Gross average salary was 2% lower on the month, at to RON2,331, the data showed.
Staff in the oil and gas sectors received the biggest paychecks in August, of RON4,484, the data showed. At the opposite end, hotel and restaurant employees received the lowest monthly salaries, of RON996.
In August compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 4.9% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.413)