Union consumer basket for October 3,312 KM, average salary 1,595 KM

(Patria) - The union consumer basket calculated by the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina (SSSBiH) for October this year amounts to 3,312.40 KM.

The average salary paid in the Federation of BiH for August amounted to 1,595 KM. The minimum salary according to the Decision of the Government of FBiH is 1,000 KM. The coverage of the union consumer basket by the average salary is 48.15 percent. The coverage of the union consumer basket by the minimum salary is 30.19 percent.

When creating the union consumer basket, the average salary paid in the Federation of BiH was taken into account, as well as the minimum living costs of a four-member family consisting of two adults and two children, one of whom is of secondary school age and the other of primary school age.

The consumer basket itself consists of: food (43.13 percent share in the union consumer basket), housing and utilities (14.86 percent), hygiene and health maintenance (9.40 percent), education and culture (10.87 percent), clothing and footwear (10.87 percent), transport (4.83 percent), household maintenance (6.04 percent).

In the food category, prices from three shopping centers for 86 items were used. When it comes to hygiene and health maintenance, costs for ten items were included, and for housing and utilities, costs for six items, the statement said.