Since June 2025, the national minimum wage in Romania remained fixed at €799.8 per month, that is 9,598 euros per year, taking into account 12 payments per year.
If we look at the minimum salary in Romanian new lei, which is the official currency in Romania, we can see that, this year, it was 4,050 Romanian new lei and accordingly, the national minimum wage has remained stable, while the CPI of 2025 which was 5.1%, so workers have lost purchasing power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Romania is in 42 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 124 of the list.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) of a country is the minimum amount (lowest salary) per hour, per day, or per month that employers may legally pay to workers.
In the table that follows we show you the progression of the National Minimum Wage Romania. You can see NMW in other countries in National Minimum Wage 2025 and see all the information about this country in Romania economy.