Average salary in Russia in 2021 according to Rosstat

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-18 00:05

To characterize the incomes of Russian citizens, their purchasing power, and well-being, economists annually calculate the level of wages. Find out what is the average salary in Russia in 2021, as well as in which regions of the country the highest salaries are recorded according to Rosstat.

Average salary by industry

According to the latest data, the average salary in the Russian Federation, starting from 2021, will be 42 550 rubles. For the calculation, the amount was taken before the deduction of personal income tax. In fact, this figure in the country is 37,018 rubles (42,550 - 13%).

The indicators of the average earnings of Russian citizens will still be quite modest, but despite this, compared to 2020, they increased by 11.2%. This is primarily due to an increase in the minimum wage.

According to Rosstat, employees have the highest incomes:

• gas and oil industries;
• air transport;
• IT spheres;
• transport sector;
• accountants of large companies.

The lowest incomes are for employees of the manufacturing industry and the post office. Independent experts claim that in 2025 the majority of citizens of the Russian Federation will earn about 75,000 rubles.

Analysis of the average income of the population by region

The highest wages in the country, according to the latest statistics, are observed in two large Russian cities: Moscow and the northern capital, St. Petersburg.

In Russia, there has always been a large gap between the level of average wages in different regions. But in recent years, the gap between the indicators has widened even more.

This is primarily due to the economic crisis in the country, the unstable exchange rate of the national currency, as a result of which it sank heavily. As a result of these fluctuations, the income of Russian citizens who live in remote regions is decreasing.

Against this background, there is a high level of unemployment. And in order to somehow live, many people move from regions to large cities for further employment. The level of average salaries by regions of Russia in 2021 according to Rosstat data can be seen in the table below:

City / republic / JSC	Average salary, rubles
Belgorod	27 280
Bryansk	20 790
Vladimir	22 770
Voronezh	26 070
Ivanovo	21 120
Kaluga	27 060
Kostroma	22 550
Kursk	22 770
Lipetsk	24 640
Eagle	16 830
Ryazan	21 340
Smolensk	20 020
Tambov	21 450
Tver	20 130
Tula	25 520
Yaroslavl	26 620
Moscow	66 880
Karelia	32 450
Komi	39 380
Arkhangelsk	36 850
Vologda	28 820
Kaliningrad	27 580
Murmansk	43 670
Novgorod	27 390
Pskov	24 310
St. Petersburg	45 430
Adygea	20 680
Kalmykia	20 130
Krasnodar	25 850
Astrakhan	27 390
Volgograd	23 650
Rostov-on-Don	23 320
Dagestan	25 160
Ingushetia	20 790
Kabardino-Balkarian	18 920
Karachay-Cherkess	18 040
North Ossetia	18 590
Chechen Republic	21 010
Stavropol	22 000
Bashkortostan	28 160
Mari El	21 230
Mordovia	20 900
Tatarstan	27 160
Udmurtia	23 430
Chuvashia	22 990
Permian	27 280
Kirov	22 880
Nizhny Novgorod	26 840
Orenburg	26 070
Penza	22 990
Samara	27 060
Saratov	23 430
Ulyanovsk	22 880
Mound	22 770
Sverdlovsk	32 780
Tyumen	50 160
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug	61 930
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District	70 620
Chelyabinsk	26 620
Altai	24 860
Buryatia	27 720
Tyva	30 580
Khakassia	32 010
Transbaikalia	25 300
Krasnoyarsk region	29 260
Irkutsk	32 450
Kemerovo	17 490
Novosibirsk	17 600
Omsk	28 820
Tomsk	32 230
Kamchatka	50 600
Primorsk	33 990
Khabarovsk	35 200
Amur	34 540
Magadan	55 880
Sakhalin	51 260
Chukotka	56 100

The amount of wages depends on the place of employment and the region of Russia. The income of employees of budgetary institutions in different regions of the country is several times lower than the salary of people who work in the extrabudgetary sphere.

The size of the minimum salaries in different regions of the Russian Federation for 2021 can be seen in the table:

Republic / Oblast / District / City	Minimum wage, rubles
Belgorod	11 280
Bryansk	11 280
Vladimir	11 280
Voronezh	11 280
Ivanovo	11 280
Kaluga	11 280
Kostroma	12 837
Kursk	11 280
Lipetsk	11 280
Moscow region	14 200
Eagle	11 280
Ryazan	11 280
Smolensk	11 280
Tambov	11 280
Tver	11 280
Tula	11 280
Yaroslavl	11 280
Moscow	18 742
Karelia	11 280
Komi	11 280
Arkhangelsk	11 280
Vologda	11 280
Kaliningrad	11 280
St. Petersburg	17 000
Murmansk	25 675
Novgorod	11 280
Pskov	11 280
Adygea	11 280
Kalmykia	11 280
Krasnodar	11 280
Astrakhan	11 280
Volgograd	11 280
Rostov	11 280
Dagestan	11 280
Ingushetia	11 280
Kabardino-Balkarian	11 280
Karachay-Cherkess	11 280
North Ossetia	11 280
Chechen Republic	11 280
Stavropol	11 280
Bashkortostan	11 280
Mari El	11 280
Mordovia	11 280
Tatarstan	11 280
Udmurtia	12 837
Chuvash Republic	11 280
Permian	11 280
Kirov	11 280
Nizhny Novgorod	11 280
Orenburg	12 838
Penza	11 280
Samara	11 280
Saratov	11 280
Ulyanovsk	11 280
Mound	11 280
Ekaterinburg	11 280
Tyumen	11 280
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District	12 430
Chelyabinsk	12 838
Altai	11 280
Buryatia	11 280
Tyva	11 280
Khakassia	14 511
Transbaikalia	11 280
Krasnoyarsk	11 280
Irkutsk	11 280
Kemerovo	18 313
Novosibirsk	11 280
Omsk	12 838
Tomsk	13 500
Republic of Yakutia	15 390
Kamchatka Krai	29 024
Primorsky Krai	11 280
Khabarovsk region	11 414
Amur	11 280
Magadan	19 500
Sakhalin	23 442
Jewish Autonomous Republic	12 000
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	11 280

Will the salary of public sector employees increase from 2021

Since January 1, 2021, the Government of the Russian Federation has doubled the wages of state employees - medical personnel, teachers, court workers and the military. According to the decision of the President of the Russian Federation, the increase in salaries for public sector employees was due to new reforms.

But in the Russian Federation in the past few years, there has been a tendency for salary payments to be delayed. First of all, this problem concerns employees of the educational sphere and law enforcement agencies.

Police salaries have also been increased in 2021. The district police officer in the country receives 9-11 thousand rubles. Other police officers earn 17-19 thousand rubles. As for representatives of higher ranks, they receive from 25 thousand rubles (depending on the rank).

In 2021, the average salary of medical personnel in Russia increased by 6, 6%. The exact data of Rosstat can be viewed in the tables above.

Summarize

1. The highest income in the country is observed in two large cities: Moscow and St. Petersburg.
2. The highest salaries are received in the oil and gas industry, air transport, and IT.
3. The lowest wages are for workers in the manufacturing industry and the post office.
4. Since 2021, the Russian government has increased the salaries of public sector employees.