"In April 2009 the average monthly paid off net earning per person in paid employment in legal entities in the Republic of Croatia amounted to 5 295 kuna," it said on its web site.
It went down by HRK 72 (1.3 percent) in nominal terms from March.
However, it was nominally 5.1 percent or by HRK 259 higher than the average salary earned in April 2008.