Average wage in Ukraine increases by quarter this year - Kubiv

"A real wage growth has been observed for the first time in two years as a result of production growth, increase in the minimum wage from May 1, 2016 by 5.2%, as well as reduction of the rate of single social tax starting from May, 2016," Stepan Kubiv said. He stressed that the average monthly nominal salary of full-time employees increased by 24.3% up to UAH 4,989 in January-September 2016.