Ljubljana, 22 September - The average gross pay in Slovenia in July stood at EUR 1,941, down 0.6% nominally and 0.2% in real terms on June. Totalling EUR 1,250, the average net pay was down 0.5% in nominal terms and 0.9% in real terms, the Statistics Office said on Wednesday.

The average gross pay for July dropped by 1.4% in the public sector over June, while increasing by 0.1% in the private sector.

Broken down by sectors, it was the highest in financial and insurance companies, at EUR 2,701.

The highest month-on-month increase was meanwhile recorded in education (+6.5%) and the sharpest decrease in health care and social care (-7.1%), mostly because hazard bonuses stopped being paid as the coronavirus epidemic was formally declared over.