Romania
How much home does a salary buy in Bucharest?
In Bucharest, the average net yearly salary buys 9.8 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 6.1 full years of salary, rank 10 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€1,655Banca Nationala a Romaniei, Financial Stability Report June 2025 (No. 18 (28)), section 2.3.1, text to Chart 2.22, footnote 63; underlying data UNNPR (National Union of Notaries Public), INS, NBR calculations · mean, transaction (price declared by the parties in the notarial sale contract), published by the central bank, 2024 Q4 (single quarter, not annual)
Average net wage€1,353INS TEMPO FOM106E · mean, city, 2024
Years of pay for 60 m²6.1
m² per year of pay9.8 m²
C Data quality: Weaker basis, use with care · Price and wage: 2024 This is the latest year for which an official price and wage from the same year both exist. · Rank in Europe: 10 of 53
Prices and wages in Bucharest, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | – | €966 | – |
| 2022. | – | €1,076 | – |
| 2023. | – | €1,224 | – |
| 2024. | €1,655 (part of the year) | €1,353 | 6.1 |
| 2025. | – | €1,418 | – |
| 2026. | – | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Bucharest, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €1,353 | 6.1 salaries |
| Nurse | €1,449 | 5.7 salaries |
| Teacher | €1,716 | 4.8 salaries |
| IT specialist | €3,308 | 2.5 salaries |
| Shop worker | €819 | 10.1 salaries |
| Builder | €963 | 8.6 salaries |
Other cities
| Manchester United Kingdom | 7 of 53 | 5.9 salaries |
| Osijek Croatia | 8 of 53 | 6.1 salaries |
| Athens Greece | 9 of 53 | 6.1 salaries |
| Rome Italy | 11 of 53 | 6.3 salaries |
| Rotterdam Netherlands | 12 of 53 | 6.3 salaries |
| Vienna Austria | 13 of 53 | 6.6 salaries |