TASS, June 22. Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova considers a small income of Russians who receive an average country salary. She stated this on Monday in the program “Posner” on channel one.
Golikova said that the subject is complicated, as the average wage varies greatly from region to region. “If I remember correctly, 47 thousand rubles — the average salary in Russia, which includes Moscow. If 47 thousand multiplied by 12 [months] is much? It’s a little” — said the Deputy Prime Minister.
According to Rosstat, the nominal average wage in Russia by the end of 2019 was 47 867 rubles. In the first quarter of 2020 has increased up to 48 390 rubles.
the speaker also referred to the FTS data, noting that the number of Russians receiving “very high salaries”, a small. According to Rosstat, in 2019, only 7.1% of employed people had received more than 100 thousand rubles per month, including 6.3% of earnings did not exceed 250 thousand rubles.
