Male CEOs make 30% more than female counterparts

Men at the helm of an organisation on the local market make an average of 11,600 euros (gross sum), 30% more than women who hold the same position, who earn slightly more than 8,000 euros, according to the Total Remuneration Survey, conducted by HR consultancy Mercer. “Men are more often to be found in managing positions. Such differences exist all around the world, not just in companies in Romania,” specifies Oana Botolan, country manager of Consulteam, Mercer’s representative on the local market. Women only outrank men in terms of salaries in management, senior management, and specialist senior positions. Therefore, a female senior manager earns around 5,332 euros, almost 30% more than a man in the same position, who earns 3,762 euros a month. Men and women have matching salaries when it comes to positions such as heads of departments, board members, in which case both male and female executives earn around 7,000 euros a month.