One Bucharest lawyer earns 4m euros per year

The best-paid lawyer in Bucharest earned over 13 million RON (3.91 million euros) last year, i.e. 326,000 euros a month, double the maximum earnings of a lawyer in 2006, according to data sent to ZF by the Department of Public Finance (DGFP) in Bucharest. The average salary in the economy was 313 euros per month in 2007. Lawyers outranked notaries in 2006, taking the lead in terms of the highest-paid liberal professions in Bucharest. The biggest gross income in Bucharest in 2006 was over 7 million RON (around 2 million euros), and was earned by a lawyer, while in 2005, the largest income in the liberal profession was earned by a notary, who reported a gross income of 4.8 million RON (1.32 million euros). Ranked second among the highest incomes derived in 2007 is another lawyer, with 10.6 million RON (3.19 million euros) in gross earnings.