Median wages of employees of organizations by economic activity
Half of the employees in each industry receive a salary below the indicated value, and the other half above. This dataset contains median accrued labor remuneration for April from 2017 to 2025 across various sectors of the economy. The rows allow for comparing income levels in fields such as mining or agriculture relative to the overall figure for all surveyed economic activities. The statistics are based on sample surveys of organizations, excluding small businesses from the calculation
- Mining — Median wage, rubles
- Information and communication — Median monthly nominal accrued wages, roubles
- Financial and insurance activities — Median wage, rubles
- Construction — Median wage, rubles
- Manufacturing — Median wage, rubles
- Transportation and storage — Median wage, rubles
- Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply — Median wage, rubles
- Total for surveyed types of economic activity — Median wage, rubles
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles — Median monthly nominal accrued wages, roubles
- Real estate activities — Median monthly nominal accrued wages, roubles
Chart of median salary by economic activity from 2017 to 2025, rubles
Who grew, who fell: 2017 → 2025
See also
- Gini coefficient in Russia by year long time series by year
- Palma ratio in Russia by year long time series by year
- Poverty level in Russia by year long time series by year
- Уровень бедности в России: 6,7% в 2025 году и по годам indicator breakdown
- Малоимущая семья в 2026 году: кто за чертой бедности indicator breakdown
Set in numbers
Rosstat data for 2017–2025. Rows: 40, periods: 5. Breakdown by items: Total for surveyed types of economic activity — Med…; Total for surveyed types of economic activity — Rel…; Agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing and fish farming…; Agriculture, forestry, hunting, fishing and fish farming…; Mining — Median value of wages, RUB… and others
Mining — Median value of wages, RUB…: the indicator increased from 52,681 to 127,601 between 2017 and 2025 — by a factor of 2.42. The highest value is 127,601 (2025), the lowest is 52,681 (2017). This is an average annual growth of 11.7%. Of the 25 largest rows, 24 increased and 1 decreased
All table numbers are series: 40
How to read this table
Differences between rows reflect the specifics of different economic sectors: from mining to agriculture and forestry. By comparing these series, one can see in which industries the median income is higher or lower than the national average. All values are in rubles and refer to April of each reporting year. This allows for tracking how typical wages have changed in specific labor market segments over nearly ten years
What is visible in these numbers
Five highest values: Mining — Median value of wages… (127,601), Information and communication activities — M… (125,574), Financial and insurance activities — Median value of wages… (118,281), Construction — Median value of wages… (112,077), Manufacturing — Median value of wages… (88,779). The gap between the highest and lowest is 1,936 times. The top five account for 50.3% of the total for all items — the distribution is heavily skewed toward the top
Annual observations, the dataset contains 5 observation periods. The table has 125 values out of 125 possible, which is 100% — almost no empty cells remain
More in the section Inequality and poverty»
Period and application
The data is relevant for annual monitoring of population income by industry. Data from surveys of organizations excluding small businesses will be useful to economists and researchers for analyzing inequality and labor market structure. Information is updated as part of statistical monitoring of accrued wages
How it is calculated
Table notes: Excluding statistical information for the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions
1) Без учета статистической информации по Донецкой Народной Республике (ДНР), Луганской Народной Республике (ЛНР), Запорожской и Херсонской областям.
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