The average pension in Kiev is 7.8 thousand hryvnia, which is the highest in Ukraine.
The pension you can count on in Ukraine with minimum wage is 2,361 UAH. If you receive a pension twice the average, you can get a pension of about 10 thousand UAH per month. This is stated in the OBOZ.UA material.
The minimum wage in Ukraine is 8000 UAH. You can count on a pension of 2361 UAH. Such a payment is possible if you have 35 years of experience. This is the minimum pension.
It should be noted that the formula for calculating pensions uses wages for the last three years according to the Pension Fund, and not according to the State Statistics Service; these vary. This salary should be multiplied by the ratio of your own salary to the average, then multiplied by years of service and multiplied by 1%.
The average salary for the last three years is now UAH 13,547.
With an average salary you can get 4741 UAH. A Ukrainian with a salary twice the average will be able to receive a pension in the amount of 9,491.5 UAH. The higher the salary, the higher the payout you can expect.
For example, the average pension in Kiev is 7.8 thousand hryvnia. This is the highest payout in the country. In second place in terms of average pension is the Rivne region with 7.2 thousand UAH. Donetsk region took third place with an indicator of 7 thousand UAH. At the same time, the average pension in the country was 5,743 UAH.
Let us remind you that starting from May 1, pension payments will increase for those who meet two criteria: citizens over 70 years of age and those whose monthly payment is less than 10,340.35 hryvnia.
It was also reported how retirees could receive additional payments during the war.
Source: Focus
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