Gross average salary fell to RON2,008 in October, from RON2,017 in the previous month.
Staff in the oil and natural gas sector suffered the highest salary cuts in October (down 28.7% from September), followed by personnel in the ore mining and financial sectors (pay cuts between 16% and 20.4% on the month).
At the opposite end, Romanians working in the media, insurance, transport and research sectors received by 2% and 5.5% more compared with September, the data showed.
In October compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 8.7% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.3534)