Romania minimum wage
Salariul de bază minim brut pe ţară garantat în plată — a single national monthly gross floor (no regional variation), fixed by Government decision (hotărâre de Guvern) under Art. 164 alin. (1) din Legea nr. 53/2003 - Codul muncii, after consultation with the social partners. Expressed in money only, excluding allowances, bonuses and other additions.
| Current value | 4325 RON per month (gross, 166.667 hours/month average = 25.949 RON/hour) |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-07-01 |
| Official source | Ministerul Muncii, Familiei, Tineretului şi Solidarităţii Sociale — comunicat de presă din 12 martie 2026: 'Salariul de bază minim brut pe ţară garantat în plată se majorează la 4.325 lei lunar, începând cu data de 1 iulie 2026'; act: Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 146 din 12 martie 2026 (nota de fundamentare publicată pe gov.ro) |
| Last verified | 2026-07-24 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Raised from 4,050 lei to 4,325 lei with effect from 1 July 2026 — a mid-year, not a 1 January, change; the 2025 level had been frozen and simply carried into H1 2026. Increase +275 lei gross (+6.8%). Hourly 25.949 lei on an average normal programme of 166.667 hours/month (NOTE: the reference hours base changed — HG 1506/2024 used 165.334 h/month; HG 146/2026 uses 166.667 h/month, so the headline hourly rate is not directly comparable). Ministry states net pay of about 2,699 lei after contributions and the 200-lei tax-free allowance (the non-taxable benefit was cut from 300 to 200 lei from 1 July 2026 by OUG nr. 89/2025); 831,382 employees were on the minimum wage before the rise and 1,759,027 are expected to benefit. Legal act: HG nr. 146/12.03.2026, adopted in the extraordinary Government sitting of 12 March 2026 (nota de fundamentare: https://www.gov.ro/ro/guvernul/procesul-legislativ/note-de-fundamentare/nota-de-fundamentare-hg-nr-146-12-03-2026); publication in Monitorul Oficial nr. 196 of 13 March 2026 is reported by tax-practice sources but could NOT be verified against Monitorul Oficial or Portal Legislativ, both of which were unreachable from this location. SECTOR MINIMUMS: CONSTRUCTION keeps a separate, higher statutory floor of 4,582 lei/month (165.334 h/month, 27.714 lei/hour) set by Art. LXIX alin. (1) of O.U.G. nr. 156/2024, in force since 1 January 2025 and NOT changed in 2026 — verified in the ordinance text hosted by ANAF (https://static.anaf.ro/static/10/Anaf/legislatie/OUG_156_2024.pdf); paying below it is a contravention under Art. 260 alin. (1) lit. a) Codul muncii and voids the sector's tax facilities. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INDUSTRY had their own floor of 4,050 lei under Art. LXX of O.U.G. nr. 156/2024, but that derogation is reported to have been repealed by O.U.G. nr. 29/2026, so from 1 July 2026 those sectors follow the general 4,325 lei — the repeal is reported by tax-practice sources only and could not be confirmed against the official gazette; DO NOT SERVE the agriculture/food repeal as fact without re-verification. Sector floors are not part of the served value. Access note: mmuncii.gov.ro sits behind a JS browser-verification wall (plain fetch returns 503 / a challenge page); the PDF of the decision at mmuncii.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HG_Salariul_minim_2026.pdf is served as a forced download.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 4050 | Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1.506 din 27 noiembrie 2024 pentru |
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