KIEV, May 27 - Actual year-on-year wages in Ukraine fell in April by 8.1%, while in April 2008 they grew 7.7%, the State Statistics Committee reported.

According to the committee, the average nominal wage in April 2009 was UAH 1,845, which is a 1.5% rise against March 2009 and 6.3% compared to April 2008.

The highest wages in April 2009 were registered in Kyiv city (UAH 3,147), Kyiv region (UAH 1,905) Donetsk region (UAH 2,013), Dnipropetrovsk region (UAH 1,925), Luhansk region (UAH 1,817) and Mykolaiv region (UAH 1,804), the committee reported.