Romanian Govt. decides to hike minimum statutory wage as of January 2025
<p>The Government of Romania has decided that the minimum gross statutory wage will increase to RON 4,050 (over EUR 800) from 2025. It is a 9.5% increase from the current RON 3,700.</p>

<p>"In the tripartite national committee [e.n. that includes trade unions and employers associations besides the Government], we established that, from January 1, 2025, the minimum wage will be RON 4,050.&nbsp;We are thus entering the path of the European minimum wage! We comply with the European directive, which shows that this value must be between 47% and 52% percent of the average European salary (Romania will be at 47%).&nbsp;We also agreed to maintain the tax exemption on the RON 300 from the minimum wage," prime minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on his Facebook page.</p>

<p>The Senate passed the Government's European minimum wage bill earlier this week. The draft law does not specify a specific amount that the gross minimum wage will reach in 2025 but the calculation formula that will be applied for yearly increases in the gross minimum wage.</p>

<p>The state forecasting body CNP forecast that the average gross salary for the year 2025 will be RON 8,597.</p>

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<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>