In the first half of 2023, real wages in Russia rose by 7%, and in June the average wage reached 76.5 thousand rubles, exceeding last year’s figure by 14%. This has been reported rosstat.
This happened in the face of fierce competition for personnel. Professor Yulia Finogenova in an interview “Kommersant” He explained the increase in wages by the need to develop import substitution and the increasing demand for blue-collar workers.
However, experts state that wage increases often do not exceed the inflation rate, so real income growth is not felt. So, according to Sberindex, in the spring of 2023 the average salary increased by 9% to 47 thousand rubles, but this only compensated for inflation.
Also, experts think that media is more preferable to analysis than average pay. Second, it does not take into account unequal income distribution.
Economists point out that salaries are rising not only because of increases in the base salary, but also because of increases in benefits, deposit interests, rental housing income, and other resources.
Anton Sviridenko also emphasizes that a third of all incomes of the population is concentrated in 10% of the richest Russians. Thus, the increase in wealth is unevenly distributed.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin recently declarationThat the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation will consider the possibility of allocating 30 billion rubles to increase the income of public sector workers.
Previously in the Russian Federation Established Single personal income tax rate for remote workers.