Serbia July Salary: 121,346 Dinars Average, 95,036 Median
The Statistical Office of Serbia reported that the average net salary in July 2026 stood at 121,346 dinars, while half of employees earned no more than 95,036 dinars.
Serbia’s average net salary in July 2026 came to 121,346 dinars, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) reported. Gross salary for the same month stood at 167,402 dinars. The figures were released on September 25, as part of Report ZR10 No. 262, and ever since RZS switched in 2018 to calculating wages from Tax Administration records, its monthly salary reports have consistently lagged 55 days behind the month they cover.
The median net salary for July was 95,036 dinars: half of Serbia’s employees earned that amount or less, while the other half earned more. The 26,310 dinar gap between the average and the median shows that a relatively small number of high salaries pull the average up, while most employees earn closer to the lower figure.
Compared to July 2025, net salary rose 11.3% in nominal terms and 9.2% in real terms. Gross salary rose 11.1% nominally and 9% in real terms over the same comparison. For the January to July 2026 period, measured against the same stretch a year earlier, net salary climbed 11.4% nominally and 8.5% in real terms, while gross salary grew 11.3% nominally and 8.4% in real terms. According to a CEKOS review, July’s net salary was higher than June’s by 0.8% in nominal terms and 1% in real terms.
Who Earned More: Public or Private Sector Workers?
According to CEKOS data, the average net salary in July was 125,000 dinars in the public sector and 119,862 dinars in the private sector. Growth over the comparison period was faster in the public sector, at 12.2%, against 11.1% in the private sector. The fastest growth of all, 15.8%, was recorded among entrepreneurs and their employees.
By employment type, CEKOS recorded 129,008 dinars for legal entities, 121,805 dinars for standard employment contracts, 77,465 dinars for non-standard employment, and 66,770 dinars for entrepreneurs and their employees. The gaps between these categories remain wide and did not shift significantly in July compared with earlier months this year.
