Total monthly average wage per person amounted to 3,210 RON in the first quarter of this year, up 7% compared to the previous quarter, while expenses were 2,729 RON, up 14%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, published on Wednesday."The total average monthly wage was, in the first quarter of 2024, in nominal terms, 8049 RON per household, representing 3210 RON per person, up by 7.3% per household, respectively by 7.0% per person, compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared to the first quarter of the previous year, the average monthly incomes per household increased by 15.3%, and those per person by 14.8%. The average monthly expenses of the population were, in the first quarter of 2024, of 6,843 RON per household (2,729 RON per person) and represented 85.0% of total income, an increase of 329 RON per household compared to the fourth quarter of 2023. Compared to the first quarter of the year previous year, the total average monthly expenses per household increased by 14.6%, and those per person by 14.0%," INS mentions.The average monthly financial income was 7,473 RON per household (2,981 RON per person), up 7.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023, and the income in kind was 576 RON per household (230 RON per person) person), up by 5.2% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.By place of residence, the level of total average monthly income per household in the urban environment in the first quarter of 2024 was 8993 RON, 1.3 times higher than in the rural environment, and per person 3830 RON, 1.5 times higher than in rural areas.The average monthly household expenses were, in the first three months, 6370 RON per household (2541 RON per person), higher by 4.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.According to the INS, the place of residence highlights differences between the level of total average monthly expenses. Thus, in the urban environment, the average monthly expenses per household were 7,572 RON, 1.3 times higher than in the rural environment. A person from the urban environment spent, on average, 3224 RON per month, 1.5 times more than a person from the rural environment.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
