Average salary in Moldova 2026: MDL 15,594.5 a month
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Average gross monthly earnings in Moldova were MDL 15,594.5 in 2025, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), and MDL 16,895.7 in the second quarter of 2026 (release of September 1, 2026). The 2025 figure is about $886 a month at MDL 17.61 per dollar, the US Treasury reporting rate for September 30, 2026. A private employer adds 24% state social insurance, a rate from a news report we could not confirm with CNAS, so a year at the average costs about MDL 232,046.16 ($13,177) before any employer of record fee.
The average salary in Moldova is the NBS's mean gross monthly earnings of employees in enterprises and budgetary institutions.
- Average salary (mean)
- MDL 15,594.50gross, a month
- In US dollars
- about $886a month
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Two NBS series to keep apart
The annual figure, MDL 15,594.5, covers enterprises with one or more employees plus budgetary institutions. A narrower version for units with four or more employees is MDL 15,472.1. Real earnings grew 3.4% on 2024. The quarterly release uses a different frame (real-sector units with four or more employees and all budgetary institutions), so its MDL 16,895.7 for the second quarter of 2026, up 9.2% on a year earlier and 5.7% on the first quarter, is not a straight continuation of the annual number. Both are means, not medians.
Average salary in Moldova by industry
| Industry | Average (a month) | In USD |
|---|---|---|
| Budgetary sector (2025) | MDL 13,341.70 | about $758 |
| Real sector (2025) | MDL 16,279.40 | about $924 |
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova (NBS), Earnings and labour costs indicator, 2025. US dollar figures use exchange rates from the European Central Bank (Oct 16, 2026) and the US Treasury (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), and move with the exchange rate.
Private pays more than public
In 2025 the real (business) sector averaged MDL 16,279.4 a month and the budgetary sector MDL 13,341.7. The gap held in the second quarter of 2026: MDL 17,910.4 against MDL 13,827.3. Splits by economic activity and region sit in NBS StatBank tables we have not read, so we do not quote IT or Chisinau figures, and we do not publish salaries by job title.
We could not confirm Moldova's 2026 minimum wage on an official page. The Moldovan minimum wage page tracks it.
What a private employer pays
Private-sector employers pay 24% state social insurance on payroll, while public budget-funded employers pay 29%, with a cut to 24% proposed for 2027. These rates come from an August 17, 2026 Logos Press report, a secondary source, because the CNAS rate pages did not load. Health insurance was not confirmed and is not included.
- Annual gross at the 2025 average: MDL 187,134
- Social insurance at 24%: MDL 44,912.16
- Total: MDL 232,046.16
The NBS offers a check: average monthly labor cost in 2025 was MDL 19,356.3, 1.24 times average earnings, which is consistent with a rate near 24%, though labor cost also covers public employers and other items. Run other salaries in the employee cost calculator.
Employing in Moldova from abroad
An EOR's own charge, from published price pages on October 16, 2026, is $99 a month at the low end (Native Teams, whose help center says EUR 99) and $699 at the top (Oyster). Deel's $599 a month is $7,188 a year, more than half the total employment cost of an average worker, so price several providers.
The Moldova EOR guide has contract rules. Compare Romanian salaries and Ukrainian salaries, and fees in the EOR cost index.
Related: what EOR providers charge, best employer of record services.
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Sources (9)
- Logos Press: Social security contribution rates in the private and public sectors will be standardized (secondary) (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- U.S. Department of the Treasury: Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange (rate of Sep 30, 2026)
- Payoneer Workforce Management (formerly Skuad): Skuad EOR pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Oyster: Oyster pricing (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Deel: Deel pricing page (EOR $599 per employee per month) (checked Oct 16, 2026)
- Native Teams: Pricing (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- Native Teams: Pricing plans, features, benefits and how they work (help center) (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- NBS Moldova, Earnings and labour costs indicator: NBS Moldova, Earnings and labour costs indicator (checked October 18, 2026)
- NBS Moldova release, average gross monthly earnings Q2 2026 (1 Sep 2026): NBS Moldova release, average gross monthly earnings Q2 2026 (1 Sep 2026) (checked October 18, 2026)
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