The gross average salary increased to RON2,126 from RON2,028 in February, the statistics data showed.
Employees in the medicine production saw the greatest increase in pay in March, of 38%, while employees in the metallurgy industry and in the financial intermediation sector received wage increases of between 10% and 19%. On the other hand, salaries in the wood industry saw decreases of between 2% and 4% in pay.
Compared to March 2011, Romania’s average net salary rose 3.3% in nominal terms. In real terms, the average salary was up just 0.9% on the year in March. (EUR1=RON4.4044)