Romania: Romania’s real wages down 4.9% y/y in Q4 2025, still higher (…)

February 13, 2026

Romania’s real wages down 4.9% y/y in Q4 2025, still higher compared with 2023
Feb 13, 2026

Romania’s real wages down 4.9% y/y in Q4 2025, still higher compared with 2023.

Romania’s average net wage rose by 4.4% y/y to RON 5,674 (EUR 1,115) in Q4 last year, but the nominal advance was fully offset by the high 9.7% y/y inflation, resulting in a 4.9% y/y real decline in employees’ purchasing power, according to data published by the statistics office INS. It was (…)

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