KIEV, Aug. 26 - Actual year-on-year wages in Ukraine fell in July 2009 by 10%, while in July 2008 they grew by 6.2% year-over-year, the State Statistics Committee reported.

According to the committee, the average nominal wage in July 2009 grew by4.1% from July 2008 and by 1.4% from June 2009, to UAH 2,008.

The highest wages in July 2009 were registered in Kiev city (UAH 3,320), Donetsk region (UAH 2,196), Kiev region (UAH 2,104), Dnipropetrovsk region (UAH 2,065), Sevastopol city (UAH 1,921) and Luhansk region (UAH 1,943), the committee reported.

The lowest wages in July 2009 were in the Ternopil, Volyn, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions (UAH 1,512, UAH 1,548, UAH 1,566 and UAH 1,602 respectively), the committee added.