The average gross salary stood at RON4,449 in August 2018, 1.4% lower than in July.
The biggest declines in the average net salary were recorded in the sector of extraction of super and inferior coal (-17.1%), -5.0% to -8.0% in the manufacturing of road transport vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, storage and auxiliary activities for transport, other industrial activities, the production and supply of electric and thermal power, natural gas, hot water and air conditioning, insurance/reinsurance activities and pension fund activities (except those in the public social security system), extraction of metal ores, the manufacturing of rubber and plastic products; -3.5% to -5.0% in the sectors of financial brokerage (except insurance activities and pension fund activities), leather tanning and dressing (including the manufacturing of travel items and leather goods, harnesses and footwear; fur dressing and dyeing), manufacturing of tobacco products, water abstraction, treatment and distribution, information technology services (including activities of computer services), activities auxiliary to financial brokerage, insurance activities and pension funds, the data showed.
The biggest increases in the average net salary were recorded in the telecommunications sector (+5.2%), editing activities (+4.9%), as well as +2.0% to +3.5% in the manufacturing of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, beverage manufacturing, the manufacturing of coke products and petroleum products, the manufacturing of chemical substances and products, real estate transactions, water and air transportation.