BUCHAREST (Romania), August 8 (SeeNews) - Romania's real average net monthly wage rose 15.1% on the year in June, slowing from an 18.3% annual growth a month earlier, statistics office data showed on Monday.

On a monthly basis, net wages rose by a real 0.9% in June, after a drop of 1.3% in May, the data showed.

In nominal terms, the average net wage increased 14.3% on the year and rose 0.7% on the month to 2,078 lei ($518/465 euro) in June.

The highest net average wage - of 5,295 lei - was registered in IT related activities, while the lowest - of 1,251 lei - was posted by the hotel and restaurant business.

The most significant month-on-month increases in net average earnings were registered in beverage production - by 14.5% and in editing, water transportation, computers and chemicals manufacturing - between 10% and 12.5%.

The most significant drop in the average net wage in June was recorded in land transport and transport via pipelines, wastewater collection and waste treatment, tobacco products manufacturing, financial activities storage and metallurgy - between 3.5% and 5%.

June y/y May y/y June m/m May m/m nominal growth 14.3 14.2 0.7 -1.1 real growth 15.1 18.3 0.9 -1.3

(1 euro=4.4638 lei)