9,546 hryvnias: The Cabinet plans to raise the minimum wage

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine plans to set the minimum salary at 9,546 hryvnias in the draft state budget for 2027. That is 899 hryvnias more than in 2026, announced Member of Parliament Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

From 1 January 2027 the general subsistence minimum for one person is proposed to be increased to 3,559 hryvnias per month. The increase will be 350 hryvnias, or 10.9%.

For certain population categories the draft provides the following figures:

• for able-bodied persons — 3,691 hryvnias;
• for persons unable to work — 2,878 hryvnias.

Currently, from 1 January 2026, the minimum salary in Ukraine is 8,647 hryvnias per month, and the minimum hourly wage is 52 hryvnias.

The general subsistence minimum in 2026 equals 3,209 hryvnias for one person per month. For the main social and demographic groups the following amounts are set:

• for children under 6 years — 2,817 hryvnias;
• for children aged from 6 to 18 years — 3,512 hryvnias;
• for able-bodied persons — 3,328 hryvnias;
• for people who have lost the ability to work — 2,595 hryvnias;
• for determining by court decisions the additional payments to people who have lost the ability to work and live in territories of radioactive contamination, a figure of 1,600 hryvnias is applied.

Earlier we wrote:

• Hospitals in Mykolaiv region critically lack hundreds of medics, young people do not stay to work
• The government announced strict savings on non-defense expenditures and 70 billion UAH for the army
• From 1 September teachers’ salaries in Ukraine will rise by another 20%
• Authorities warn of a “shutdown”: in Mykolaiv they said that funds may run out as early as November
• A quarter of pensioners live on less than 4,000 hryvnias: what residents of Mykolaiv region receive