Income in Russia

[5] During the survey in 2022, it turned out that two-thirds of Russians (66%) rule out the possibility that they will take out a loan to purchase a home in the near future - a mortgage.

[8] According to a selective study by Rosstat for April 2021, the average accrued (gross) salary in Russia amounted to 56,280 rubles.

At the same time, the number of the population with incomes below the poverty level (11,908 rubles per month) by the end of 2021 amounted to about 11% (more than 16 million people),[10][11] and during the year it was in the range of 8.5-14, 2%,[12][13] calculated by Rosstat using the new methodology.

[18] The structure of the use of incomes of the population of the Russian Federation: purchase of goods and services - 75%, mandatory payments, and various contributions - 12%, savings - 8%, purchase of foreign currency - 4%, increase in money in the hands of the population - 2% (according to data for 2017).

[19] According to the OECD, in 2018, on average, 30% of citizens' incomes were spent only on food, and another 23.4% on housing and communal services, clothes and shoes, communications and travel.

Median salary by regions in April 2019 (rubles / month) [ 1 ] :