The average gross monthly salary grew 14.7% on the year in 2017, to RON3,223.
The highest monthly net salaries last year, above the national average, were paid in the IT&C and related services sector (+100% above national average), financial services and insurance (+84.3%), public administration (+64.3%), the extracting industry (+56.8%), electricity and water utilities (+47%), health care and social work (+14.3%), and education (+2.1%).
Net salaries below the national average were in the hospitality industry (-39.1%), other services (-33.5%), construction (-27.5%), agriculture (-20.5%), real estate transactions (-17.2%), water distribution and waste management (-15.9%).
Women earned on average 4% less than men in 2017.
Romania had 5.36 million employees at the end of 2017, 138,6000 more than at the end of 2016.
Employers spent an average RON4,008 per employee in 2017, 14.7% more than in 2016.