The average salary of employees in agriculture, forestry and fisheries increased from 3,283 hryvnia to 4,956 hryvnia (51%) from January to December 2016. According to the State Statistics Committee, compared with December 2015, the amount of wages increased by 29.9%. In January-December last year, the wages of agricultural workers increased from 3,054 hryvnias to 4,417 hryvnias. In general, at the moment, the salary of farmers is not the highest, but in December 2016 the amount was UAH 6,475. 
