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Speaking more specifically about changes in the system of coefficients in the civil service, the prime minister stated that 54,587 employees work in it.
The number of job titles was halved, i.e. from 908 to 55 for officers and employees, and from 667 to 343 for police officers.
Secondary education, which had the lowest salary in March 2023, the one of 553 euros in March 2024 will have 795, and the average salary for secondary education, which in March 2023 was 791 euros, in March 2024 will be 1,161 euros.
Accordingly, the average salary growth for secondary education in the civil service will be 47 per cent.
For a university degree in March 2023, the minimum admission was 650 euros, and in March 2024 it will be 1,056 euros. The average salary for a university degree in March 2023 was 975 euros, and in March 2024 it will be 1,439 euros.
The average salary growth for higher education in the civil service will be 48 per cent.
For university education, the lowest salary in March 2023 was 754 euros and the average was 1,574 euros, while in March 2024 the lowest will be 1,226 euros and the average will be 2,016 euros.
The average salary growth for a university degree in the civil service will be 28 per cent.
Presenting the salary increase in the Croatian Army, Prime Minister Plenkovic stressed that this is the largest salary increase in the Croatian Army in a number of years, recalling that the army in the time of some previous governments experienced wage reductions.
In this context, the Prime Minister stressed that this Government, compared to 2016, when the Budget of the Ministry of Defence was about 55 million euros, has increased the budget so much that it now amounts to one billion and 180 million euros.
The government, he said, has returned the Croatian soldier to the centre of Croatian defence policy and returned to him the material rights that had previously been taken from him and compensated for injustices in terms of earlier non-salary increases.
With this reform, the average wage growth in the armed forces is growing 38 percent.
Regarding the reform of salaries in public services, the Prime Minister stressed that the coverage here is much higher because there are 186 thousand employees working in public services.
Here, too, the number of job titles has been halved, from 965 to 487.
As an example of reform in public services, he cited salaries for teachers and professors, expressing respect for this important profession that educates and educates children and young people.
He recalled that in 2022 the coefficient for teachers was 1,599, in 2023 it was 1,737, and now after this reform it will be 2.01. adding that the prescribed coefficient was 1.406.
This means 490 euros gross higher salary for teachers, Prime Minister Plenkovic emphasized.
When it comes to the teacher mentor, the coefficient goes to 2.17, and the increase goes to 474 euros gross.
For a senior assistant, the coefficient will be 2.5, compared to the prescribed 1.6, and it is an increase in salary by 574 euros gross.
As another example, he cited the position of assistant professor, which goes from the prescribed coefficient of 1.843 to 2.90, and the gross salary increase is 649 euros.
For a full professor, the prescribed coefficient was 2,425, and now it will be 3.80, with a gross salary increase of 838 euros.
Presenting some examples of the average increase in wages in the health care system, Prime Minister Plenkovi? stated that the coefficient for a health worker in primary health care, secondary education, will be increased from 0.951 to 1.55, which is an increase of 346 euros gross.
A doctor of medicine and a doctor of dental medicine, whose prescribed coefficient was 1.659, with this increase will have a coefficient of 2.920, and a salary increase of 355 euros gross.
A doctor of medicine specialist and a doctor of dental medicine specialist, whose prescribed coefficient was 2.367, will have a coefficient of 3.82, and the salary increase is 585 euros gross.
A professional worker in the social protection system, whose coefficient is prescribed 1,400, after this reform will have a coefficient of 2.17, and the salary increase is 507 euros gross.
Since last summer there was a lot of talk about the salaries of recorders in the judicial authorities, Prime Minister Plenkovi? singled out this example.
This coefficient was 0.990 in 2022, in 2023 it was increased to 1,302, and will now have 1.44, which is a salary increase of 488 euros gross.
The coefficient of a police officer of the 4th category from the prescribed 0.865 goes to 1.60, and it is a growth of 483 euros gross.
For IT consultants, the prescribed coefficient was 1,232, and now it goes to 2.05, i.e. a salary increase of 852 euros gross.
