Country
Romania
Full labour cost: €13.60 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €11.83 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €7.63 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €5.79 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €4.53 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€13.60 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Romania
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €0.77 | €0.12 | 6.3× |
| Answer a customer chat | €0.38 | €0.06 | 5.9× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €0.48 | €0.07 | 7.4× |
| Check an expense claim | €0.39 | €0.07 | 5.7× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €2.90 | €0.46 | 6.3× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €0.96 | €0.14 | 6.8× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €2.41 | €0.43 | 5.6× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €2.90 | €0.53 | 5.4× |
| Research one B2B lead | €2.54 | €0.55 | 4.6× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €1.27 | €0.16 | 8.1× |
| Screen one CV | €0.76 | €0.14 | 5.4× |
| Draft a social media post | €1.91 | €0.27 | 7.1× |
| Write a help-centre article | €5.09 | €0.80 | 6.3× |
| Write a product description | €3.94 | €0.61 | 6.5× |
| Translate one page | €9.86 | €2.00 | 4.9× |
| Write a job ad | €5.92 | €1.02 | 5.8× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €11.83 | €2.02 | 5.8× |
| Triage a bug report | €2.96 | €0.66 | 4.5× |
| Review a small pull request | €5.92 | €1.06 | 5.6× |
| Write a SQL report query | €5.92 | €1.04 | 5.7× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method