
This group includes: Cyprus, Greece, Portugal, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Czechia, Estonia, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Romania and Bulgaria. Group 3, with a national minimum wage below €1 000 per month.
Their national minimum wages were €1 203 in Slovenia and €1 260 in Spain.
Group 2, with a national minimum wage higher than €1 000 but lower than € 1 500 per month. Their national minimum wages ranged from €1 747 in France to €2 508 in Luxembourg. This group includes: Luxembourg, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and France. Group 1, with a national minimum wage above €1 500 per month. The lowest average nominal salaries in August 2021 were recorded in the temporary accommodation and catering sector - UAH 9,788 (up 57.3% from August 2020), in the education sector - UAH 10,473 (up 27.4%) in the healthcare and social assistance sector - UAH 10,898 (up 28.4%).Īs reported, according to the State Statistics Service, the average nominal salary in Ukraine in August 2020 was UAH 11,446, which is up 8.6% from August 2019.Figure 1: Minimum wages, July 2023 and July 2013 (levels, in € per month and average annual growth, in %)īased on the level of their national gross monthly minimum wages applicable on 1 July 2023, expressed in €, the EU Member States concerned may be classified into three different groups (see Figure 1, non-EU countries are shown separately). The highest average nominal salaries in August 2021 were recorded in the information and telecommunications sector - UAH 24,813 (up 25.1% from August 2020), in the financial and insurance sector – UAH 23,537 (up 19.5%), in the public administration and defense, and compulsory social insurance - UAH 21,207 (up 26.2%). Compared to July 2021, the average nominal salary decreased by 2.4%, and grew by 22.3% over the last 12 months (compared to August 2020).
The average nominal salary of a full-time employee of enterprises, institutions and organizations in August 2021 was UAH 13,997, which is 2.3 times higher than the minimum wage (UAH 6,000).