Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has proposed raising the national minimum wage to 9,546 hryvnias a month in its draft state budget for 2027, according to Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak, who published the figures on his Telegram channel.
Zhelezniak said the planned minimum wage from 1 January 2027 would be 899 hryvnias higher than in 2026, an increase of 10.4 percent, rising from 8,647 hryvnias to 9,546 hryvnias.
He also said the subsistence minimum per person would rise to 3,559 hryvnias a month from 2027, up 350 hryvnias, or 10.9 percent. Within that figure, the subsistence minimum for people of working age would be set at 3,691 hryvnias, and for those unable to work, at 2,878 hryvnias.
By comparison, the current subsistence minimum for people of working age is 3,328 hryvnias, while for those who have lost their capacity to work, including pensioners, it stands at 2,595 hryvnias.
Budget under pressure
The subsistence minimum and minimum wage form the baseline for calculating a wide range of state payments in Ukraine, including pensions and social benefits, and are set each year as part of the national budget process approved by parliament.
The proposed increases come as officials have flagged growing strain on Ukraine's public finances. On 10 September, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said the government had already begun limiting budget spending because of funding problems and did not rule out delays in paying public sector salaries.
Roksolana Pidlasa, head of the parliamentary budget committee, later said that domestic revenues over the first eight months of this year had come in $1.35 billion below plan.
World Bank support pledged
On 14 September, Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi said Ukraine would soon receive $841 million in budget support from the World Bank, backed by guarantees from the Canadian government. He said the funds would be used to cover state budget spending on pension payments.
