Structure of earnings statistics, Slovenia, 2006 – PROVISIONAL DATA

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The difference between men’s and women’s earnings the highest in Financial intermediation (J)

In total, average monthly gross earnings of women in Slovenia in 2006 were 93.1% those of men. Compared to 2004 and 2005 the difference is slowly decreasing. However, the comparison at the level of the sections of economic activity shows that for several years men’s and women’s earnings have differed the most in Financial intermediation (J), where the difference in earnings was approximately 176,000 tolars (736 euros). The same ratio between men’s and women’s earnings (69.3%) was observed in Health and social work (N), while the smallest difference in earnings by sex was observed in Transport, storage and communication (I) – 10,000 tolars (42 euros). There were twice as many women employed in section J as there were men, but the educational and the occupational structure also influenced the gender difference in earnings. Almost 52% of men and 60% of women working in section J had secondary education, and more than 46% of men and 38% of women had higher education. Although the share of men in this section is smaller than the share of women, there were more men in the leading positions than women, and the number of men directors was almost three times the number of women directors.

The difference between men’s and women’s earnings was the lowest in Transport, storage and communication (I) – SIT 10,000 (EUR 42) in favour of women. The share of women in this activity was only 24% and more than one fourth of them worked in National post activities. As for men, 31% of them worked in Freight transport by road. Women in this section mainly had better paid jobs, for 77% of them were Technicians and associate professionals (major group 3) and Clerks (major group 4). As for men, almost 44% were Plant and machine operators and assemblers (major group 8).

Women had higher earnings than men also in Construction (F), which was due to the low representation of women and different educational and occupational structure. Still, in recent years the difference between men’s and women’s earnings in this section has been decreasing by approximately one percentage point per year: from 17.7% in 2004 to 15.8% in 2006 in favour of women.

Young persons in employment with below average earnings

The comparison of earnings by age groups shows that young persons 15 to 24 years of age and 25 to 34 years of age had below national average earnings. In the age group 35 to 44, which includes the greatest share (one third) of all persons in employment, average earnings were only a few thousand tolars above the national average. With increasing of age average gross earnings increase as well, but at the same time the number of persons in employment decreases. The highest average earnings were registered in the age group 55 to 64, where 6.9% of all persons in employment were (30 thousand men and 10 thousand women), and in the age group 65 or more, where only 0.1% of all persons in employment were, which was due to the retirement, since according to data of the Pension and Disability Insurance Institute of Slovenia the average age at the old-age retirement was 57 years and 4 months for women and 61 years and 8 months for men.

Above average earnings only in the Osrednjeslovenska region

Average monthly gross earnings in 2006 were higher than the national average only in the Osrednjeslovenska region (by 14.5%). This region had a little less than one third of all persons in employment. Earnings in other regions were below average; the lowest average monthly gross earnings were paid in the Pomurska region, a little more than 82% of the national average and more than 28% lower than average earnings in the Osrednjeslovenska region.

• Average monthly gross earnings by sections of activity and sex, Slovenia, 2006.xls, 31kB
• Average monthly gross earnings by statistical regions of employment and residence and by sex, Slovenia, 2006.xls, 56kB