The vast majority (74.1%) of Russian small business representatives surveyed reported that they started paying their employees more this year. It’s about salaries and bonuses. writer The newspaper Izvestia, citing a study by the Russian School of Management (RSHU) and the PlanFact financial accounting service.
16% of respondents stated that they did not increase salaries and bonuses, and 9.9% stated that they reduced the amount of payment.
“More than half of the companies (58%) associate the increase in costs with an increase in the wage level, and 24.6% with an increase in the number of personnel,” the experts said.
At the same time, 13% of respondents said they have reduced the cost of paying salaries and bonuses due to staff reductions and 4.3% due to lower wages.
May 17 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin declarationNominal wages in Russia rose 13% during the year, while real wages rose 3%.
Referring to Avito.Rabota statistics, Kommersant newspaper reported at the beginning of April that in the first quarter of this year, the average salary in the Russian domestic market exceeded 53 thousand rubles per month. This indicator increased by 24.9% compared to the same period of 2022.