EVOLUTION OF THE LABOUR MARKET IN THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY Ionela Gavrilă-Paven, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia Dumitru Ciucur, Economic Studies Academy, Bucharest ABSTRACT: Labour productivity is a concept and a parameter that continues to be in centre of everyone’s attention all over the world, due to its impact upon the all states’ economy. It is the subject of many specialists’ discussions and prediction for the near or long term future and also the relations that are affecting directly or indirectly the evolution of the economic progress. Specialists from each country are analyzing the crisis’ effects upon the employees’ number and their salary level and are trying to find solutions for surpassing the crisis from their country. Romanian economy only in 2009 could really quantify the first effects of the financial crisis upon the employees’ number. Key words: labour market, productivity level, prices consumption index, monthly medium salary JEL codes: D24, J24, J31, O31.