Gross average salary was up 0.8% to RON2,139 from RON2,122 in September.
Staff in the coal mining industry got the highest pay rise in October (up 21.2% compared with the previous month), followed by personnel in the metal mining sector with a salary increase of 13.1%.
At the opposite end, Romanians working in the oil and gas extraction sector received 25.9% lower salaries compared with September, the data showed.
In October compared with the same month of 2011, Romanian average net salary rose 6.5% in nominal terms. In real terms, the average net salary was up 1.5% on the year in October. (EUR1=RON4.5316)