Since June 2014, the national minimum wage in Romania remained fixed at €204.6 per month, that is 2,455 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 900 Romanian new lei and accordingly, the national minimum wage has been raised 50 Romanian new lei per month from the previous year, 5.88%. This increase is greater than the CPI of 2014 which was 1.6%, so workers have gained buying power in the last year.
If we look at the ranking of the national minimum wage that we publish, Romania is in 58 nd place, so it is among the countries with the lowest minimum salary of the 108 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 2014 and see all the information about this country in Romania economy.