Employer of record in Romania
26 sourced figures on hiring in Romania, drawn from 11 sources and normalized for comparison: statutory rules, employer cost and exactly what an EOR covers locally. Every figure is dated.
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Employer of record in Romania: the statutory snapshot
The headline employer costs, pay floor and worker protections for hiring in Romania through an employer of record, each figure sourced and dated. 40 EOR providers cover Romania.
| Minimum wage | RON 4,325/mo | Eurostat, 2026-07-01 |
|---|---|---|
| Employer social security | 2.25% | ISSA Country Profiles, 2024-01-01 |
| Corporate tax | 16% | OECD, 2026-01-01 |
| Notice period | 4 weeks | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Severance | None | World Bank Employing Workers / B-READY, 2019-05-01 |
| Annual leave (minimum, once eligible) | 20 | National government, 2026-09-12 |
| Public holidays | 17 | National government, 2026-10-05 |
| Maternity leave | 18 weeks | OECD Family Database, 2024-01-01 |
As of 2026-10-16. Each value is the winning figure from primary and harmonized sources, resolved by a documented priority chain. Full record with provenance below.
Reading the data
What the figures say about Romania
Romania sets its statutory minimum wage at RON 4325 per month, while the average monthly wage of employees is RON 1524 per month, so the two figures sit in an unusual order and are worth checking against each other in the table below. Employees work an average of 1836 hours per year, with actual weekly hours at 38 hours per week. On the cost side, the corporate tax rate is 16% and the top personal income tax rate is 10%. Statutory notice is 4 weeks and statutory severance is none (0 weeks), so exit costs come mainly from the notice period. Statutory annual leave is 20 days alongside 17 public holidays, and there is no 13th salary. Maternity leave runs 18 weeks, paternity leave 11.6 weeks and parental leave 104 weeks. The unemployment rate stands at 6.3%.
Where to start
Three ways to hire in Romania
You are the employer. Lowest per head cost at scale, months to establish.
You direct the work, the provider's local entity is the employer on paper. Compliant in days.
See the 40 providers below ↓Not your employee. Fastest and cheapest, with misclassification exposure.
The full record
Every figure behind the snapshot
Not a guide, a record: 26 figures for Romania from 11 sources, last refreshed 2026-10-16. Each value carries its source and the date it was pulled. Hover any provenance tag for the full chain.
Average monthly earnings in Romania by occupation (2025)
Gross monthly earnings of employees per ISCO-08 major occupation group, in RON — the official ILOSTAT survey figures, not estimates. Use them to sanity-check an offer before an EOR quote turns it into total employer cost.
| Occupation group | Monthly (RON) | ≈ USD |
|---|---|---|
| All occupations | 1,524 | $1,722 |
| Managers · ISCO 1 | 2,326 | $2,628 |
| Professionals · ISCO 2 | 1,972 | $2,229 |
| Technicians and associate professionals · ISCO 3 | 1,625 | $1,836 |
| Clerical support workers · ISCO 4 | 1,490 | $1,683 |
| Service and sales workers · ISCO 5 | 1,220 | $1,378 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers · ISCO 6 | 1,302 | $1,471 |
| Craft and related trades workers · ISCO 7 | 1,433 | $1,620 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers · ISCO 8 | 1,446 | $1,634 |
| Elementary occupations · ISCO 9 | 1,181 | $1,334 |
Source: ILOSTAT (EAR_EMTA, employees, both sexes), reference year 2025. Survey earnings differ from statutory minimums above.
// recent updates
What changed in Romania
Checked against official sources on 11 October 2026
- Standard VAT rateFrom 1 August 2025
Now 21%, was 19%.
Source →
Every figure is sourced and dated. How we verify the data →
The differentiator
What an EOR handles in Romania
An EOR removes the entity and the payroll machinery. It does not remove your obligations as the people manager.
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