Gross average salary decreased to RON2,109 in May, from RON2,140 in the previous month.
Staff in the drilling services sector received the highest salary bump in May (up 16% from April), followed by personnel in the leather finishing works and in the oil and natural gas industry (pay increases between 4.5% and 6.5% on the month).
At the opposite end, Romanians working in the steel and metallurgical industries received by 11.7% less compared with April, while staff in the brokerage field received between 8% and 10% lower wages, the data showed.
In May compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 4.9% in nominal terms. (EUR1= RON4.4715)