In 2026, the maximum unemployment benefit will be 8,647 hryvnia, and the minimum will be 3,900 hryvnia, according to Yulia Zhovtyak, director of the State Employment Center.
“On January 1, the minimum wage in Ukraine increased and now stands at 8,647 hryvnia. This indicator is a key economic component of the active employment promotion programs implemented by the State Employment Service. Therefore, along with this social standard, basic benefits for individuals and compensation for businesses are also automatically increased. Support for job seekers: the maximum unemployment benefit is now UAH 8,647, and the minimum is UAH 3,900 (in 2025, such benefits amounted to UAH 8,000 and UAH 3,000, respectively – IF-U),” Zhovtyak wrote on Facebook.
According to her, 1.4 million people have received such assistance since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Compensation for the employment of forcibly displaced citizens seeking work has also increased to UAH 17,294 (in 2025, it was UAH 16,000).
In addition, the coverage of expenses for the employment of veterans has increased to 8,647 UAH, and for young people under the age of 35 for their first job – to 4,323 UAH.
“Thanks to these compensation programs, almost 62,000 internally displaced persons, almost 800 veterans, and 2,800 young people have been employed,” said the director.
Among other things, compensation for the arrangement of workplaces for people with disabilities of group I has increased to UAH 129,705, and for group II to UAH 86,470 (in 2025, UAH 120,000 and UAH 80,000, respectively).
“Army of Restoration”: payment for a full month of socially useful work is now UAH 12,970. For frontline territories, as well as for veterans, it increases to UAH 17,294. As part of the “Army of Restoration” project, 82,000 people have been involved in temporary work, and more than 330,000 referrals have been issued,” Zhovtyak added.
