Average salary in Ukraine: August 2026
In August 2026, the average salary of a full-time employee was UAH 31,892 before tax. 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%.
- Average salary
- 31,892 UAH−1.1% month on month
- Change over the year
- +23.1%nominal
- Real change over the year
- +13.9%after 8.1% inflation
- In US dollars
- 714 USDat the NBU average rate of 44.7 UAH
Hryvnias per month, before tax.
Source: Derzhstat. Period: January 2015 — August 2026. Updated 5 October 2026, next update 29 October 2026.
By how many percent salaries outpaced prices over the year. Below zero: salaries fell behind inflation.
Source: Derzhstat: wages and the consumer price index. Pratsemetr's calculation: the change in salary over the year divided by the change in prices over the year.
Salaries by region
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 |
Regional boundaries: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via geoBoundaries.
Salaries by industry
Source: Derzhstat. Period: August 2026. The yellow row is the average for the whole economy.
How many people are hired and leave
In Q2 2026, enterprises hired new employees equal to 7.1% of their average headcount, while 7.2% left or were dismissed. When the second number is larger than the first, headcount is shrinking on average.
Source: Derzhstat. Period: Q2 2026.
How to read these numbers
The average salary is the amount accrued before personal income tax and the military levy. Derzhstat calculates it for full-time employees of enterprises with 10 or more employees. A few high salaries lift the average noticeably, so most people earn less than it. Methodology.