Teacher salaries in 2021 in Russia

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

The salary of teachers, despite the indexation carried out this year, still remains one of the lowest among public sector employees. Naturally, teachers are concerned about this state of affairs and expect changes in the form of a salary increase in 2021.

Will there be a salary increase for teachers in 2021

The salary of the teaching staff differs depending on the territory of residence and employment. Experts note that the gap is quite impressive, and the government has not yet managed to equalize the situation due to the existing imbalance in the economy of individual territories.

For example, the monthly salary of a teacher in Chukotka is about 100 thousand rubles, and a teacher of the same qualifications working in Sakhalin receives about 86 thousand rubles. In some regions of Russia, the salary of public sector employees rarely exceeds 20 thousand rubles (North Caucasus, Altai).

Another limiting factor that hinders the improvement of the welfare of teachers is the so-called “capitation” approach - funds from the regional budget are directed to educational institutions in accordance with the number of students.

This forces teachers from small schools to look for higher-paying job options, which creates another problem in the field of education - staff turnover. In this regard, the trade unions are in favor of a fixed rate, the size of which should be at least two minimum wages.

Interesting! Dollar exchange rate for January 2021 by days

The indicators of the minimum wage are set at the federal level, but the regions have the right to change the minimum wage in accordance with the standard of living in a particular constituent entity of the Federation, but only upward. It is planned to rectify the situation through the implementation of the national project "Education".

T. Polovkova, head of the National Education Resources Foundation, said that the budget has already allocated an amount of 1.226 million rubles, which will be used to increase teachers' salaries in 2021.

It should be borne in mind that only the basic part of the teacher's earnings is subject to indexation by 6, 8%. The amount of additional payments and compensations is determined at the level of the region and a specific educational institution.

Interesting! Dollar exchange rate for January 2021 by days

Salaries of teachers in Moscow and the Moscow region

The salary of teachers in the Moscow region also depends on the level of qualifications, specialization, territorial affiliation of the educational institution. For example, the highest salary is determined for representatives of this profession who work in Moscow and Khimki, while teachers of the basics of economics and a foreign language receive the most.

In Ramenskoye, a primary school teacher can boast of the highest salary - about 60 thousand rubles. In educational institutions of other municipalities, a teacher's salary is about 50 thousand rubles. The tables below show the salaries of teachers in the Moscow region.

By the territorial location of the school

Locality	Salary, rubles
Railway	20 000
Pryvokzalny	25 000
Dolgoprudny	25 000
Anniversary	30 000
Noginsk	30 000
White	33 500
Sverdlovsk	37 500
Kamenskoe	38 000
Khimki	70 000
Moscow	70 000

Primary school teachers' salary

Locality	Salary, rubles
Pushkino	50 000
Lobnya
Istra
Dedovsk
Nakhabino
Zvenigorod
Moscow	53 500
Selyatino	55 000
Ramenskoe
Uspenskoe	60 000

By specialization

Teacher	Salary, rubles
Primary classes	40 000
Mathematicians	42 500
Defectologist	43 500
Informatics	43 750
Physicists	45 000
Chemistry	46 250
Spanish	50 000
French language
Economy	60 000
Foreign language	66 541

The salaries of teachers in Moscow and the Moscow region in 2021 will also increase, in accordance with federal legislation.

The procedure and amount of payroll in 2021

Since 2020, salaries for public sector employees and teachers (including) are calculated according to a new tariff system, which includes a base rate and an 18-bit tariff scale. Now the earnings of public sector employees are made up of the following components:

• salary;
• various additional payments and allowances (for overtime work, work in difficult conditions, etc.);
• additional payments for length of service (up to 5 years - 10% of the base value, 5-10 years - 15%, 10-15 years - 20%, from 15 years and more - 30%);
• bonuses - the amount of remuneration is determined on an individual basis, but not less than 5% of the salary.

Interesting! Official weekend in January 2021

From 2020, the level of teachers' salaries is determined according to the new system of positions. It is expected that the basic part of the salary of an ordinary teacher and head of an educational institution will be calculated according to the 1: 4 scheme, that is, the income of a school principal cannot exceed the salary of a novice teacher by more than 4 times.

It is not yet known how the calculation of salaries of other categories will be made, but the ranks introduced are already known:

• teacher - a novice teacher who has never improved his qualifications and has not received additional education;
• senior teacher - a teacher who, in addition to teaching schoolchildren, is engaged in writing methodological programs for conducting classes and developing disciplines, and also participates in correctional work;
• leading teacher - coordinates the work of the teaching staff, organizes the learning process.

Another innovation is exams, the conduct of which is conditioned by the confirmation of the teacher's qualifications. The salary of a teacher who has successfully passed the examination test will also increase.

Summing up

1. In 2021, teachers' salaries will be indexed by 6, 8%.
2. The salary of educational workers consists of several components, according to the assigned category, the level of qualifications and the territorial location of the school.
3. Since 2020, a new payroll scheme has been introduced and titles for teachers have been established.
4. In Moscow and the region, regions with a high level of wages for workers in the education sector have been identified.