Salaries of steel workers increased by 25% in 8 months

According to the State Statistics Service, in the first 8 months of the current year, the average monthly salary in the mining industry and quarrying grew by 27.7% to UAH 15,360 compared to the same period in 2018. In the steel industry, salaries rose by 25.3% on average, to UAH 13,298.

As a comparison, in January to August, salaries in the industrial sector in general grew by 24.2% higher than in the same period in 2018, and reached UAH 11,456.

In August 2019, however, salaries of steel workers decreased by 1.5%, or UAH 219, compared to July. Similar drops were recorded in February and April, followed by another increase until July.

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