The average salary in Serbia without taxes and contributions (net) in April this year amounted to 121,805 dinars, or approximately €1,040. The net average salary in April was around 150 dinars higher than in March.
Traditionally, employees in the IT sector had the highest average salaries in April this year as well. The average net salary of employees in the field of computer programming stood at nearly 300,000 dinars, according to data from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS).
The next category of employees with the highest average salaries was air transport, where the average net salary was slightly over 268,000 dinars, reports Danas.
Employees in the telecommunications sector followed in terms of average salary levels in Serbia, which amounted to 259,500 dinars in April this year.
Among the best-paid were also refinery workers, specifically those in the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products. Their average net salary in April was 231,700 dinars.
The next category with the highest average salaries consisted of employees in scientific research and development, whose average net salary in April amounted to 227,300 dinars.
Employees in the manufacture of tobacco products also had an average net salary exceeding 200,000 dinars, coming in at 223,500 dinars.
An average net salary above 200,000 dinars was also recorded for bank employees, whose average earnings amounted to 210,116 dinars.
The extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas was the next category with the highest average salaries in Serbia. The average net salary for April in this sector was 209,100 dinars.
Food services and garment industry among lowest paid
When it comes to the lowest salaries, the lowest earnings were recorded in food and beverage service activities, amounting to 71,500 dinars.
Low salaries were also recorded for employees in wood processing (75,200 dinars) and the manufacture of wearing apparel (79,900 dinars).
The average salary in agriculture, forestry, and fishing in April was 95,600 dinars, while in construction it stood at 103,000 dinars. The net average salary of employees in education was 116,600 dinars.
Which locations had the highest and lowest salaries?
Bor is the city where the highest average net salaries in Serbia were paid in April this year. The average salary in that city was 150,800 dinars.
The average salary in Belgrade was around 500 dinars lower, standing at 150,300 dinars.
However, at the municipal level, the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad recorded the highest average net salary, which amounted to 195,200 dinars.
The next municipality by average salary level was Vračar, where it stood at 193,800 dinars, while the salary in the municipality of Novi Beograd was lower by about 400 dinars.
As for other major cities, the average salary in Novi Sad was 138,900 dinars, and in Niš it was 118,700 dinars.
The lowest average net salary in April this year was recorded in Bojnik, amounting to 84,400 dinars.
Among the municipalities with the lowest average net salaries were also Crna Trava (87,000 dinars), Vlasotince (87,300 dinars), Trgovište (87,400 dinars), and Lebane (87,700 dinars).
The public sector
Public sector employees were better paid in April this year than those working outside the public sector. Their average net earnings amounted to 127,884 dinars, which is 8,548 dinars more than the average received by employees outside the public sector.
The average net salary in state-owned public enterprises was 153,500 dinars, while in local public utilities (municipal enterprises) it was 118,100 dinars.
(Biznis i Finansije, 29.06.2026)
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