Average wage, real during each mayor's tenure
8 mayors, ranked by how average wage, real changed from their first day in office, next to the oblast over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs oblast | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Rehina Kharchenko (acting) | Zaporizhzhia | 24 Apr 2024 – now | +31.8% Q1 2024 → Q2 2026 | +0.6 pts oblast +31.2% | +13.1%/yr | |
| 2 | KB Ihor Terekhov | Kharkiv | 17 Dec 2020 – now from Q1 2021 | +27.1% Q1 2021 → Q2 2026 | −1.5 pts oblast +28.6% | +4.7%/yr | |
| 3 | N Yurii Vilkul (acting) | Kryvyi Rih | 25 Aug 2021 – now | −4.0% Q2 2021 → Q2 2026 | −38.2 pts oblast +34.1% | −0.8%/yr | |
| 4 | N Anatolii Kurtiev (acting) | Zaporizhzhia | 29 Sep 2021 – 24 Apr 2024 | −10.1% Q2 2021 → Q1 2024 | −2.7 pts oblast −7.4% | −3.8%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); the oblast is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. UAH a month, today's money · Ukrstat survey of enterprises on labour statistics, average monthly wage of a full-time employee in the city's district (raion), quarterly from 2021, deflated by the oblast's CPI · district data · as of Apr 2026.