Labour market in Ukraine: August 2026

Highlights

• The average salary of a full-time employee in August 2026 is UAH 31,892. That is 1.1% less than a month earlier and 23.1% more than a year ago.
• Prices rose by 8.1% over the year. So in real terms salaries grew by 13.9%.
• The highest salary is in the city of Kyiv (UAH 48,705), the lowest in Chernivtsi Oblast (UAH 22,807).
• Over the year, salaries grew fastest in Lviv Oblast (+31.6%) and slowest in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (+15.2%).
• Among industries, the highest salary is in “Information and communication” (UAH 79,170) and the lowest in “Education” (UAH 19,109). Salaries grew the most over the year in “Education” (+32.4%).
• At the end of August 2026, the Employment Service had 92,579 registered unemployed and 78,348 vacancies: 1.2 unemployed per vacancy.
• In January–August 2026, 206,084 people found a job through the Employment Service (+13.9% compared with the same period last year).
• On 1 October 2026, the open list of the Employment Service had 35,672 vacancies (−19.6% year on year) with a median salary of UAH 15,000.

Source: Derzhstat; State Employment Service; National Bank of Ukraine. Period: August 2026. Updated 5 October 2026, next update 29 October 2026.

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