Software Engineering salaries in Croatia
The median senior Software Engineering salary in Croatia is €32,748 per year, with the market band from €32,748 to €32,748 (ec.europa.eu, 2026-09-04).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- Median
- €46,392
- per month
- €3,866
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Published title: Mean monthly earnings by sex, occupation and economic activity (2022). Figure: ISCO 1 managers in NACE J 3,866 EUR mean gross. Corroboration: DZS release for April 2026 states the highest average gross salary of all activities, 4,762 EUR, in computer infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related information service activities. Basis authority: Eurostat SES 2022 gross monthly earnings, reference month October 2022, enterprises with 10 or more employees, exact sample size not stated on page. All seniority levels are pooled in this table, mean used as the cell anchor. Data year 2022.
lead (High quality data)
- P25
- €32,748
- Median
- €39,576
- P75
- €46,392
- per month
- €3,298
About €3,298 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: senior professional endpoint ISCO 2 x NACE J 2,729 EUR and first line manager endpoint ISCO 1 x NACE J 3,866 EUR, bridging senior individual contributor to ICT team lead. Same cell alternatives: none finer than ISCO 1 digit exists free. Basis authority: Eurostat SES 2022 gross monthly earnings, reference month October 2022, enterprises with 10 or more employees, exact sample size not stated on page. All seniority levels are pooled in this table, mean used as the cell anchor. Data year 2022.
senior (High quality data)
- Median
- €32,748
- per month
- €2,729
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Published title: Mean monthly earnings by sex, occupation and economic activity (2022). Figure: ISCO major group 2 professionals in NACE J information and communication, 2,729 EUR. Same cell alternatives: public sector ICT specialist (Informaticki specijalist, coefficient 2.65) statutory base 2,716 EUR gross in 2026; MojPosao survey Q3 2025 reports IT architect 2,879 EUR and DevOps engineer 2,520 EUR net of tax, corroboration only (net basis). Basis authority: Eurostat SES 2022 gross monthly earnings, reference month October 2022, enterprises with 10 or more employees, exact sample size not stated on page. All seniority levels are pooled in this table, mean used as the cell anchor. Data year 2022.
Sources for these numbers
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_48?format=JSON&lang=en&freq=A&indic_se=ERN&sex=T&sizeclas=GE10&unit=EUR&geo=HR&time=2022
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/earn_ses22_48/default/table?lang=en
- https://podaci.dzs.hr/2026/hr/121521
- https://mojposao.hr/savjet/e70a2e00-aa6c-11f0-8d57-02238841fbf7/
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