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Real wages in Ukraine in July 2017 grew by 17.2 percent from July 2016 but decreased by 0.5 percent from June 2017, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reported on August 29.

The average nominal salary of full-time employees in July 2017 declined by 0.3 percent compared to June 2017, while it grew by 36.6 percent compared to July 2016, to Hr 7,339 per month per person. It was Hr 7,360 in June, Hr 6,840 in May, Hr 6,659 in April, Hr 6,752 in March, Hr 6,209 in February, and Hr 6,008 in January, the agency said.

The highest increase in the average salary of regular workers in July this year compared with July 2016 was recorded Sumy region (by 46.6 percent), Chernivtsi (by 45.1 percent), Khmelnytsky (by 44.3 percent), Kirovohrad (by 43.4 percent), Zakarpattia (by 43.1 percent), Zhytomyr (by 42.7 percent), Vinnytsa (42.4 percent), Poltava (41.5 percent), Ivano-Frankivsk (40.9 percent), Kherson (41.1 percent), Ternopil (40.3 percent), and Cherkasy (40.0 percent) regions. The city of Kyiv saw a 31.9 percent increase in the average salary.

Wage growth in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, without the occupied areas, was 31.4 percent and 24.8 percent, respectively.

In July 2017, the highest level of wages and salaries was reported in the city of Kyiv (Hr 11,412); the lowest level was recorded in Chernihiv region (Hr 5,834).

Wages and salaries grew in July 2017 from July 2016 year-over-year in the following sectors: state administration and defense, compulsory social insurance (55.9 percent), education (45.7 percent), health care (43.0 percent), arts, sports, entertainment and recreation (by 46.1 percent), agriculture, forestry and fisheries (by 40.5 percent), administrative and supplementary services (by 39.5 percent). The growth in transport, warehousing, postal and courier services was 38.8 percent; that in the sphere of professional activity, R&D, engineering was 30.5 percent, finance and insurance 30.2 percent; temporary accommodation and catering 37.8 percent. Wholesale and retail trade, repairs to motor vehicles and motorcycles saw a 33.4 percent increase in wages and salaries, while information and telecoms saw an increase by 28.9 percent, industry by 28.4 percent, and construction by 27.8 percent.