The average net salary in Romania stood at 1,027 RON in April this year, up 1.4% compared to March and 22.4% higher than April 2006, the National Statistics Institute announced on Monday. The highest salary boosts were recorded in the financial sector while the lowest were reported in the wood processing industry.

The average gross salary for the period stood at 1,387 RON, up 1.7% compared to March.

The higest average net salary values were reported in the financial sector (3002 RON), air transport (2254 RON), tobacco processing (2070 RON) and crude processing.

The lowest salaries are reported in the wood processing industry except furniture manufacturing (573 RON), textile industry (581 RON), leather processing industry (582 RON).