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Real wage in 2026

The monthly figures published by National Institute of Statistics (INS) for the year 2026.

Real growth of the net wage — average

−5.39 %

the average of the 7 months published

Real growth of the net wage — minim

−6.91 %

May 2026

Real growth of the net wage — maxim

−2.47 %

July 2026

Year in progress. The year 2026 so far has real 7 of 12 months published. The page fills in as National Institute of Statistics (INS) publishes the rest.

Trends in 2026

Real growth of the net wage · solid line
Real wage in 2026 The monthly trend of Real wage, from January 2026 to July 2026, in %. Valoarea a trecut de la −5.52 la −2.47. The exact figures are in the table below. −8 −6 −4 −2 minim −6.91 −2.47

The months of 2026

The months of 2026. The figures are in %.
Month Real growth of the net wage
January 2026 −5.52
February 2026 −5.00
March 2026 −5.03
April 2026 −6.54
May 2026 −6.91
June 2026 −6.25
July 2026 −2.47

All years

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Source: National Institute of Statistics (INS), matrices FOM106G, IPC102E. Period covered: 2026. See the source.

Both series it is computed from are INS's: the average net wage (matrices FOM106D and FOM106G) and the consumer price indices (IPC102E for the real growth, IPC102B for expressing wages in today's prices). The arithmetic is ours and is written out below; the input figures are untouched.

Derived figure. The figure is published by nobody: we compute it, from two series INS publishes separately. A month's real growth is the growth of the net wage against the same month of the previous year, divided by the consumer price index of that month against the same month of the previous year (IPC102E), minus one. In July 2026, for instance, the net wage grew by 5.49% and prices by 8.16%, so the real wage fell: 1.0549 ÷ 1.0816 − 1 = −2.47%.