With an average salary of EUR 225, FYROM leaves Bulgaria behind, showed data released by FYROM's Statistic Institute, Serbia & Montenegro Today reports. In Bulgaria, that became a EU member, the average monthly salary is just EUR 180. With this sum, Bulgaria is staying on the Balkan's bottom, showed the survey.

In comparison – salaries in Croatia are much higher – the middle level goes to EUR 641. In Serbia the average salary for January 2007 was EUR 316.