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year in the EU – 27% of the total, reports Eurostat. Ukrainians received 601,200 permits, almost five times more than the second place nationality, Morocco. Ukrainians overwhelmingly – 81% -- chose Poland for long term work.
Ireland wants to hire truckers from Ukraine due to shortage of up to 4,000 professional drivers, reports Logist.Today news site. Following the lead of Germany and Poland, Ireland plans to negotiate mutual recognition of drivers’ licenses with Ukraine. Last week, Britain partially coped with its truck driver shortage by enlisting 150 Army soldiers to drive fuel trucks.
4.5.2 Nominal wages dynamics
Real wages in Ukraine rose 6.9% y/y in September, slowing from 10.9% y/y growth in August, the State Statistics Service reported on Oct. 28. The average monthly nominal wage amounted to UAH14,239 ($533), growing from UAH13,997 in August, or 0.5% m/m in real terms.
The leaders for average monthly wages were the city of Kyiv (UAH20,658), and Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk (UAH15,148) and Kyiv (UAH14,678) regions. The largest average nominal wage increase was in hospitality and catering services (37.9% y/y), arts, sports and recreation (35.3% y/y), as well as information and telecommunication (26.6% y/y).
Within the industrial sector, the highest growth of nominal wages was in electricity and gas distribution (21.5% y/y), rubber and plastics production (21.0% y/y), pharmaceuticals (23.8% y/y) and machinery (17.0% y/y).
The average salary in Ukraine has exceeded $500. This is an absolute record for our country said Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “In June this year, it
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