Country
Croatia
Full labour cost: €18.40 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €12.23 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €8.98 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €7.91 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €6.18 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€18.40 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Croatia
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €1.05 | €0.16 | 6.7× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.51 | €0.08 | 6.6× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.66 | €0.08 | 8× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.53 | €0.09 | 6.2× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €3.96 | €0.60 | 6.6× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €1.32 | €0.18 | 7.5× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €3.30 | €0.58 | 5.7× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €3.96 | €0.67 | 5.9× |
| Research one B2B lead | €2.99 | €0.62 | 4.9× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €1.50 | €0.18 | 8.4× |
| Screen one CV | €0.90 | €0.16 | 5.5× |
| Draft a social media post | €2.25 | €0.31 | 7.1× |
| Write a help-centre article | €5.99 | €0.94 | 6.4× |
| Write a product description | €4.08 | €0.63 | 6.5× |
| Translate one page | €10.19 | €2.06 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €6.12 | €1.05 | 5.8× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €12.23 | €2.09 | 5.8× |
| Triage a bug report | €3.06 | €0.68 | 4.5× |
| Review a small pull request | €6.12 | €1.09 | 5.6× |
| Write a SQL report query | €6.12 | €1.07 | 5.7× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method