Gross average salary was also down 1.4% to RON2,117, from RON2,147 in July.
Staff in the auto production sector got the highest pay cut in August (up 9.6% from June), followed by personnel in the financial, energy and insurance industries (salary decreases between 7.5% and 9% on the month).
At the opposite end, Romanians working in the coal mining and metal mining sectors received 18.7% and, respectively, 10.8% higher salaries compared with July, the data showed.
In August compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 5.4% in nominal terms. In real terms, the average net salary was 1.5% higher. (EUR1=RON4.5426)