According to statistics, salaries and wages in Ukraine have been gradually increasing in the first half of 2017. The average wage across the country increased in May by 14% as compared to January data and reached 6840 hryvnia (USD $264). The latest reports on earnings of local citizens were released by Ukrstat in July 2017.

Salaries by region

• Figures by Ukrstat show that the City of Kyiv is the highest paying place in Ukraine, with the average salary reaching 10558 hryvnia (about $408). However, as compared to March, there’s been a decrease by 4%.
• Donetsk is the second best-paid region in Ukraine in May 2017 with the common paycheck reaching 7742 hryvnia ($299).
• Since March, average wages haven’t dropped below 5000 hrvnia ($193).
• In May, the lowest level of wages was recorded in Chernivtsi at 5284 hryvnia ($204), which is, however, the absolute maximum for this region in 2017.

Wages in UAH (USD)

1. City of Kyiv – 10558 ($407.5)
2. Donetsk – 7742 ($299)
3. Kyiv – 6885 ($266)
4. Dnipropetrovsk – 6727 ($260)
5. Mykolayiv – 6586 ($254)
6. Zaporizhzhya – 6553 ($253)
7. Poltava – 6374 ($246)
8. Odessa – 6322 ($244)
9. Lviv – 6194 ($239)
10. Zakarpattya – 6171 ($238)
11. Cherkasy – 6003 ($232)
12. Kharkiv – 5945 ($229)
13. Ivano-Frankivsk – 5907 ($228)
14. Vinnytsya – 5860 ($226)
15. Sumy – 5734 ($221)
16. Rivne – 5724 ($221)
17. Zhytomyr – 5693 ($220)
18. Kherson – 5654 ($218)
19. Kirovohrad – 5651 ($218)
20. Khmelnytskiy – 5623 ($217)
21. Luhansk – 5601 ($216)
22. Volyn – 5580 ($215)
23. Chernihiv – 5439 ($210)
24. Ternopil – 5349 ($206)
25. Chernivtsi – 5284 ($204)

Data: Ukrstat (Click to enlarge)

Wages and salaries by the type of economic activity

• The aviation industry is by far the highest paid sphere in Ukraine. In May, the average salary increased by 15% as compared to April and reached 29,428 hryvnia ($1136).
• Finance and insurance sphere experienced a decrease by 8% in the average monthly paycheck as compared to March data, but it is still the second highest paid industry in Ukraine.
• Some of the lowest paying jobs are in the human health and social work spheres, with the average remuneration recorded at 4,895 hryvnia ($189).

Salaries by industry in UAH (USD)

1. Air transport – 29,428 ($1136)
2. Financial and insurance – 12,528 ($483.5)
3. Information and communication – 11,440 ($441.5)
4. Professional, scientific and technical – 9,655 ($373)
5. Warehousing and support activities for transportation – 8,325 ($321)
6. Public administration and defense; compulsory social security – 8,229 ($318)
7. Scientific research and development – 7,831 ($302)
8. Arts, sport, entertainment and recreation – 7,679 ($296)
9. Transportation and warehousing – 7,357 ($284)
10. Water transport – 7,315 ($282)
11. Manufacturing – 7,289 ($281)
12. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles – 7,269 UAH ($280.5)
13. Land transport and transport via pipelines – 6,694 ($258)
14. Other service activities – 6,258 ($241.5)
15. Agriculture, forestry and fishing – 6,063 ($234)
16. Construction – 5,954 ($230)
17. Real estate – 5,881 ($227)
18. Agriculture – 5,867 ($226)
19. Education – 5,732 ($221)
20. Arts, entertainment and recreation – 5,499 ($212)
21. Administrative and support service – 5,436 ($210)
22. Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural – 5,397 ($208)
23. Human health – 4,949 ($191)
24. Accommodation and food service – 4,946 ($191)
25. Human health and social work – 4,895 ($189)
26. Postal and courier – 3,764 ($145)

Data: Ukrstat (Click to enlarge)

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