Average wage · OECD
Romania vs Turkey: average wage in 2023
In 2023 the average full-time gross wage in Romania was €1,471 a month, against €1,274 in Turkey. In euros, that puts Turkey at 87% of this level.
Source: OECD, average annual wages · Eurostat exchange rates · Checked: 12 October 2026
Romania
2023
€1,471
gross, per month
- Per year
- €17,648
- National currency, per month
- RON 7,275
Purchasing power: not published for this period
Turkey
2023
€1,274
gross, per month
- Per year
- €15,288
- In lira, per month
- ₺32,818
- Purchasing power (PPP $, 2025 prices)
- $4,010
The gap
In euros
87% Turkey as a share of the level in Romania
Romania and Turkey over time
- Romania
- Turkey
- Median of countries
Show the numbers
| Period | Romania | Turkey | Median of countries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | €1,054 | €852 | €2,618 |
| 2021 | €1,101 | €821 | €2,735 |
| 2022 | €1,248 | €886 | €2,799 |
| 2023 | €1,471 | €1,274 | €2,746 |
| 2024 | €1,645 | €1,740 | €2,945 |
Every country, 2023
Average gross wage per month, in euros, highest first.
- 1Switzerland€8,174
- 2Luxembourg€6,683
- 3United States€6,137
- 4Denmark€5,580
- 5Australia€4,986
- 6Ireland€4,903
- 7Norway€4,877
- 8Belgium€4,789
- 9Netherlands€4,625
- 10Canada€4,591
- 11Austria€4,400
- 12Germany€4,163
- 13New Zealand€4,127
- 14Israel€4,093
- 15United Kingdom€4,075
- 16Finland€4,059
- 17Sweden€3,683
- 18France€3,537
- 19South Korea€2,960
- 20Slovenia€2,747
- 21Italy€2,746
- 22Spain€2,690
- 23Japan€2,682
- 24Lithuania€2,262
- 25Estonia€2,054
- 26Costa Rica€2,000
- 27Czechia€1,946
- 28Portugal€1,926
- 29Latvia€1,755
- 30Chile€1,668
- 31Croatia€1,642
- 32Slovakia€1,579
- 33Poland€1,519
- 34Romania€1,471
- 35Greece€1,438
- 36Hungary€1,420
- 37Turkey€1,274
- 38Bulgaria€1,105
- 39Mexico€1,060
- 40Colombia€794
How to read these numbers
- All figures are gross: before income tax and employee social security contributions.
- The OECD average wage is the mean annual wage of full-time equivalent employees; we divide it by 12. It is a mean, which high earners pull up, rather than a median.
- Euro figures use Eurostat's average exchange rate for each year, so the gap also moves with the exchange rate.
- Bulgarian lev figures use the fixed euro conversion rate of 1.95583.
- Purchasing power figures are OECD wages in US dollars at purchasing power parity and constant 2025 prices. They compare living standards; they are not cash dollars.