Structure of earnings

Structural wage surveys differ from other wage surveys. Wages of individual employees are directly monitored here and not total volumes at the level of enterprises or organizations.
The median salary increased by 5.6% between 2022 and 2023 to CZK 39,518. The average value of wages for men increased by 5.5% to 42,231 and for women by 6% to 36,669 crowns. The median salary for employees in the armed forces increased the most.
In 2023, five percent of men received a salary lower than CZK 19,739, for women it was CZK 19,769. On the other hand, five percent of the best-paid men had a salary higher than 104,691 CZK, while for women it was almost 29,000 less, namely 75,794 CZK. 3.92 percent of employees, 5.63 percent of men and 1.92 percent of women received a salary above 100 thousand crowns.

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Year 2023

Occupation		Percentage of employees			Average earnings (CZK)			Median earnings (CZK)
	CZ-ISCO code	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
Total		100.00	53.97	46.03	45,927	50,010	41,139	39,518	42,231	36,669
Armed forces occupations	0000	0.71	0.62	0.09	(48,554)	(48,290)	(50,411)	(47,124)	(46,615)	(50,605)
Managers	1000	3.76	2.47	1.29	102,316	112,726	82,272	79,727	87,690	68,730
Professionals	2000	16.11	7.68	8.44	66,207	76,324	57,001	55,124	64,193	50,780
Technicians and associate professionals	3000	22.55	11.34	11.21	49,200	52,761	45,599	45,156	48,475	42,616
Clerical support workers	4000	8.56	2.12	6.44	36,842	41,780	35,215	34,447	39,132	33,360
Service and sales workers	5000	13.23	4.54	8.68	32,275	35,246	30,721	30,083	31,962	29,597
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	6000	0.72	0.41	0.31	33,440	34,757	31,681	32,532	33,527	30,664
Craft and related trades workers	7000	11.85	10.35	1.50	38,890	39,918	31,818	37,471	38,624	30,437
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	8000	16.24	11.58	4.66	37,186	38,811	33,152	35,679	37,614	31,960
Elementary occupations	9000	6.27	2.85	3.41	26,499	28,162	25,106	24,440	26,093	23,716

Note: The data in brackets indicate those results where there is a natural dominance of one or two economic subjects. Specifically, these are cases where more than 80% are in the given classification.

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Earnings band (CZK)	Percentage of employees
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00
up to 16,000	0.20	0.18	0.22
16,001 - 18,000	2.20	2.37	1.99
18,001 - 20,000	3.03	2.90	3.19
20,001 - 22,000	3.98	3.66	4.36
22,001 - 24,000	3.35	2.70	4.11
24,001 - 26,000	4.01	3.04	5.13
26,001 - 28,000	4.21	3.09	5.52
28,001 - 30,000	4.63	3.55	5.88
30,001 - 32,000	4.91	3.98	6.00
32,001 - 34,000	5.15	4.42	6.01
34,001 - 36,000	5.18	4.73	5.71
36,001 - 38,000	5.19	4.93	5.50
38,001 - 40,000	5.20	5.06	5.37
40,001 - 42,000	4.87	4.84	4.90
42,001 - 44,000	4.41	4.58	4.22
44,001 - 46,000	4.09	4.37	3.76
46,001 - 48,000	3.64	3.86	3.37
48,001 - 50,000	3.21	3.46	2.92
50,001 - 52,000	2.90	3.12	2.63
52,001 - 54,000	2.64	2.84	2.40
54,001 - 56,000	2.32	2.55	2.06
56,001 - 58,000	2.04	2.23	1.81
58,001 - 60,000	1.79	2.02	1.51
60,001 - 65,000	3.51	4.07	2.86
65,001 - 70,000	2.61	3.16	1.96
70,001 - 75,000	1.94	2.39	1.42
75,001 - 80,000	1.47	1.84	1.03
80,001 - 85,000	1.19	1.49	0.83
85,001 - 90,000	0.93	1.21	0.59
90,001 - 95,000	0.71	0.94	0.44
95,001 - 100,000	0.59	0.78	0.37
100,001 and over	3.92	5.63	1.92

Structure of earnings survey

Name of Item	Type	Date
Structure of Earnings Survey - 2023 110026-24	Publication	23. 05. 2024
Structure of Earnings Survey (preliminary results) - 2012 a-3158-13	Analysis	11. 03. 2013
Structure of Earnings Survey - 2011 e-3110-12	Publication	30. 05. 2012

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