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IT-Cluster understands that in such conditions it is difficult not only for IT business to maintain stability, but also to live and work,” the organisation said.
Half a million Ukrainians pay social security taxes in Poland, ​according to Bankier, a Polish business news site. Gertruda Us´cin´ska, president of Poland’s Social Insurance Administration, or ZUS, says 750,000 Ukrainians pay for state health insurance. Poland’s Main Statistical Office said that at the end of 2019 about 1.3mn Ukrainians lived in Poland. Us´cin´ska says the number of foreigners in Poland’s social security system dipped by 10% in the spring, due to corona controls. But, she says: “In September we exceeded the level from February. We have already made up for losses.” Ukrainians make of 75% of the foreigners working in Poland, she said.
4.5.2​ Nominal wages dynamics
Real wages in Ukraine increased 9.7% y/y in September, ​accelerating from 6.0% y/y growth in August, the State Statistics Service reported on October 28. The average monthly nominal wage amounted to UAH11,998 a month ($429), increasing from UAH11,446 in August, or 4.3% m/m in real terms.
The leading regions for average monthly wages were the city of Kyiv (UAH17,253), Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk (UAH12,981) and the Kyiv region (UAH12,109). The largest nominal average wage increase was in “other services” (37.7% y/y), medicine and social services (29.1% y/y), and education (20.7% y/y).
Within the industrial sector, the highest growth of nominal wages was in electricity and gas supply (25.4% y/y), water supply (20.0% y/y), and wood, paper and polygraphy production (11.4% y/y).
Apparently, the rise of the minimum wage to UAH5,000 a month starting September 1 was an additional factor in wage growth accelerating significantly.
24​ UKRAINE Country Report​ November 2020 ​ ​www.intellinews.com