Gross average salary was 0.8% higher on the month, at RON2,349, the data showed.

Staff in the oil and gas sectors received the biggest paychecks in September, of RON5,776, the data showed. At the opposite end, hotel and restaurant employees received the lowest monthly salaries, of RON996.

In September compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 5.5% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.4192)