Wages have seen a spectacular evolution after the country joined the European Union, with a notable rise in the last 8 years. In nominal terms, the average monthly net salary has more than tripled, from € 312 in 2007 to € 1,045 in 2024, according to analysts from the Romanian Economic Monitor (RoEM) – UBB FSEGA, a research project of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Even when taking inflation into account, which erodes purchasing power, the increase tops 122% in the average net salary.
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