Hire Developers in Romania: Pay, Talent Pool and How to Hire

The talent pool in figures

Romania had 207,800 ICT specialists in employment in 2025, according to Eurostat. That is 2.7% of everyone in work, against 5.0% across the EU. The number was 202,700 in 2020, so it grew 2.5% over 5 years, with ups and downs along the way: 221,600 in 2024 and 196,200 in 2023. Women made up 27.8% of Romania's ICT specialists in 2025, well above the EU share of 19.5%.

Romanian universities and colleges produced 9,077 graduates in information and communication technologies in 2024, 7.1% of all tertiary graduates and 15.2% more than in 2019. 34.5% of them were women.

What developers earn in Romania

The national statistics institute (INS) publishes pay by economic activity every month. In August 2026, employees in computer programming and IT consultancy (CAEN division 62) earned an average of RON 13,010 net a month, the highest of any activity. That is about 2.3 times the national average of RON 5,688 net. The national average gross figure was RON 9,497. INS publishes the division's gross figure only in a spreadsheet annex, so we show the net figure here.

The EU Structure of Earnings Survey gives a gross view. In October 2022, professionals working in information and communication earned a mean of RON 15,177 gross a month, about 2.4 times the average for all employees in industry and services. The survey covers companies with 10 or more employees and groups software developers with other professionals, so treat it as a guide to the level, not a salary for a given role. Individual pay depends on seniority and skills, and sits above or below these averages.

What it costs an employer on top of pay

Romanian employers pay little on top of gross pay. In normal working conditions the only employer contribution is the 2.25% work insurance contribution (CAM). The employee's 25% pension and 10% health contributions and the 10% income tax are withheld from the gross salary. On the 2022 survey mean for professionals in information and communication of RON 15,177 gross, CAM adds RON 341.48 a month (our calculation). Our guide to hiring in Romania has the full breakdown and a worked example: a RON 10,000 salary costs the employer RON 10,225 a month. The national minimum wage is RON 4,325 gross a month from 1 July 2026.

Working together across time zones

Romania is on Eastern European Time, UTC+2, and UTC+3 in summer. It is 2 hours ahead of London and, for most of the year, 7 hours ahead of New York. A 09:00 to 17:00 day in Bucharest overlaps about 6 hours with London and about 1 hour with New York, so shared meetings with New York fall in the New York morning. Full-time work under the Labor Code is 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week, with at least 20 working days of paid leave a year.

How to hire developers in Romania

Start with placement. We source, screen and interview remote developers, then deliver a shortlist of 3 vetted candidates within 21 days for a flat $6,500, or your deposit back. Prefer to run the search yourself? Post a job for $299 and reach candidates who want to work remotely.

Once you have chosen the person, there are 3 ways to employ them:

• Romanian entity: you register a company in Romania, run payroll, file the monthly D112 declaration with ANAF and pay the CAM yourself. It suits a team of several people in Romania.
• Employer of record (EOR): a third-party provider becomes the legal employer and runs Romanian payroll for a monthly fee per employee. Your company directs the work.
• Contractor: the developer invoices you through their own business, for example as a PFA (authorized self-employed person). The relationship has to be genuinely independent, or it can count as employment.

Euro Remote Talent does not employ people on your behalf. We handle the placement: we find and shortlist the candidate, and you employ them through the route that fits.

See how placement works or post a job. For pay floors, see Romania minimum wage, and for days off, Romania public holidays 2027. Browse remote jobs in Romania to see who is hiring there now.