Friday, March 21, 2008

ANNUAL UNEMPLOYMENT IN BOSNIA DOWN 3,6 PER CENT

SARAJEVO, Bosnia (March 21.2008) – The average monthly net salary paid in January amounted to 677 Bosnian Marks what indicates nominal fall of 0.6%. - The number of unemployed in January 2008 amounted to 516,775. It was 3.6% or 11,882 lower than in January 2007; these are the data of the Bosnian State Statistics Agency.

188,036 highly-qualified and qualified persons were unemployed. There were 176,275 unqualified unemployed persons and 115,873 with high-school education.

In January there were 750,856 employed in Bosnia. Compared to December 2007, this is an increase of 9.2%. The average monthly net salary paid in January amounted to 677 Bosnian Marks what indicates nominal fall of 0.6%. The average gross salary was 1,000 Bosnian Marks or 10% more than in January 2007.
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