Average salary and what it hides
New reporting based on Serbian statistical data shows that the country’s average net salary for September 2025 was 109,147 dinars, while the median net salary was 85,267 dinars, meaning half of all employees earned less than that amount. The gap between the average and the median is one of the clearest indicators that a relatively small share of higher earners is pulling the national average upward.
That disparity is also visible in the broader wage structure. According to the analysis cited in the reporting, just over 30 percent of workers earned more than the national average, while the majority remained below it. More specifically, 10.9 percent of employees earned between 110,000 and 130,000 dinars, 7.5 percent earned between 130,001 and 160,000, 6 percent earned between 160,001 and 220,000, and 5.6 percent earned more than 220,000 dinars.
Most employees are concentrated in the lower-middle wage bands
A large share of Serbia’s workforce remains concentrated in relatively modest income brackets. Reporting that cites economist Radojka Nikolić says that two-thirds of employees earn between 55,000 and 100,000 dinars, roughly €470 to €900, which she described as insufficient for normal family life. The same analysis says that the three largest pay bands are those up to 110,000 dinars, and together they account for 63 percent of employees.
The same reporting also stresses how polarized the wage structure is: around 130,000 workers are clustered among the lowest-paid, while a similar number are at the top end, which is presented as evidence of strong social stratification in the labor market.
Education does not always guarantee higher pay
One of the most striking findings highlighted in the coverage is that high educational attainment does not always translate into higher income across sectors. In the field of accommodation and food services, where average wages are among the lowest, employees with master’s degrees or doctorates earned an average of 111,064 dinars. That was still less than the pay of a worker with only eight grades of primary school employed in the information and communications sector, according to the comparison cited in the report.
The same article notes that the lowest average wages were recorded in accommodation and food services, where workers without completed secondary education earned 55,343 dinars on average, those with secondary education 65,081 dinars, and university graduates 108,182 dinars. These figures were used to underline how strongly sector matters in Serbia’s wage system, sometimes more than formal education itself.
The gender pay gap remains significant
The reporting also points to a persistent gender wage gap. According to data published by the Republic Statistical Office and cited in the articles, women earned about 14 percent less than men, or roughly 15,000 dinars less on average. For September 2025, average net pay for men stood at 116,337 dinars, compared with 101,256 dinars for women.
This gap appears across the labor market and is especially pronounced in some categories of highly educated workers, where the difference in pay between men and women was described as even sharper. The reporting presents this as evidence that Serbia’s wage inequality is not only sectoral and educational, but also strongly gendered.
Minimum wage context and the broader takeaway
The articles you provided are centered primarily on average wages, pay distribution, sectoral differences and the gender gap, rather than on a newly announced statutory minimum wage level. What they collectively show is that although Serbia’s official average salary has risen above 109,000 dinars, most workers remain well below that figure, median earnings are substantially lower, and structural inequalities remain visible across sectors, education levels and gender.
Taken together, the coverage presents a labor market in which headline wage growth does not fully reflect everyday reality for most employees: only a minority earns above average, two-thirds remain in the lower-middle pay brackets, some highly educated workers earn less than lower-qualified workers in stronger sectors, and women continue to be paid significantly less than men.
