Vucic: September 11 Set for Pension and Salary Figures
The president named an exact date for the first time during a visit to Ratkovo near Odzaci, along with the full September payment schedule for pensioners.
September 11 is the date Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic named out loud for the first time today, after weeks of promising only that the figures were coming “in three or four days.” Until now it was known that a pension and salary increase was on the way, just not when it would be announced. He made the statement outside the Phi Academy company in Ratkovo near Odzaci, at the start of a tour of the West Backa District on Sunday, September 6.
“I want to tell you that we will most likely announce the size of the pension and salary increase for the coming period on September 11,” Vucic said, adding the qualifier “most likely,” which still leaves room for the date to shift. NS Reporter carried an almost identical formulation: “We will most likely announce the size of the pension and salary increase on September 11.”
What pensioners get before September 11
While the official increase figure is still pending, the entire September payment schedule for pensioners has already been set, and that schedule does not depend on the September 11 date. Vucic laid it out in the same appearance:
“Until then you’ll receive your regular pension, and on September 14 you already get what I mentioned, from 20,000 to 35,000 dinars depending on the size of the pension, and on September 22, 6,000 dinars, and some even 12,000, maybe even 18,000 dinars on top of that.”
The regular monthly pension arrives on the usual schedule, by September 11. On September 14, a one-time payment is added, its amount depending on the pension for August 2026: 35,000 dinars (about 298 euros) goes to pensioners whose August pension was up to 31,092.11 dinars (about 265 euros), 27,500 dinars (about 234 euros) to those with a pension between 31,092.12 and 56,822 dinars, and 20,000 dinars (about 171 euros) to those above that threshold. The 56,822 dinar threshold is not an arbitrary figure: it is exactly the average pension for July 2026, as published by the Republic Statistical Office.
What happens on September 22, and where the sources differ
The 6,000 dinar (about 51 euros) per person payment begins on September 22, and on that point Espreso and Kurir agree: both outlets list that date as the payout day for everyone. Earlier announcements from the Treasury Administration, however, drew a distinction within that date: September 22 is when the money reaches those already registered with the Shareholder Fund, while those who still need to sign up through the portal would be paid between September 23 and 25. Which version applies to this round of payments cannot be determined from Vucic’s statement, since the president mentioned only one date.
For some pensioners, the sum of these payments exceeds the base figure: on top of the 6,000 dinar base payment, some individuals receive an additional 12,000, and others up to 18,000 dinars. Registration for the 6,000 dinar payment opens through the Treasury Administration portal, at idp.trezor.gov.rs, at midnight between September 6 and 7, the same night the statement was made.
Context from recent months
This is not Vucic’s first announcement on the topic. The outlet reported a few days ago his statement that figures on the pension and salary increase were coming in three to four days, without a specific date. Today’s statement sharpens that earlier announcement: instead of an approximate deadline, there is now a concrete date on the calendar, September 11, with the qualifier still in place that it is the most likely, not final, date.
The tour of the West Backa District, during which the statement was made, was not devoted solely to pensions. Before the same gathered residents, Vucic also announced a meeting with representatives of the company Magna, scheduled for September 16, in the context of problems tied to labor intensive operations at that firm. That meeting falls five days after the announced September 11 date, meaning the same week could see both the announcement of the income increase and talks on the fate of jobs at one of the district’s larger companies.
Whether the announced date holds depends on how literally Vucic’s “most likely” qualifier, repeated on both occasions, is taken. What does not depend on that date are three payments already fixed on the calendar: the regular pension by September 11, assistance of 20,000 to 35,000 dinars on September 14, and the 6,000 dinar payment on September 22.
