Donetsk, Nov 1 — DAN. The Donetsk People’s Republic Industry and Trade Ministry Wages has reported a considerable increase in wages in the consumer goods industry and the sector producing construction and non-metallic materials.

“The average wage has increased 11.4 percent in steel-making, 23 percent in pharmaceuticals and 36.5 percent in machine-building from 2022, ” the Ministry’s press service told the Donetsk News Agency.

The industries producing consumer goods and construction and non-metallic materials posted the highest payrise of 66 percent and 89.4 percent respectively.

The regional Economy Development Ministry earlier told DAN that the Republic’s average pay had increased 41.4 percent by August from 2022.*jk