In Bucharest, wages in these sectors are 30% higher than the country average, reads the survey. Eastern Romanian offers the smallest salaries compared to the other regions. In western and central Romania the highest-paying jobs are in the banking sector and the car industry, reveals the survey.

Software programmers are offered a monthly salary of EUR1,500-EUR2,000, while for IT managers the salary may rise up to EUR5,000 or even more.

The average wage in the banking sector is EUR1,000 per month for relationship, branch or regional managers, while a top manager may earn between EUR100,000 and EUR1 million per year, apart from bonuses and other benefits.

In the pharmaceutical industry, a sales representative, clinical research associate or pharmacist earns some EUR1,000 per month.

Trenkwalder has nine subsidiaries in Romania, in Sibiu, Bucharest, Pitesti, Oradea, Timisoara, Cluj, Iasi, Arad and Brasov. It employs 70 consultants and registered consolidated revenues of EUR20 million in 2010 (Trenkwalder and Trenkwalder Sobis).