The average gross nominal wage was 5,773 lei, in October 2021, 41 lei (+ 0.7%) higher than in September 2021, and the average net nominal wage stood at 3,544 lei, up compared to the previous month by 27 lei (+ 0.8%), the National Institute of Statistics (INS) announced on Monday.
According to the INS, the highest values of the average net nominal wage was registered in IT service activities (including information service activities) (8,596 lei), and the lowest in hospitality (1,907 lei).
Compared to October of the previous year, the average net nominal wage increased by 6%. The real earnings index was 98.2% in October 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, and the real earnings index was 99% in October 2021 compared to the previous month.
Compared to October 1990, the real earnings index was 220.8%, 2.2 percentage points lower than that recorded in September 2021.AGERPRES