Gross average salary increased by a similar percentage to RON2,231, the data showed.
Staff in the tobacco sector received the highest salary raise in March (up by 19.3% from February, whereas Romanians working in the mining industry received by 4.8% less compared with the previous month.
In March compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 4.8% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.3241)