The Ministry of Labor has proposed to increase the minimum wage (MROT) to 22,440 rubles from January 1, 2025.
The head of the department, Anton Kotyakov, said that from next year the minimum wage is defined as 48% of the median wage and it is necessary to keep ahead of its growth rate. The growth of the minimum wage will amount to 16.6%.
The increase will affect 4.2 million Russians.
The median wage is the wage, less or more than which half of working citizens receive. Last year it was equal to 46,751 rubles.
In 2021, the minimum wage was 12,792 rubles, in 2022 - 13,890 rubles. Last year the minimum wage was equal to 16,242 rubles, this year - 19,242 rubles.
Earlier wrote that the deputies of the State Duma proposed to prohibit the issuance of wages less than the minimum wage.
President Vladimir Putin during the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) said that the minimum wage will be tied to the median salary.