Real wages in Ukraine in March 2018 compared to March 2017 increased by 9.5%, compared to February 2018 by 5.9%, the State Statistics Service has said.

The average nominal wage of full-day workers in March 2018 compared to February 2018 increased by 7.1%, in annual terms rose by 24.1%, amounting to UAH 8,382, whereas in February it was UAH 7,828, January some UAH 7,711.

According to the statistics, the largest increase in the average salary of full-day workers in March 2018 compared with March 2017 was observed in Dnipropetrovsk (30.4%), Zhytomyr (26.7%), Zakarpattia (27.7%), Poltava (26.4%), Zaporizhia (26.2%), Cherkasy (25.4%), Vinnytsia and Chernivtsi (25.1%), Lviv (24.3%), Sumy (24.6%), Ternopil regions (24.1%), and Kyiv (21.6%).

Wage growth in Donetsk and Luhansk regions (excluding part of the uncontrolled territories) was 25.5% and 19.1% respectively.

The highest level of wages in the past month was recorded in Kyiv at UAH 13,388, the lowest one in Ternopil region at UAH 6,394.