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In Ukraine, representatives of certain working specialties are being offered salaries by employers that exceed the average earnings of members of parliament. The highest median offer in September 2026 year was recorded for plasterers – 85 thousand hryvnias per month. High payments are also offered to technologists, dentists, facade workers, and long-haul drivers. This is shown by OLX Work data, reports Glavkom.
Among construction specialties, plasterers led in pay levels. The median salary offer for them was 85 thousand hryvnias. For facade workers employers offered 70 thousand hryvnias, for stonecutters 66 thousand hryvnias, for tilers 65 thousand hryvnias. Painters could expect 57,5 thousand hryvnias, builders 55 thousand hryvnias, foremen, plumbers, and electricians 50 thousand hryvnias.
Meanwhile, for general laborers on construction sites, offers were significantly lower – 20 766 hryvnias. The gap between the median offers for plasterers and general laborers exceeded fourfold.
High salary offers were also recorded in the transportation and manufacturing sectors. Long-haul drivers were offered 65 thousand hryvnias per month, technologists 69 022 thousand hryvnias, and designers 57 812 thousand hryvnias. Mechanics were offered 47 100 thousand hryvnias, electricians and CNC machine operators – 46 thousand hryvnias.
In medicine, among the leaders in pay were dentists – median offer for them was 70 375 thousand hryvnias. Pharmacists were offered about 40 thousand hryvnias.
In retail, the highest salary offers were received by customer service managers – 48 thousand hryvnias. Sales managers and representatives were offered 40 thousand hryvnias, sales consultants – 30 thousand hryvnias.
For comparison, according to media reports, the average salary of a member of parliament is 60 892 hryvnias per month. Half of the lawmakers earned from 60 to 70 thousand hryvnias, and 12% – 46 of deputies – earned more than 70 thousand hryvnias. The highest average salary among members of the Ukrainian parliament was held by the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk – about 94 thousand hryvnias per month.
It is worth noting that in September 2026 year, 165,4 thousand people worked in state bodies, and the average salary in central executive authorities reached nearly 64 thousand hryvnias.
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