For the first time in Romania, women ended up earning more than men. The average salary in February, among women, was 6,026 gross lei, while, in the case of men, the amount is 5,804 gross lei.
By comparison, five years ago, in February 2019, the average salary of women was 3,648 lei gross, and men earned 3,819 lei. It is the gross salaries declared in REGES by employers, as specified by the Ministry of Labor.
by TimeCatch9967
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ROMANIA
> The Ministry of Labor states that the wage gap between men and women continues to decrease. It is the first time that there is such an excess of the salary average
>Women boast not only higher salaries, but also more and more management positions. The number of women in key positions has risen steadily, from 178,027 ten years ago to 212,808 five years ago and 243,013 now
>There is also an increase in the number of employment contracts for women. In February 2024, their number reached 3,315,252, compared to 3,346,365 for men.
*in Romania.
So 6000 lei is about 1500 euro and that is average ?
I hope costs of living are cheap.
Surely goverment will do everything so that women and men earn equal salary and they wont let it stay this way? /s
That’s in Romania, which is one of the countries with the [lowest gender pay gap](https://www.statista.com/chart/13174/the-gender-pay-gap-in-europe/) in Europe. It’s still more than 20 percent in favor of men in countries like Estonia, Belarus or the Czech Republic.
based eastern europe
Wonder if they will go out and champion fair wages now. Or let men argue for better wages without attacking them for being anti woman
Because the men have left for other EU countries.
Women are *less* likely to move to other countries for work. This is generally the case for any countries (with a few exceptions like Philippines or Thailand)
Wow so the wage gap increases but they won’t admit it noice
i thought romania would have a higher wage. what is the minimum then? under 800n
I love statistics like this. Are they accounting for the same types of jobs? Because its easy to say “on average women are earning more than men” when in fact its mostly men doing jobs in manufacturing and heavier physical labor that tend to pay less.
Once we have the same headline for the same type of job, we can say things have improved.
Salaries should be based not upon gender but performance!
So four years ago men earned 5% more than women and today women earn 3.5% more than men.
It seems that the real take-away here is that the annual earnings random fluctuation for each gender is much larger than the gap between genders, so there is no statistically significant gap between men and women’s earnings.
Of course such a nuanced conclusion wouldn’t drive outrage and clicks, so we’re getting this headline instead.
It is known that female operatives in the MI6 are compensated more than fairly, which is a grievance I have not taken
These statistics are so pointless and the generalisations are pointless too. People make different amounts for doing the same job. One doctor gets paid 20,000 and the other 22,000. Even if they’re equally qualified. If you want a raise, speak to your boss and demand it. They wont give you what you want? Leave. If you’re really valued, they’ll come after you it respect of whether you’re a man or a woman.
lol ok Romania, time to start the crusade for men’s rights
We need to defend men rights. 😃
I demand equal pay for men!
Oh sorry are we not allowed look for equality?
Im sure feminists will be concerned about the inequality /s
which is funny because of the average salary is above it means the real salary is drasticzlly different, in France for example the average salary gap is 20 % ( for men ) BUT if you compare salaries for the same job the same amount of hours and the same fonctions the gap is down to 4 % ( for men ) . if it’s the same tendency as France and the +20% became say -3% then that means that the 4 % became probably arround – 27% or smth like that, if someone willing to do the math be my guest, but this is honestly not good news lol it’s just changing the polarity of the problem
What I find interesting is the cause for this. More women with higher degrees than men, earning more money?
This is going to create more incels.
Top G’s presence made it possible.
🤣🤣🤣
Despite the fact that men work more hours and do all the difficult, dirty, dangerous jobs. Talk about systemic discrimination. Men really do experience the systemic discrimination that women claim to suffer.
It won’t matter. Women will still insist they are the oppressed ones when the data clearly shows that they are the oppressors.
Maybe because all the men are truckdrivers somewhere else in Europe
It’s a national average. This can simply mean that more women work in high paying fields than men. It doesn’t imply anything about women earning more for the same job. Only the latter is relevant for a discussion on gender pay gap.
They’re gonna phase out programs disproportionately benefitting women now, right? The point was equality, not giving women privileges, right?
Dayum 50% salary increase over 5 years?! How is your inflation?
In Sweden the last 10 years the average salary is usually lower, the same or about 1% higher or so than it was before, taking inflation into account. Meanwhile cost of living has more than doubled.
I can already hear the fragile egos of basic bitch men shattering.
Loka like we’re due for some… equality 🤩
So now what? Are they going to fight now a wage gap between woman and Man? It is not fair that one gener earn More than other one, they should ensure that men can have same money as women does