Highest public sector salaries: justice and supervisory officials

The heads of justice-related institutions will have salaries starting from about 2,000-2,850 euros as of next year, much higher than what the President of Romania earns, who will be making 2,054 euros a month. The head of the Constitutional Court, the General Prosecutor and the heads of the High Magistracy Council and of the High Court of Cassation and Justice will be making up to 2,850 euros, as shown in the 2007 budget of the institutions in question. Besides the base salary, high-ranking officials on this list also get perks for length of service, compensation for their leadership position, bonuses and other perks. Tax is calculated on their salary plus all these perks and bonuses, with the net salary reaching a value comparable to the base salary. However, the highest salaries of all the high-ranking civil servants are not those of the people working in the justice or administration fields, but of the heads of the financial supervision institutions, according to their statements of assets. Nicolae Crisan (photo), the former head of the Insurance Supervision Commission, made 7,875 euros monthly last year and NBR Governor Mugur Isarescu’s monthly income stands at more than 6,500 euros. Gabriela Anghelache, the former chairperson of the National Securities Commission last year made almost 3,900 euros a month.