The average salary above 100 thousand rubles is now received in 17 regions of Russia. During the year, the number of regions with such salaries increased from 12 to 17, reports TASS citing Rostat data. In October 2025, the average salary was over 100 thousand in the regions of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Magdan, Moscow, Murmansk and Sakhalin, Kamchatka, the Autonomous Okrug of Nantes and Khanty-Mansi, Chukotka, the Autonomous Okrug of Yamalo-Nenets and Kyiv. In October 2026, the Amur region, Transbaikal, Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk were added to the list, as well as Tatarstan. According to Rostat, the average salary in Russia in August this year was 103,014 rubles. *** We are talking about the average, not the median salary. The average salary depends heavily on the compensation and high bonuses of senior executives, which raises the overall figure, while the median reflects the level of income typical of most workers. Therefore, the median is often used to estimate the standard of living.

The average salary above 100 thousand rubles is now received in 17 regions of Russia. During the year, the number of regions with such salaries increased from 12 to 17, reports TASS citing Rostat data. In October 2025, the average salary was over 100 thousand in the regions of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Magdan, Moscow, Murmansk and Sakhalin, Kamchatka, the Autonomous Okrug of Nantes and Khanty-Mansi, Chukotka, the Autonomous Okrug of Yamalo-Nenets and Kyiv. In October 2026, the Amur region, Transbaikal, Krasnoyarsk and Khabarovsk were added to the list, as well as Tatarstan. According to Rostat, the average salary in Russia in August this year was 103,014 rubles. *** We are talking about the average, not the median salary. The average salary depends heavily on the compensation and high bonuses of senior executives, which raises the overall figure, while the median reflects the level of income typical of most workers. Therefore, the median is often used to estimate the standard of living.