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The gross minimum wage will rise from 3,300 lei to 3,700 lei starting July 1, after the Government adopted the provision.
Thus, a person paid the minimum wage in the economy will have a net salary of 2,363 lei. Currently, the employee receives 2,079 lei minimum net wage.
“Today’s most anticipated decision is the increase of the minimum wage from 3,300 to 3,700 lei per month, from July 1. It is a measure agreed with the social dialogue partners, which benefits over 1.8 million employees in Romania. Also, at the request of the business environment, we approved the increase from 200 lei to 300 lei of the untaxed monthly amount”, Prime Minister Ciolacu has previouslu announced, explaining that employees thus receive an additional 284 lei per month.
According to the Minister of Labor, a number of 1,871,266 employees will benefit from the increase of the minimum gross basic salary per country guaranteed in payment to 3,700 lei.
The minimum wage in the construction sector remains at 4,582 lei gross from January 1, 2024, which means that an employee paid in this way will still have 3,196 lei in hand. As for employees in agriculture and the food industry, the salary remains at 3,436 lei gross, which translates into a net of 2,396 lei.
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