Romania's National Statistics Institute released a report which shows that best payed Romanians in the country live in Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county and the cities of Cluj and Sibiu in Central Romania. One reason for this cluster is that foreign investments are concentrated in these areas.

On the other hand, worst payed Romanians live in Harghita and Maramures, in North Romania where salaries are almost half as compared to those in Bucharest. These are closely followed by Suceava and Vaslui in North East Romania, considered one of the poorest regions in the EU.