	Engineer	3	€48,948 EUR
20	C, C++ Developer	5	€48,763 EUR
21	Marketing Manager	7	€48,116 EUR
22	Tax Manager	2	€47,378 EUR
23	Product Manager	2	€46,731 EUR
24	Software Engineer	10	€45,069 EUR
25	Mechanical Engineer Lead	4	€43,591 EUR
26	Other Medical Career	4	€43,406 EUR
27	Other Engineer Career	3	€43,129 EUR
28	Database Developer	2	€41,559 EUR
29	.NET Developer	5	€41,190 EUR
30	Lawyer	3	€40,543 EUR
31	Logistics	2	€39,712 EUR
32	Audit Manager	3	€37,957 EUR
33	Other Service Career	2	€36,664 EUR
34	Software Developer	16	€36,480 EUR
35	ASP.NET Developer	3	€35,371 EUR
36	Financial Adviser	2	€34,817 EUR
37	Mechanical Engineer	5	€34,633 EUR
38	Public Administration	2	€34,078 EUR
39	Technician	3	€33,801 EUR
40	Other Sales Career	2	€33,617 EUR
41	Electrical Engineer	6	€33,155 EUR
42	Research Engineer	4	€32,601 EUR
43	University Professor Assistant	5	€31,585 EUR
44	Chemical Engineer	2	€31,400 EUR
45	Salesmen or Saleswomen	2	€31,123 EUR
46	Web Developer	7	€30,477 EUR
47	Architect	2	€28,814 EUR
48	Marketing	2	€26,967 EUR
49	Project Manager	2	€26,782 EUR
50	System Administrator	4	€26,321 EUR
51	Graphic Designer	3	€26,321 EUR
52	Sales in Construction Material	2	€25,305 EUR
53	Civil Engineer	5	€22,349 EUR
54	Sales	2	€22,349 EUR
55	Java Developer	2	€20,225 EUR
56	Data Coordinator	2	€17,270 EUR
57	PHP Developer	2	€16,254 EUR
58	Sales in Gasoline Stations	2	€11,729 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Librarian

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Head of library
teacher of literature and slovene language."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€42,500 EUR

Traffic Controller

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Control train traffic on my train station."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Celje	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€28,600 EUR

Hr Manager

Posted 27 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leading team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€48,300 EUR

Hr Manager

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR related issues."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€55,900 EUR

Chief Engineer

Posted 16 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"- Central contact person for all technical content of the project, internal as well external communication (all CTMs, OEM, stake holders, project sponsors, etc. ), 
- Analyzing and alignment of technical customer and internal requirements, 
- Manager of the System Team (extended Team and Experts of Development), 
- System Design, characteristics-oriented system development and technical reviews, 
- Mechatronics impact analysis and system integration, 
- Sub-ordinate targets quality, cost and timing, 
- Technical Reviews based on the system development scorecards. 
- Representing the product development within the project core team, 
- Steering the technical content based communication within the customer, 
- Breaking the overall system requirements down to system characteristics and nominating the responsible persons for each particular characteristic within System Team, 
- Developing technical basis for project management / core team decisions in consideration of quality, cost and timingtargets, 
- Coordinating the sample based system validation together with other core team members."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€45,200 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Knowledge of EU funds, familiar with funding mechanisms and institutions in Slovenia, leading a team, communication with clients."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€20,800 EUR

Sales Manager

Posted 12 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Responsibiolity."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€54,600 EUR

Technician

Posted 11 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prepeare electrical cabinets."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Murska Sobota	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€22,600 EUR

Hr Manger

Posted 26 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Legal compliance, Policy implementation, Salaries evaluation, Payroll, Performance mgmt, training, reporting to governmental institutes, workshop organizing, HR administration activities. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kranj	Some College	4-8 Years	Expert	€26,500 EUR

Software Developer

Posted 05 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programing in Delphi, SQL, PLSQL."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€25,100 EUR

Senior Consultant

Posted 25 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Novo Mesto	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€69,100 EUR

Business Data Analyst

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€26,100 EUR

Research Assistant Professor

Posted 09 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analytical chemistry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€32,700 EUR

Head Of Social Media And Marketing Specialist

Posted 04 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"- managing social media, strategy, project managing etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€31,400 EUR

System Admin

Posted 18 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Active directory, exchange, sharepoint, ms sql, sccm, cisco, mikrotik, office365, azure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€37,300 EUR

Illustrator

Posted 14 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Photoshop."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€31,000 EUR

Bim Manager

Posted 13 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage BIM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Maribor	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€18,600 EUR

Urban Planner

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Urban planning, design. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€21,500 EUR

Systems Engineer

Posted 30 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Systems integrator, Cisco, VMware, DELL EMC, PureStorage."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€32,400 EUR

Marketing Manager

Posted 27 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Analysis, tactics, coordination, supervision."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€44,900 EUR

Developer

Posted 02 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"COBOL, SAP."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€49,300 EUR

Geotechnical Design Engineer

Posted 04 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€24,200 EUR

It Cio

Posted 18 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"IT CIO."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	€47,100 EUR

Chemistry Teacher

Posted 13 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"English, Chemistry, teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kranj	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€33,600 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 11 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product development, project managment, design management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€21,500 EUR

Ppc Manager

Posted 29 September 2021

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€100,900 EUR

Research And Development Manager

Posted 18 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Machine vision, AI, hr managment, leadership."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€129,000 EUR

Developer

Posted 27 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Doing progrmaming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€100,900 EUR

Head Of Department

Posted 18 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leading team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	€26,900 EUR

Marketing Communications

Posted 25 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing communications."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€49,800 EUR

Head Of Finance

Posted 27 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial management
accounting
planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€77,900 EUR

Software Developer

Posted 08 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"React, . NET, C#, typescript, javascript, c++, React Native, Flutter, node JS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Maribor	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€42,200 EUR

Teacher

Posted 31 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching language german."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€12,200 EUR

Municipality Mayor

Posted 28 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"BEC-2, small company management, public sector, IT solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Koper	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	€47,300 EUR

Control Systems Engineer

Posted 11 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Control systems PLC SCADA
Engineering management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kranj	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€91,300 EUR

Data Scientist

Posted 06 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data analysis, machine learning, business intelligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€11,500 EUR

Administrator

Posted 09 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Experienced and suupotive."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€24,300 EUR

Controlling Manager

Posted 05 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operational control manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Kranj	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€76,100 EUR

Researcher

Posted 18 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"GIS stuff, lidar, laser scanning uls."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€56,800 EUR

Software Engineer

Posted 16 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Javascript. js, html, css, node. js."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Some College	1-2 Years	n/a	€35,500 EUR

Membership Officer

Posted 29 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination of a Membership Network, event management, outreach and communications activities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€45,600 EUR

Hr Manager

Posted 27 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Skilled in Business Planning and Budgeting, People Management, Labor Relations, Succession Planning, Organizational Development, and Recruiting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€50,200 EUR

Service

Posted 11 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer service, servicing, training."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Maribor	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€54,800 EUR

Developer

Posted 26 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Spring, Oracle, Postgresql, Linux, . . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Maribor	Some College	8-12 Years	n/a	€81,100 EUR

Senior Customer Support Manager

Posted 25 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working on innovations to improve the CS process and general CX in for company
Managing an outsourced team
Building workflows and customer support tools for agents and customers
Leveraging APIs and using data for triaging and hiring predictions
Handling complex cases and corporate accounts."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€36,500 EUR

Lead Software Engineer

Posted 08 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Embedded systems programming."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Celje	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€31,400 EUR

Customer Support

Posted 14 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Customer suport, overdues, RMA servicesm phone calls, . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€19,500 EUR

It Administrator

Posted 04 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Networking with Windows Server 2019, Cisco stuff. . ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Maribor	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€15,200 EUR

Business Solutions Programmer

Posted 24 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Full stack developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Ljubljana	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	€76,700 EUR

Developer

Posted 08 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"C++, Java. Self employed, working remote for a customer in Germany."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€36,500 EUR

ECONOMY / Slovenia

Slovenia is a developed country with prosperity and stability. The country adopted the euro on 1 January 2007. It's GDP per capita reached around 91% of the EU average at the end of year 2011.

Slovenian trade highly depends on foreign trade. The most important partners are Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Croatia, and Russia. Foreign investments is growing despite the crisis, and is now more intense than in recent years.

Crystal Palace in Ljubljana

The main industries in Slovenia are Automotive, chemicals & pharmaceuticals, electronics & electrical ICT (Information and Communications Technology), distribution & logistics, machining & metalworking.

The largest companies in Slovenia are:

Petrol d.d. (oil & gas)
Mercator d.d. (retail)
Revoz d.d. (automotive)
Krka d.d. (pharmaceutical)
Zavarovalnica Triglav d.d. (insurance)
HSE d.o.o. (energy)
NLB d.d. (banking)
Engrotuš d.d. (retail & mobile telec.)
Gorenje d.d. (electrical & white goods)
Lek d.d. (pharmaceutical)
and Merkur (retail).