As noted by the politician, last year's figures were much worse, now on average Ukrainians receive 6,900 a month. hryvna.

In turn, real wages in Ukraine for the year increased by 18.9 percent.

The Minister also added that in 2017 the payroll fund is expected to grow to 796.3 billion hryvnia, which is 36.1% more than in 2016 when the fund was almost 585 billion hryvnia.

As previously reported, "URA-Inform", in November 2017, the total amount of arrears in payment of wages in Ukraine increased by 5.1%. At the same time, from the beginning of the year the arrears increased by 44.2% and by December 1 reached UAH 2.582 billion.