“The salary hike was also determined by the companies’ strategy on keeping employees. On an effervescent labor market, especially on IT, medical, automotive segments or other industries facing a deficit of specialists, employers were forced to offer higher salaries and benefits to keep or attract new employees,” according to Smartree CEO Adrian Stanciu.
Retail, logistics and IT companies registered the highest salary increases in the first half of the year, while the oil or banking sectors were affected by the oil price drop and legislative changes.
The bonuses offered by companies also rose 16% in the first six months of the year.
The evolution of the number of employees remained constant in January-June, with a growth of less than 2%.