The average net nominal salary in Romania increased to RON 3,044 (EUR 640) in August, 14.1% more than in the same month last year.

In real terms, deflated for the consumer price index, the average net earnings increased by 9.8%, according to the National Statistics Institute (INS).

Net wages in the public administration, education and healthcare increased in real terms by 7.2%, 12.0% and 2.9% to above-average levels (122%, 101% and 123% respectively).

In construction, the net wage recorded the steepest annual increase (+43% in real terms) but the earnings still  lag behind the economy-wide average (by 3%). The highest wages, more than twice as high as the average, were in the computer programming and fuel refining industries.

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