Gross average salary increased by a similar percentage to RON2,291, the data showed.
Staff in the financial sector received the highest salary raise in April (up by 33.9% from March), while Romanians working in the oil and gas industry received between 22.5% and 27.5% more compared with the previous month.
At the opposite end, employees in the tobacco and pharmaceuticals industries received by 38.2% and 13.7% less money, respectively, the data showed.
In April compared with the year-earlier month, Romanian average net salary rose 7% in nominal terms. (EUR1=RON4.4008)