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…
iulian ernst · Journalist
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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 the second consecutive quarter with negative real dynamics of the net wages in Romania, after the electricity price liberalisation in July and the VAT rate hike in August pushed up the headline inflation close to 10%.
