By bne IntelliNews The average net wage in Romania (chart) rose by only 0.6% m/m to RON5,217 (€1,050) in April, enough to result in an annual advance of 14.3% y/y compared to +13.9% y/y in April according to data reported by the statistics office. Combined with lower inflation (5.9% y/y in April), this in turn resulted in a +7.9% y/y real rise of the average net wage – close to the record rates seen in Q4 last year. The steepest advance was in education (+31.2% y/y, real terms) thanks to the wage hike in January, but the wages in chemicals (+18.5% y/y), the pharma industry (+16.8% y/y), the wh…