In line with data provided by Salario, a platform developed by recruitment website eJobs, the net average salary in the IT field reached RON8,000 per month in the first six months of 2026, around 5% above the year-earlier level.
The increase remains however below the inflation rate so that in real terms employees’ purchasing power continued to decline.
Oil and gas rank second among the best paid fields, with a net average salary of RON7,000, followed by R&D, with a RON6,800 average.
“Even as in most fields we are speaking about salary increases from last year, in real terms employees’ purchasing power has declined,” says Roxana Draghici, Head of Sales at eJobs, the main online recruitment platform in Romania.
In line with Salario data, candidates’ salary expectations are, on average, 30% above their current income.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)