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Salaries and vacancies: Luhansk Oblast

Almost the whole oblast is occupied. The figures refer to a very small number of enterprises and people, so they cannot be compared with other regions.

In Luhansk Oblast, the average salary of a full-time employee in August 2026 was UAH 33,981. That is 6.6% more than the Ukrainian average (UAH 31,892). Over the year, the average salary rose by 4.4%. Almost the whole oblast is occupied, so these figures describe a very small number of enterprises. We do not compare them with other regions.

Average salary, August 2026
33,981 UAH
+4.4% year on year
Compared with Ukraine
+6.6%
Ukrainian average UAH 31,892
Rank among regions
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not ranked: small coverage
Full-time employees, August 2026
3,100
+6.9% year on year
Vacancies in the Employment Service list, 1 October 2026
1
Median salary in these vacancies
15,000 UAH
Where Luhansk Oblast sits on the salary scale, August 2026

Each dot is a region; the dark dot is this region. The yellow marker is the Ukrainian average.

20k30k40k50kChernivtsi Oblast 22,807Luhansk Oblast 33,981Kyiv (city) 48,705Ukraine 31,89220k30k40k50kChernivtsi Oblast 22,807Luhansk Oblast 33,981Kyiv (city) 48,705Ukraine 31,892
Table of values
Average salary in Luhansk Oblast and in Ukraine

Hryvnias per month before tax. The grey line is Ukraine.

010k20k30k40k50k201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026UAH 33,981Luhansk OblastUAH 31,892Ukraine010k20k30k40k50k2015201820212024UAH 33,981Luhansk OblastUAH 31,892Ukraine

Source: Derzhstat. Period: January 2015 — August 2026. Updated 5 October 2026, next update 29 October 2026.

Salaries by industry in Luhansk Oblast

In Luhansk Oblast, pay is highest in “Public administration and defence” (UAH 55,298) and lowest in “Education” (UAH 19,932): a 2.8-fold difference.

Average salary of a full-time employee, August 2026

Source: Derzhstat. Period: August 2026. Industries follow KVED-2010. Derzhstat does not show an industry if it has too few enterprises.

Vacancies and unemployment

On 1 October 2026, the open list of vacancies of the State Employment Service in Luhansk Oblast had 1 vacancy. The median salary in these ads is UAH 15,000: half of the vacancies offer less, half offer more.

Source: State Employment Service, list of current vacancies. Period: 1 October 2026. These are vacancies that employers submitted to the Employment Service. Commercial job sites are not included.

At the end of June 2026, the State Employment Service in Luhansk Oblast had 279 registered unemployed people and 1 vacancy: 279.0 unemployed per vacancy.

Internally displaced persons among the unemployed
266
95.3% of all registered
Participants in hostilities
8
Young people under 35
36
Women
239
85.7%

Source: State Employment Service. Period: end of June 2026.

In January–August 2026, the State Employment Service in Luhansk Oblast provided services to 1,095 people, and 68 of them found a job (−91.9% compared with the same period last year).

Source: State Employment Service. Period: January–August 2026.

What these numbers cover

The average salary is the accrued salary of a full-time employee before tax, according to Derzhstat. The survey covers enterprises with 10 or more employees, so the figure is higher than a typical salary in a small business. Vacancies and unemployed people are only those registered with the Employment Service. More about the methodology.

Regions with a similar salary

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