September 22 (SeeNews) - The average net monthly wage in Bosnia's Serb Republic stood at 1,166 marka ($589/596 euro) in August, down by a real 1.6% on the year, the entity's statistical office said on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, the net wage was 0.1% higher in real terms in August, the Serb Republic's Institute of Statistics said in a statement.
The average gross monthly wage in the entity amounted to 1,762 marka in August.
The average net monthly wage in the Serb Republic rose by a real 3.2% last year reaching 1,004 marka.
The Serb Republic is one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Federation.
(1 euro = 1.955 marka)