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Wages in Romania - mid. 2006

We published a news on our website, some time ago, regarding the level of IT wages in Romania.

Many people outside Romania understood the message and stopped bothering us with requests for web site design for $200. Romania is not India, and we are proud of this. Instead, Romania is pretty expensive as outsourcing location. Yes, it is.

Now, after one year and almost entered in EU, let's see how wages in Romania's IT industry have evolved (below are minimal wages):


Without taxes / USD / month (netto income)
All taxes included /USD / month (real costs)
Junior web programmer PHP/MySQL250 USD~ 450 USD
Experienced web programmer600 USD~ 950 USD
Senior Web designer500 USD~ 850 USD
Junior Java developer450 USD~800 USD
Senior Java Developer1000 USD~1600USD
Middle Manager1500 USD~2500 USD


Another important fact that a foreign investor should understand is that in today's Romania there is a deep crisis of fresh engineers and programmers. The educational system is a disaster. Only about 10% of every promotion really represents young people that deserve to get an employment. So it is easy to understand why wages will follow the growing pattern in the years to come.

UPDATE - as of December 2007 - after 1 year in EU


Without taxes / USD / month (netto income)
All taxes included /USD / month (real costs)
Junior web programmer PHP/MySQL350 USD~ 550 USD
Experienced web programmer850 USD~ 1400 USD
Senior Web designer850 USD~ 1400 USD
Junior Java developer600 USD~1100 USD
Senior Java Developer1400 USD~2500 USD
Middle Manager2500 USD~4000 USD

However, the HR's are predicting for the next year only limited increases (up to 10%). There are several rumors in the market that some developers will start relocate production in other countries.

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