On average, national wages have grown by 11.5% each year for the past five years. Since 2018, nominal wages have increased 1.7 times.
RIA Novosti has named the country's leading regions in terms of wage growth. These are Yamal and Chukotka, the list is closed by Ingushetia and Chechnya.
Russians have almost 70% of their income from wages. Last year, the average nominal salary in the country increased by almost 15% and reached 64 thousand rubles. But there is still inequality in its distribution.
According to RIA Novosti experts, half of the employees in 2023 received less than 47 thousand rubles and more than 100 thousand rubles - 4%. The level of salaries differs markedly in the regions of the Russian Federation.
In some subjects the median salary is higher than the average Russian level. In eight regions after deducting personal income tax it amounted to more than Br80 thousand, in another two - Br70-80 thousand.
According to the study, high salaries are paid in large federal cities and in the north. But prices there are higher than the national average. They “eat up” part of the income.
On average, salaries in the country have grown by 11.5% every year for the last five years. Since 2018, nominal wages have increased 1.7 times. The highest growth rates were noted in Chuvashia and the Saratov region. There, salaries have become 1.9 times higher over the past five years. They also increased rapidly in Kurgan and Kursk regions. Low rates were recorded in Chechnya, Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Ingushetia. In five regions of the Russian Federation the rate of increase in wages did not exceed 9% per year for the last five years.
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