Is this anecdotal or do you have data? If real, it's nice seeing the beginnings of programming jobs crossing arbitrary political lines.

There is data regarding the national average net income - this article for example, from april 2012: http://www.romania-insider.com/average-salary-in-romania-alm...

Regarding payments to juniors and interns, I know it from the market - I know some salaries of my colleagues. When I started in IT - in 2006, I started with about 230 euros net, which was also decent.

I am talking here about Cluj-Napoca (the second largest city in the country), not the capital, where salaries are better.

So, if you want to live in a place and earn 4-5 times the national average income while doing what you like (programming), come to Romania :))

I'm a Romanian student in Bucharest and tudorconstantin's claims seem on target. The average wage for an intern is 400 euros (based on what I hear from other students) and the starting salary after graduation is about 700 euros. Here are some internships with posted salary:

http://4psa.stagiipebune.ro/stagii.html&id=1189&cate...

http://adobe.stagiipebune.ro/stagii.html&id=1241&cat...

Are those internships and jobs aimed at relatively competent students/grads? I'm asking because those salaries would have been considered quite low back in 2008 before I've emigrated.