# Romania Average Hourly Earnings

Romania Average Hourly Earnings was up 1.8% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 3.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 173.6 (Index 2020=100).
That is the lowest reading since the series began in Q1 2014.
Among the 21 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.8% (Q2 2026) to 38.0% (Q2 2018), averaging 14.0%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `RO.AHE.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Index 2020=100
- Coverage: 2014-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (50 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/romania/average-hourly-earnings

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 173.6 | 1.8 |
| Q1 2026 | 176.2 | 3.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 173.6 | 6.8 |
| Q3 2025 | 170.4 | 7.2 |
| Q2 2025 | 170.6 | 11.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 170.5 | 15.4 |
| Q4 2024 | 162.5 | 13.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 158.9 | 16.5 |
| Q2 2024 | 153.7 | 15.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 147.7 | 16.1 |
| Q4 2023 | 143.0 | 16.8 |
| Q3 2023 | 136.4 | 14.5 |
| Q2 2023 | 132.7 | 14.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 127.2 | 14.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 122.4 | 11.1 |
| Q3 2022 | 119.1 | 11.4 |
| Q2 2022 | 116.1 | 11.2 |
| Q1 2022 | 111.3 | 8.4 |
| Q4 2021 | 110.2 | 7.2 |
| Q3 2021 | 106.9 | 7.2 |
| Q2 2021 | 104.4 | 4.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 102.7 | 5.8 |
| Q4 2020 | 102.8 | 7.8 |
| Q3 2020 | 99.70 | 6.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RO.AHE.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/RO.AHE.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```