AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY IN UKRAINE

An average monthly salary in Ukraine depends on where you live and what you do for a living. For somebody who works as a vendor in a bakery stand an average monthly salary would be around 1400 UAH ($177), which is more than minimum monthly salary. An office manager of a middle size company makes around the same amount of money. A nurse working in a hospital works for a minimum monthly salary of around 700 UAH ($89). Doctors get paid around 1000UAH ($127) per month. Salaries may vary depending on a job experience. Almost everybody is trying to do some under table business just to cover their basic needs.

A friend of mine who works in a Department of Environmental Protection and Expertise (which is a governmental organization) earns around 1200UAH ($152) per month.

Salaries mentioned above are true for middle size cities like Poltava. People working in big cities like Kiev get paid more, but at the same time their cost of living might be way much higher, especially if they are renting their apartments, but that is yet a subject for another article.

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