The trade union consumer basket calculated by the Association of Independent Trade Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the month of January 2022 amounts to 2,357.04 Bosnian marks (approx. €1,178) and is 91.37 marks (some €45) higher than the consumer basket for the previous month.

The average salary paid in the Federation of BiH for the month of November 2021 was 1,022.00 marks (nearly €510) according to the latest data published by the Bureau of Statistics of the Federation (FBiH) entity, which is 23 marks (or €12) more than the amount in the previous month. Thus the coverage of the Consumer Basket with the average salary amounts to only 43.36%.

When calculating the trade union consumer basket, the average salary paid in the FBiH was taken into account, as well as the minimum living costs of a family of four consisting of two adults and two children, one of whom is in high school and the other in primary school.