Salaries and vacancies: Odesa Oblast
In Odesa Oblast, the average salary of a full-time employee in August 2026 was UAH 24,882. That is 22.0% less than the Ukrainian average (UAH 31,892). Over the year, the average salary rose by 18.0%. By pay level the region ranks 20th among 24 regions.
- Average salary, August 2026
- 24,882 UAH+18.0% year on year
- Compared with Ukraine
- −22.0%Ukrainian average UAH 31,892
- Rank among regions
- 20of 24, by salary level
- Full-time employees, August 2026
- 314,500+0.2% year on year
- Vacancies in the Employment Service list, 1 October 2026
- 812−49.0% year on year
- Median salary in these vacancies
- 13,500 UAHa year ago UAH 12,000
Each dot is a region; the dark dot is this region. The yellow marker is the Ukrainian average.
Table of values
| Region | UAH |
|---|---|
| Kyiv (city) | 48,705 |
| Luhansk Oblast (small coverage) | 33,981 |
| Kyiv Oblast | 32,404 |
| Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | 30,857 |
| Lviv Oblast | 30,842 |
| Donetsk Oblast | 30,272 |
| Zaporizhzhia Oblast | 28,773 |
| Mykolaiv Oblast | 28,026 |
| Kherson Oblast | 27,597 |
| Vinnytsia Oblast | 27,569 |
| Zakarpattia Oblast | 27,418 |
| Rivne Oblast | 27,070 |
| Volyn Oblast | 26,960 |
| Poltava Oblast | 26,637 |
| Kharkiv Oblast | 26,442 |
| Sumy Oblast | 26,212 |
| Zhytomyr Oblast | 26,101 |
| Cherkasy Oblast | 25,665 |
| Khmelnytskyi Oblast | 25,219 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | 25,067 |
| Odesa Oblast | 24,882 |
| Chernihiv Oblast | 24,463 |
| Ternopil Oblast | 23,881 |
| Kirovohrad Oblast | 22,869 |
| Chernivtsi Oblast | 22,807 |
| Ukraine | 31,892 |
Hryvnias per month before tax. The grey line is Ukraine.
Source: Derzhstat. Period: January 2015 — August 2026. Updated 5 October 2026, next update 29 October 2026.
Salaries by industry in Odesa Oblast
In Odesa Oblast, pay is highest in “Financial and insurance activities” (UAH 63,560) and lowest in “Mining and quarrying” (UAH 13,821): a 4.6-fold difference.
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 Odesa Oblast had 812 vacancies. The median salary in these ads is UAH 13,500: half of the vacancies offer less, half offer more. A year earlier, on 1 October 2025, there were 1,592 vacancies (−49.0%), and the median salary was UAH 12,000.
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 Odesa Oblast had 4,561 registered unemployed people and 3,288 vacancies: 1.4 unemployed per vacancy.
- Internally displaced persons among the unemployed
- 62813.8% of all registered
- Participants in hostilities
- 166
- Young people under 35
- 1,013
- Women
- 3,60879.1%
Source: State Employment Service. Period: end of June 2026.
In January–August 2026, the State Employment Service in Odesa Oblast provided services to 27,298 people, and 8,693 of them found a job (+3.6% 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
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — UAH 25,067
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast — UAH 25,219
- Chernihiv Oblast — UAH 24,463
- Cherkasy Oblast — UAH 25,665
See also all regions on the map and salaries across Ukraine.