The average official salary in 2019 will be 6,975 lei, a nominal increase of 9% on 2018 and a real increase of 3.9% according to the last forecast made in September 2018.

In a response to IPN, the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure said the forecast was made before the fiscal reform was implemented and before the new salary system was introduced in the budgetary sector. Currently, the Ministry of Economy is reviewing the forecast macroeconomic indicators, including the forecast average official salary.

As to the size of the minimum official salary in 2019, the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure said the subject is within the remit of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection, the minimum official salary set in October 2014 was 1,000 lei. The minimum guaranteed salary in the real sector in May 2018, which is reviewed each year, was 2,610 lei.

The National Bureau of Statistics said the average gross nominal monthly salary in the second quarters of 2018 was 6,369.8 lei, up 13% compared with the second quarter of 2017. This way, the average wage for the first time exceeded €300.