Gross average salary was also 0.3% higher, at to RON2,334, the data showed.

Staff in the oil and gas sectors received the biggest paychecks in June, of RON4,܇, the data showed.

At the opposite end, hotel and restaurant employees received the lowest monthly salaries, of RON981.

In June compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 5% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.425)