Gross average salary increased to RON2,140 in April, from RON2,126 in the previous month.
Staff in the oil and natural gas industry received the highest salary bump in April (up 27.6% from March), followed by personnel in the steel and metallurgical industries (pay increases between 15% and 18% on the month).
At the opposite end, Romanians working in the tobacco and pharmaceutical sectors received by 21.4% and 31.8% less compared with March, the data showed.
In April compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 3.7% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.4646)