Minimum subsistence level in Perm Krai in 2026: per adult, child and pensioner
The minimum subsistence level in Perm Krai for 2026 amounts to 17,424 rubles per month per capita. For working‑age persons it is 18,992 rubles, for pensioners 14,985, for children 16,901. All four amounts equal 92% of the nationwide figures. These numbers affect the universal child benefit, the pension supplement, fixed‑amount alimony and the money that bailiffs must leave to a debtor. Below is a calculation for families, the minimum by year, neighboring regions of the Urals and the Volga‑Ural area, as well as a comparison with salaries and incomes of Perm residents. The Rosstat figures and charts are available on the website in interactive form.
Minimum subsistence level in Perm Krai in 2026: table
| Group | Perm Krai | Russia | 2025, Perm Krai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per capita | 17,424 | 18,939 | 16,314 |
| Working‑age | 18,992 | 20,644 | 17,782 |
| Pensioners | 14,985 | 16,288 | 14,030 |
| Children | 16,901 | 18,371 | 15,825 |
Rubles per month. Source: Rosstat.
Over the year each of the four figures grew by 6.8%. Per capita increased by 1,110 rubles, for working‑age persons by 1,210, for pensioners by 955, for children by 1,076. Compared with the Russian figures, the region lacks 1,515 rubles per capita, 1,652 for the working‑age, 1,303 for a pensioner and 1,470 for a child.
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How much a family needs at minimum
The minimum is set per person. For a family, they take the minimum for each member according to his/her group and add them up.
Two working parents and two schoolchildren: 2 × 18,992 + 2 × 16,901 = 71,786 rubles per month. According to the all‑Russian standards, the same family would receive 78,030 rubles, 6,244 more.
Mother with a child: 18,992 + 16,901 = 35,893 rubles.
Couple of non‑working retirees: 2 × 14,985 = 29,970 rubles.
Unified child benefit
The right to the unified benefit appears when the family’s income per person is below the regional per‑capita minimum. In Perm Krai this is 17,424 rubles. A family of four qualifies if all its incomes are less than 69,696 rubles per month, a family of three if less than 52,272. How many such families exist in the country is examined in the article about low‑income families.
Fixed‑amount alimony
When the payer’s income is irregular or hard to prove, a court may set alimony as a fixed amount. It is calculated as a share of the child minimum of the region where the child lives. In Perm Krai half of the child minimum is 8,450.5 rubles, the full minimum is 16,901 rubles. How the average salary enters such a calculation is explained in the article average salary for alimony.
How much must remain for the debtor
When collecting debts, a person must retain an amount not less than the working‑age minimum in his region. In Perm Krai in 2026 this is 18,992 rubles per month. For each dependent child, one may ask to leave an additional 16,901 rubles.
Subsistence minimum in Perm Krai by year
In 2013 the per‑person minimum in the region was 7,199 rubles, while the national figure was 7,306: the region lagged the Russian benchmark by only one hundred rubles. For 2026 the Perm minimum is 17,424 rubles, 2.42 times higher than in 2013. The Russian figure grew by 2.59 times over the same period, so the gap widens: it is now 1,515 rubles.
In 2014 the Perm minimum, 8,096 rubles, exceeded the Russian one, 8,050 rubles, i.e. it amounted to 100.6%. This is the only year when the region was above the country. Afterwards the share slipped down: 98.0% in 2015, 96.1% in 2019, 93.1% in 2021. From 2023 it is exactly 92.0% across all four groups, so the current Perm amounts are obtained by multiplying the Russian figures by a single coefficient.
Pensioners received slightly more than others from this trajectory. In 2013 their minimum in the region was 5,804 rubles, 96.8% of the Russian level. Now it is 14,985 rubles, the same 92.0%. You can compare the 2013 minimum with the current one in today’s money using the inflation calculator.
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Minimum for workers and children
The working‑age minimum rose from 7,722 rubles in 2013 to 18,992 rubles in 2026, the child minimum from 7,106 to 16,901. These are the most important figures for families: they are used to calculate the unified benefit and alimony.
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Perm Krai among regions and neighbors
Rosstat publishes the minimum for 2026 for 89 territories. For 60 of them it is higher than Perm's, for 25 lower, and for three the same: the Bryansk, Kostroma and Chelyabinsk regions. Overall, by size the krai ranks 62nd from the start of the rating. The cheapest are the Lipetsk and Tambov regions, at 15,719 rubles, 1,705 less than Perm's. The highest is in Chukotka, 49,431 rubles, 2.84 times higher.
The krai has five bordering neighbors, and the picture varies among them. In the Komi Republic the minimum per capita is 21,780 rubles, 4,356 more than Perm's. In Sverdlovsk region it is 18,750, 1,326 more. In Bashkortostan, Udmurtia and Kirov region the same amount, 16,856 rubles, 568 less. If a family from Perm considers moving to Yekaterinburg, the minimum there is higher, and how it is arranged in Sverdlovsk region is described in the article living minimum in Sverdlovsk region.
All regions in descending order are collected in the regional rating of living minimum, the overall picture for the country is described in the article living minimum 2026 by regions.
Salaries and incomes: how far the minimum goes
The minimum does not reflect the wealth of the region: it is tied to local prices and is calculated from the nationwide figure with regional coefficients. Perm residents' earnings are considered separately.
The average accrued salary in the region in 2025 was 84,931 rubles, in Russia 101,784. That is 83.4% of the Russian level. The median, i.e. the salary "in the middle", in the region was 68,680 rubles versus 73,871 in Russia, already 93.0%. The median equals 84.3% of the average, nationwide 74.3%. Salaries in the region are distributed more evenly than across Russia as a whole: the skew toward high incomes is weaker.
The average salary exceeds the working‑age minimum by 4.78 times: 84,931 versus 17,782 in 2025. In Russia it is 5.27 times.
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Rosstat also calculates the direct ratio of per‑capita income to the minimum. In the second quarter of 2026 in Perm Krai income exceeded the minimum by 3.61 times (361.0%), in Russia by 4.05 (405.1%). In the fourth quarter of 2025, when payments are traditionally highest, it was 461.9% versus 514.2%.
In the second quarter of 2013 the region was ahead of the country: 345.3% versus 338.4%. In 2015 again: 335.5% versus 295.8%. Since 2016 the ratio in the region has been lower than the Russian one. The deepest point for the region came in 2020, 257.9% versus 289.5% nationwide. Since then the gap has widened by 103 points, and in 2026 it is 15.7 points higher than in 2013.
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How many people live below the poverty line
In 2025 incomes below the poverty line were recorded for 7.9% of the region's residents, in Russia 6.7%. Among 88 regions with data the region ranks 50th from the start of the list by increasing share: the lowest is Saint Petersburg at 3.2%, Tatarstan and Chukotka at 3.3% each.
The worst years were 1999 and 2000: 26.0% and 25.5% of Perm residents fell below the line, while the country had 28.4% and 29.0%. Then the region's share declined more slowly than the country's. By 2012 it was 12.2% versus 10.8%, and in 2016 the region experienced a noticeable jump to 15.3% against 13.3% in Russia. The minimum was reached in 2025.
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Minimum pensioner and pension supplement
If an unemployed pensioner receives a pension together with other payments that is less than the regional minimum pensioner amount, the state pays the difference. In Perm Krai for 2026 the threshold is 14,985 rubles, a year ago it was 14,030, an increase of 955 rubles. How the social supplement works is explained in the article about pensioner subsistence minimum. Row by region: pensioner minimum in Perm Krai by year.
Questions and answers
What is the subsistence minimum in Perm Krai in 2026?
Per capita 17,424 rubles per month. For working‑age people 18,992, for pensioners 14,985, for children 16,901.
What is the subsistence minimum per child in Perm Krai in 2026?
16,901 rubles per month. In 2025 it was 15,825.
Why is the minimum in Perm Krai lower than the Russian average?
Since 2021 the nationwide minimum is calculated from the median income in the country, not from the cost of the consumer basket. Regions apply their own coefficients to it, which take price differences into account. The region’s own incomes do not directly affect the amount. In Perm Krai for 2026 the minimum is 92% of the Russian figure in all groups.
In short
- Subsistence minimum in Perm Krai for 2026: 17,424 rubles per capita, 18,992 for working‑age, 14,985 for pensioners, 16,901 for children.
- This is 92% of the Russian amounts. In 60 of 89 regions the minimum is higher, in 25 lower, in three the same. Of the five neighboring regions, it is higher in Komi and Sverdlovsk Oblast, lower in Bashkortostan, Udmurtia and Kirov Oblast.
- A family of two working adults and two children needs 71,786 rubles per month at the minimum, the threshold for a unified benefit for four people is 69,696 rubles of income.
- Since 2013 the minimum has increased by a factor of 2.42, slower than the Russian figure (2.59), and incomes in the second quarter of 2026 exceeded it by a factor of 3.61 versus 4.05 nationwide.
- The share of the population below the poverty line is 7.9%, compared with 6.7% on average across Russia.