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4.5 Labour and income
4.5.1 Labour market, unemployment dynamics
Worker migration remains strong to Poland, a country that suffered one of the EU’s smallest GDP drops in 2020 -- an estimated 2.7%. During 2020, the number of foreigners officially working in Poland increased by 8%, to 725,000, according to Poland’s Social Insurance Institution, or ZUS. Of these, Ukrainians account for 73%. In an international appeal Monday, Poland’s Education Ministry listed the five most needed professions: roofer, locksmith, road worker, software engineer and automation specialist. An article on the appeal by TSN.ua news site got 6,882 visits within 12 hours of posting.
4.5.2 Nominal wages dynamics
Real wages in Ukraine rose 8.3% y/y in January, slowing from 10.1% y/y growth in December, the State Statistics Service reported March 1. The average monthly nominal wage amounted to UAH12,337 ($443), declining from UAH14,179 in December, or 13.0% m/m in real terms. The leaders for average monthly wages were the city of Kyiv (UAH17,533), the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk (UAH13,786) and Dnipropetrovsk (UAH12,744) regions. The largest average nominal wage increase was in healthcare and social services (44.9% y/y), education (26.3% y/y), as well as in arts, sports and recreation (25.5% y/y). Within the industrial sector, the highest growth of nominal wages was in electricity and gas supply (17.2% y/y), metallurgy (12.7% y/y) and water supply (11.7% y/y). Intensified consumer inflation prevented real wages from faster growth in January. In addition, the nationwide quarantine held Jan 8-24 was also the factor of slowed wage
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