Six months into 2019, the wage rate in agribusiness has gone up by 22,5%.

Based on the information provided by the State Statistics Services of Ukraine (the SSSU), in the first half of 2019 the average monthly wage rate in agricultural business has reached the level of 266 EUR. For the same period of 2018 the wage rate was by 18% lower, stopping at 217 EUR.   

Food industry manages to stay abreast. According to the SSSU, after the first 5 months of 2019 the wage rage has increased by 21%, having hit the mark of 311 EUR, whereas that of the same period of the last year was only 258 EUR.