Healthcare salaries in Croatia
The median senior Healthcare salary in Croatia is €45,948 per year, with the market band from €44,892 to €46,992 (narodne-novine.nn.hr, 2026-09-04).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- Median
- €66,300
- per month
- €5,525
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Only a floor figure is published for this cell; the stored value is that floor, and the true market center is likely higher. FLOOR ONLY. Published title: Ravnatelj klinickog bolnickog centra, ravnatelj klinicke bolnice i ravnatelj Hrvatskog zavoda za javno zdravstvo (director of clinical hospital centre), coefficient 5.39 x 1,025.00 = 5,525 EUR statutory base; total compensation with supplements is higher. Basis authority: statutory gross base salary, coefficient per Ordinance NN 22/2024 multiplied by base value (osnovica) 1,025.00 EUR valid 1 Aug to 30 Nov 2026; osnovica is defined as a gross amount in Article 13(4) of the Pay Law NN 155/2023. Base salary only, excludes supplements such as seniority, duty or overtime pay. No sample, statute applies to all public service employees. Data year 2026. Rounded to nearest euro.
lead (High quality data)
- Median
- €52,896
- per month
- €4,408
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Published title: Predstojnik ustrojstvene jedinice (head of clinical department), coefficient 4.30 x 1,025.00 = 4,408 EUR. Applies to physicians leading hospital departments. Basis authority: statutory gross base salary, coefficient per Ordinance NN 22/2024 multiplied by base value (osnovica) 1,025.00 EUR valid 1 Aug to 30 Nov 2026; osnovica is defined as a gross amount in Article 13(4) of the Pay Law NN 155/2023. Base salary only, excludes supplements such as seniority, duty or overtime pay. No sample, statute applies to all public service employees. Data year 2026. Rounded to nearest euro.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- €44,892
- Median
- €45,948
- P75
- €46,992
- per month
- €3,829
About €3,829 per month at the median.
p50 is the midpoint of the source's published span; the span endpoints are stored as p25 and p75 and are wider than quartiles. SPAN, published endpoints: Doktor medicine specijalist ranks 3 to 1, coefficients 3.65 to 3.82 x 1,025.00 = 3,741 to 3,916 EUR specialist physician base salary. Same cell alternatives: non specialist physician (Doktor medicine 1) 2,993 EUR; specialist with subspecialty title add on up to about 4,049 EUR. SES pools all health professionals including nurses at 2,543 EUR (2022) for context. Basis authority: statutory gross base salary, coefficient per Ordinance NN 22/2024 multiplied by base value (osnovica) 1,025.00 EUR valid 1 Aug to 30 Nov 2026; osnovica is defined as a gross amount in Article 13(4) of the Pay Law NN 155/2023. Base salary only, excludes supplements such as seniority, duty or overtime pay. No sample, statute applies to all public service employees. Data year 2026. Rounded to nearest euro.
Sources for these numbers
- https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/full/2024_02_22_354.html
- https://www.rif.hr/iznosi-osnovice-za-place-u-drzavnoj-i-javnim-sluzbama-za-2026-godinu/
- https://www.nsz.hr/kalkulator-place/
- https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2023_12_155_2359.html
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