🇷🇴Romania average salary
Romania's average salary is 21,108 €/year as of 2024, from official Eurostat data. It rose from 18,093 €/year the previous year. Over the period shown it has ranged from 1,189 €/year to 21,108 €/year. That is 22,404 €/year below the euro-area average of 43,512 €/year — the 22nd of 26 European countries that report it.
The average salary is gross, before income tax and social contributions: all wages and salaries paid in the economy divided by the number of employees, then adjusted to a full-time job using labour force survey hours. Eurostat calculates it from national accounts so that countries can be compared. It is a yearly amount, not a median and not the pay of any particular job. Eurostat does not publish it for the Netherlands, where Statistics Netherlands uses a different method.
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Romania average salary — frequently asked questions
- What is Romania's average salary?
- Romania's average salary is 21,108 €/year as of 2024, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Romania's average salary compare with the euro area?
- It is the 22nd-highest of 26 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 43,512 €/year.
- Is Romania's average salary rising or falling?
- It rose from 18,093 €/year to 21,108 €/year in the latest reading (2024).
- What does “average salary” measure?
- The average salary is gross, before income tax and social contributions: all wages and salaries paid in the economy divided by the number of employees, then adjusted to a full-time job using labour force survey hours. Eurostat calculates it from national accounts so that countries can be compared. It is a yearly amount, not a median and not the pay of any particular job. Eurostat does not publish it for the Netherlands, where Statistics Netherlands uses a different method.