Gross average salary was also 0.4% higher on the month, at RON2,358, the data showed.
Staff in the oil and gas sectors received the biggest paychecks in October, of RON4,500, the data showed. At the opposite end, hotel and restaurant employees received the lowest monthly salaries, of RON998.
In October compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 5.6% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.4315)