Subsistence Minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2026: per Adult, Child and Pensioner

2026-10-09 · Living standards

The subsistence minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast for 2026 is 18,750 rubles per month per capita. For a working‑age resident the level is 20,438 rubles, for a pensioner 16,125 rubles, for a child 18,188 rubles. This is slightly lower than the nationwide figures: across the country the per‑capita minimum is 18,939 rubles. These numbers affect the universal child benefit, pension supplements, the fixed amount of alimony and the part of salary that cannot be deducted to cover debt. Below are all four amounts, calculations for different families, the history of the minimum since 2013 and a comparison with the incomes of Ural residents. Rosstat figures; each chart has an interactive version on the website.

Subsistence Minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2026: Table

Group	Sverdlovsk Oblast	Russia	2025, Oblast
Per capita	18,750	18,939	17,556
Working‑age	20,438	20,644	19,136
Pensioners	16,125	16,288	15,098
Children	18,188	18,371	17,029

Rubles per month. Source: Rosstat.

The regional minimum is lower than the Russian one by 189 rubles per person, about 1 %. For workers the difference is 206 rubles, for pensioners 163 rubles, for children 183 rubles. In everyday life such a gap is hardly noticeable, but it matters in documents: benefits and supplements use the regional figure, not the nationwide one.

The pensioner minimum is 78.9 % of the working‑age minimum, the child minimum 89.0 %. By calculation, a child needs almost as much as an adult worker.

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How much this is per family

The minimum is set for one person. For a family, the amounts are added according to its composition.

Two working parents and two children. 2 × 20,438 + 2 × 18,188 = 77,252 rubles per month. By Russian standards, the same family reaches 78,030 rubles, a difference of 778 rubles.

Mother with a child. 20,438 + 18,188 = 38,626 rubles.

Two non‑working pensioners. 2 × 16,125 = 32,250 rubles.

One working adult. 20,438 rubles. This is the amount below which a salary in Sverdlovsk Oblast is considered insufficient for living.

Unified child benefit

To receive the unified benefit, the family’s per‑capita income must be below the national minimum, i.e., 18,750 rubles. For a family of four this means that all incomes together do not reach 4 × 18,750 = 75,000 rubles per month. For a family of three the threshold is 56,250 rubles. In addition to income, the Social Fund looks at assets, deposits and the employment of adults.

Fixed‑amount alimony

If the payer has irregular earnings or part of the income in kind, the court may set alimony as a fixed amount rather than a share. It is linked to the minimum for a child in the region where the child lives. Half of the minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast is 9,094 rubles per month, the full minimum is 18,188. When the minimum is revised, the alimony amount is indexed together with it. How alimony is otherwise calculated and what the average salary has to do with it is explained in the article about average salary for alimony.

How much is left for the debtor

When a debt is collected, the person must retain an amount not lower than the working‑age minimum in their region. For a resident of Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2026 this is 20,438 rubles per month. If there are dependent children, their minima can be added to this amount.

More details on the child figure across the country: subsistence minimum for a child in 2026.

How the subsistence minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast changed over the years

In 2013 the per‑capita minimum in the region was 7,351 rubles, in 2026 it was 18,750, i.e. 2.55 times higher. The nationwide figure grew by the same period by a factor of 2.59, from 7,306 to 18,939 rubles.

Subsistence minimum per capita in Sverdlovsk Oblast and in Russia, 2013–2026, rubles per month: since 2019 the regional amount stays slightly below the Russian one, the 2022 figure shows the amount after the indexation from 1 June

The lines almost merge, but their order changed. In 2013 Sverdlovsk Oblast was 45 rubles above the country, in 2016–2018 it also outran it, in 2018 by 175 rubles. Since 2019 the regional minimum has been consistently lower. The biggest lag was in 2020: 10,828 rubles versus 11,312, a difference of 484 rubles. Then the gap narrowed and in the last three years it has stayed at the level of 155–189 rubles.

The step on the graph in 2022 is explained by an unscheduled revision. From 1 January the per‑capita minimum in the region was 12,274 rubles, and from 1 June it was raised by 10 % to 13,501. The working‑age minimum rose from 13,379 to 14,717 rubles. Until 2021 the figure was revised each quarter; now it is set for the whole year at once.

For 2026 all four figures in the region increased by 6.8 %, exactly as in Russia. The per‑capita increase is 1,194 rubles, for workers 1,302, for pensioners 1,027, for children 1,159. You can compare the minimum of different years in today’s money using the inflation calculator.

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Sverdlovsk Oblast among Ural neighbors

For 2026 the minimum is higher than in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 33 regions out of 89. The exact same amount, 18,750 rubles, in Smolensk and Pskov Oblasts. In most regions of the country, 56 of 89, the minimum is lower than the national level, so the oblast is in the middle of the list.

Living minimum per capita in 2026 in Sverdlovsk Oblast and neighboring regions, rubles per month: only northern districts and Tyumen Oblast are higher

Among its neighbors Sverdlovsk Oblast is almost at the top. It is more expensive to live only in the north of Tyumen Oblast: in the Yamalo-Nenets District the minimum is 25,946 rubles, in Khanty-Mansiysk 22,102. The south of Tyumen Oblast is on par with Russia, 18,939. In Kurgan Oblast 17,803 rubles, in Chelyabinsk Oblast and Perm Krai 17,424 each, in Bashkortostan and Udmurtia 16,856, in Orenburg Oblast 16,477. Thus a resident of Yekaterinburg and a resident of Chelyabinsk are recorded differently: the difference in minima is 1,326 rubles per person.

The whole list is compiled in the regional rating of the living minimum.

Minimum and real incomes of Ural residents

The subsistence minimum sets the lower bound. Average incomes in the region are much higher.

The average accrued salary in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2025 was 89,675 rubles, 4.7 times higher than the working‑age minimum that year (19,136). Across Russia the salary was higher, 101,784 rubles, exceeding the minimum by 5.3 times. The median tells a different story. Half of the region's workers earned more than 74,584 rubles, which is above the Russian median of 73,871 rubles. Salaries in the region are distributed more evenly than nationwide: the median is 81.5% of the average, compared with 74.3% for Russia as a whole.

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Rosstat also calculates the direct ratio: how many times per‑capita monetary income exceeds the subsistence minimum. In 2025 in Sverdlovsk Oblast this was 427.3%, more than four times the minimum per person. For Russia it was 422.6%.

Per‑capita monetary incomes as a percentage of the subsistence minimum, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Russia, 2013–2025: the region's advantage fell from 64 points to five

The chart shows how the region lost its advantage. In 2013, Sverdlovsk residents' incomes were 4.14 times the minimum, versus 3.51 times nationwide. By 2016 the region's indicator fell to 348.2%, and in 2020 to 345.9%. In recent years incomes rose again, but the national figures grew faster, and the gap almost disappeared. Quarterly data show the same picture: in the second quarter of 2026 the region was at 415.0%, Russia at 405.1%.

Per‑capita monetary income in the region in 2025 was 75,016 rubles per month versus 74,932 rubles nationwide. For the first half of 2026 it was 74,037 rubles, compared with 72,500 rubles for Russia.

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Who lives below the minimum

The share of Sverdlovsk Oblast residents with incomes below the poverty line in 2025 was 5.5%. For Russia it was 6.7%. In 1999, almost every third resident of the region was below this line, 31.7%, in 2005 it was 12.6%, and in 2013 it was 8.4%.

Share of population with incomes below the poverty line in Sverdlovsk Oblast and Russia, 1995–2025, %

Workers earning below the subsistence minimum in the region in 2025 accounted for 1.2%, half the national share (2.3%). In 2011, this share was 10.6%.

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Minimum pensioner amount and pension supplement

If a pension together with other payments for a non‑working pensioner is below the minimum pensioner amount in his region, the state pays the difference. In Sverdlovsk Oblast for 2026 this threshold is 16,125 rubles. A year ago it was 15,098, an increase of 1,027 rubles. In 2022 the minimum pensioner amount for a supplement was revised twice: 10,556 rubles from January, 11,612 rubles from June.

How the social supplement works and how many people receive it is examined in detail in the article about pensioner subsistence minimum. Row by region: pensioner minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast by year.

Questions and answers

What is the subsistence minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2026?

Per capita 18,750 rubles per month. For working‑age people 20,438, for pensioners 16,125, for children 18,188.

What is the subsistence minimum per child in Sverdlovsk Oblast in 2026?

18,188 rubles per month. In 2025 it was 17,029.

By how much did the minimum increase compared with 2025?

By 6.8% across all groups. Per capita it was 17,556 rubles, now 18,750.

Why is the minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast lower than the Russian average?

The region sets the minimum itself, based on the median income of its residents. Since 2021 it is calculated this way, not from the cost of a basket of goods. In Sverdlovsk Oblast the minimum is about 1% lower than the Russian one, and in Chelyabinsk Oblast and Perm Krai it is even lower, by 8%.

Is there a separate subsistence minimum for Yekaterinburg?

No. The amount is the same for the whole Sverdlovsk Oblast, for Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Tagil and the villages alike.

Brief

Subsistence minimum in Sverdlovsk Oblast for 2026: 18,750 rubles per capita, 20,438 for working‑age persons, 16,125 for pensioners, 18,188 for children.
This is 1% lower than the nationwide level and higher than that of neighboring Ural regions, except Tyumen Oblast with its districts.
A family with two working adults and two children needs 77,252 rubles per month at the minimum, the threshold for a single benefit for such a family is 75,000 rubles of income.
Over the year all figures rose by 6.8%, since 2013 they have increased 2.55 times.
Residents' incomes in the region in 2025 are 4.27 times the minimum, 5.5% of the population lives below the poverty line.