Romania Is at the Tail of the European Ranking of the Countries with the Highest Annual Wages. Only Three States Are Below Us in the Eurostat Top
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In the European Union, the average annual (full-time) gross salary was 41,500 euros in 2025, but in Hungary it was only 20,100 euros. This places our country in the third worst place in the EU ranking. Although the Hungarian indicator increased faster than the EU average compared to the previous year, the gap is still huge.
According to data published on Friday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), the adjusted average annual salary of full-time employees in the European Union reached €41,500 last year, up 4.3% compared to 2024, when it stood at €39,800.
The average annual wage in Romania was 20,818 euros gross in 2025, almost half of that in the EU. The average monthly net gain was 5,266 lei.
Eurostat: Annual average gross wage in the European Union rose by 4.3% last year to 41,500 euro, with the lowest values recorded in Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary and Romania
Romania is again at the tail of the European ranking, this time in terms of the adjusted average annual wages for full-time employees. In 2025, the average annual salary at the European Union level reached 41,500 euros, with 4.3% more than the previous year, shows the latest published data by [...]
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