Average wage up 17.7 percent in March

Financial mediation service employees had the highest net average wage, of RON 3,595 (€990), while lowest net earnings were registered in the wood processing industry, excepting furniture, of RON 674 (€185.5).

The real wage increase, calculated as the ratio between net wage and consumer price index, was 104.4 percent compared to February. Compared to October 1990, when prices were liberalized and wages were indexed for the first time, the increase was 116 percent.