Real wages in Ukraine in March 2017 increased compared to the previous month by 6.8%.
This is stated in the message of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
In January-March 2017, compared with the same period last year, real wages increased by 19.3%.
The average nominal salary of a full-time employee in Ukraine in March was 6752 UAH, which is 8.7% more than in February this year and 37.2% more than in March 2016.
This value is 2.1 times higher than the minimum wage in Ukraine, which is 3200 UAH.
The data are calculated without taking into account the temporarily occupied territory of the Crimea and part of the ATU zone.