Real wages in Ukraine in April 2019 compared with April 2018 increased by 11.2%, compared with March 2019 it fell by 0.8%, the State Statistics Service has said.
According to the agency, the average nominal wage of full-time employees in April 2019 compared with March 2019 rose by 0.3% and in annual terms by 21.1%, amounting to UAH 10,269.
The service said in March 2019 it amounted to UAH 10,237, February 2019 some UAH 9,429, and in January 2019 some UAH 9,223.
According to the statistics department, the largest increase in the average wage of full-time employees in April 2019 compared with April 2018 was observed in Dnipropetrovsk (24.9%), Kyiv (24.6%), Ternopil (24.5%), Chernihiv (23.2%), Kharkiv (22.1%), Rivne (21.6%), Donetsk ( 21.6%), Poltava (21.5%), Cherkasy (21.3%), Volyn (21.1%) regions and Kyiv city (20.7%).
The highest level of wages in April 2019 was recorded in Kyiv city at UAH 15,876, the lowest one in Kherson region at UAH 7,695.
