The minimum wage in Ukraine has grown by UAH 523 (US$19), to UAH 3,723 ($133) per month as of January 1, 2018, according to the national budget for 2018.
The average nominal salary of a full-time employee in Ukraine increased by 0.4% in November 2017 from October 2017, while it grew by 38.3% year-over-year (y-o-y), to UAH 7,479, or US$266, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Europe's lowest wages are paid in Ukraine, according to findings of research conducted by a Ukrainian analytical center, Texty.org.ua.
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, adopted draft resolution No. 7172 on December 7 on financial support for lawmakers' activity, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Pavlo Rozenko announced at the first Ukrainian Women's Congress on November 22 that women's average monthly salary in Ukraine accounted for a mere 80% of the average monthly salary of men in the first half of 2017 (H1), according to the official's press service.
The average nominal salary of a full-time employee in Ukraine increased by 3.3% in September 2017 from August 2017, while it grew by 37.2% year-over-year (y-o-y), to UAH 7,351, or US$273, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
The average nominal salary of a full-time employee in Ukraine decreased by 3.1% in August 2017 from July 2017, while it rose by 36.6% year-over-year (y-o-y), to UAH 7,114, or US$268, according to the State Statistics Service.
Ukrainian state-owned companies' net profit in 2016 totaled UAH 39.6 billion (US$1.5 billion), while the aggregate value of state assets was estimated at UAH 1.6 trillion ($61 billion), according to the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry's website.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has announced at a government meeting that the average salary in Ukraine exceeds UAH 7,000, or US$270, as of July 19.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman projects that the average monthly wage in Ukraine in 2017 will reach UAH 7,000, or US$270, and will further increase to UAH 10,000, or US$385, in the medium-term outlook.
The average salary of a male employee in the first quarter of 2017 (Q1) was estimated at UAH 7,160, or US$247, which was 27.5% more than the average salary of a female employee, according to the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda, referring to the data released by Ukraine's State Statistics Service.
Ukraine's State Statistics Service has drawn up its own rating of most lucrative professions in the country, stating that specialists in the field of finance and insurance can earn most in Ukraine with an average salary of almost UAH 12,000, or US$456, per month, according to Gazeta.ua.