Quarantine caused wages of Ukrainians to drop by 10% in April 2020. On average, every local employee lost 1,000 hryvnia (USD 38) per month as compared to March 2020.
10% drop in average wages in April 2020
According to the official statistics, the average pay check in April 2020 dropped by 10% as compared to the previous months, Finance.ua reported.
Since the official statistics report only looks at the income of workers from companies employing 10 people or more and doesn’t include all the Ukrainians who work without formal contracts, the actual picture could look much worse.
Yulia Zhovtyak from the government’s employment service pointed out that at the same period of the last year they had twice as many available vacancies listed. In June 2020 only 53 thousand vacancies were listed with the service. These vacancies are traditionally listed by government companies.
- 18% of the vacancies offer only the minimum wage.
- 32% of vacancies offer 8-10 thousand hryvnia monthly.
- 13% of vacancies offer over 10 thousand hryvnia monthly.
There are vacancies that offer 15, 20, and 30 thousand hryvnia listed with the government employment service as well, Zhovtyak pointed out.
The highest drops in earnings are expected in hospitality and restaurant businesses. They practically stopped working because of restrictions.
Commercial employment portals show the following picture:
- Wages of 11-15 thousand UAH: 12,200 vacancies
- 7-11 thousand UAH: 9,253
- 15-19 thousand UAH: 8,459
Even during the quarantine, retail remained the most popular industry with the highest number of available jobs.
Popular jobs among seekers in May 2020 included drivers and couriers. Possibly, this was because many people were on temporary leave due to quarantine and wanted to get some income.
The average monthly wage in Kiev (Kyiv) in 2019 was 15,800 UAH (US $595), which is 150% of the typical pay check in the country.
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