The nationwide average gross monthly salary in 2022 was 6,126 RON, by 10.7 percent (+591 RON) higher than in the previous year, while the net pay was 3,801 RON, up 11.3 percent (+385 RON) from 2021, shows data released on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The sectors to see the highest average net monthly earnings in 2022 compared to the average across the economy were: information and communications (+102.4 pct), financial intermediation and insurance (+65 pct), the production and supply of electricity and thermal energy, gas, hot water and air conditioning (+57.4 pct), public administration (+46.5 pct), the mining industry (+44.0 pct), professional, scientific and technical activities (+26.2 pct).Conversely, the industries with below-average monthly net earnings were hospitality (-43 pct), other service activities (-37.4 pct), real estate transactions (-27.7 pct), administrative and support services (-23.4 pct), water distribution, sanitation, waste management, decontamination activities (-18.8 pct), entertainment, cultural and recreational activities (-15.3 pct), wholesale and retail trade; motor vehicle and motorcycle repair (-15.2 pct), agriculture, forestry and fishing (-14.5 pct), the manufacturing industry (-9.5 pct), transport and storage (-8.8 pct), construction (-7.8 pct).According to INS data, the 2022 real wage index (expressed as the ratio of the net nominal salary to the population's consumer price index) was 222.4 percent compared to 1990, 5 percentage points lower than in 2021.The average monthly labor cost in 2022 was 6,426 RON/employee, 10.8 percent up from the previous year.According to data released by INS, the number of employees at the end of 2022 was 5.6 million, by 90,800 more than in 2021, of whom 63,900 females.At the end of 2022, employees with privately-owned companies represented the majority (76.7 percent) and were by 1.9 percent more compared to the previous year.Employees with trading companies accounted for 79.8 percent of the total number of employees at the end of the year, by 1.7 percent more compared to 2021.
The number of people in Romania at risk of poverty stood at 3.59 million people in 2024, 375,000 fewer than in 2023, representing a 9.4% decrease, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, or INS. Despite the improvement, nearly one in five Romanians was affected by poverty last year. According to INS, 19% […]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca carried out multiple searches on Tuesday, July 1, at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving a EUR 54 million EU-funded infrastructure project. A total of 24 locations were searched across Bucharest, Brașov, and Sibiu county, […]
A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, June 29, according to media reports. On Friday, June 27, the venerable Nigerian arrived at Bucharest's Otopeni Airport. He got into a taxi and asked to be taken to a hotel downtown. At the destination, the […]
Costin Șerban, a Romanian entrepreneur, is digitalizing the construction sector in the United Kingdom with an ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution developed over 12 years and an investment of GBP 1.6 million (EUR 1.86 million). Șerban’s cloud-based ERP platform is called Abilo, was developed by the Romanian IT company Obi Systems, and is dedicated to […]
Border checks between Bulgaria and Romania have officially been lifted on July 1, as part of the implementation of the Schengen Agreement. The lifting marks the end of the transitional period of heightened control at the internal border, which had remained in place for six months following their accession to the Schengen area by land […]
Remus Vulpescu became CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Tuesday, July 1, taking over from Adrian Tănase as the stock exchange grapples with a market dominated by government bonds. Vulpescu, 53, is a graduate in political and legal sciences from the University of Bucharest and holder of an EMBA obtained in 2017. He […]
