The average gross monthly salary stood at RON4,357 in 2018, the data showed.
The highest monthly net salaries last year, above the national average, were paid in the IT&C and related services sector (+96.9% above national average), financial services and insurance (+71,.%), public administration (+66.8%), electricity and water utilities (+44.4%), the extracting industry (+43.4%), health care and social work (+28.2%), and education (+6.8%).
Net salaries below the national average were in the hospitality industry (-40.8%), other services (-33.7%), construction (-27.2%), support services (-21.4%), real estate transactions (-19.6%), agriculture (-19.1%), water distribution and waste management (-15.9%), retail (-15.7%), manufacturing industry (-11.4%), transport and storage (-7.3%).
Romania had 5.426 million employees at the end of 2018, 63,900 more than at the end of 2017, the data showed.
Employers spent an average of RON4.573 per employee in 2018, 14.1% more than in 2017.