The gross minimum wage also increased from RON900 to RON975 in January.
The measure will benefit around 1,5 million employees, of which 490,000 in the public sector.
In 2014, Romania raised the minimum wage in two stages, by RON50 each time, to RON850, and to RON900, based on a Government decision passed in November 2013. (EUR1=RON4.4931)