The nominal gross average salary for this May increased. The National Bureau of Statistics said this rose by 7.5% compared with last May, to 4,863 lei, IPN reports.
In the budgetary sphere, the average salary was 4,177 lei, up 3% on last May. In the real sector, the average salary was 5,152 lei, an increase of 9.2% on May 2015.
Divided by areas, the salary in wholesale trade rose by 17.2% to 4,483 lei, in accommodation and public food – by 15.2% to 3,420 lei, while in the information and communication technology sector – by 15.6% to 10,869 lei.
The salary in the recreation sector, health protection and education rose by only 0.5% to 2.5%, to 3,062 lei, 4,492 lei and 3,908 lei respectively. In extractive industry, the salary fell by 2% to 4,445 lei.
The real salary index for May 2016, compared with May 2015, calculated as a ratio of the nominal gross salary to the consume prices index, was of 99.6%, a decrease of 0.4% on last year.
