Where to make good money in Russia?
The Far East regions took leading positions in the All-Russian ranking in terms of the level and distribution of salaries for 12 months - from September 2025 to August 2026. The first three included two subjects from the Far East, and the first 8 included four regions of the Far Eastern Federal District.
The first place for the second year in a row is held by Chukotka, where 42% of employees receive salaries above 200 thousand rubles. This is truly an absolute record for the country. The typical range of salaries here is between 122 and 293 thousand rubles.
Kolyma has the second place, where 28.4% of workers receive more than 200 thousand rubles. At the same time, the share of those who earn less than 45 thousand rubles is only 0.8%, this is the lowest figure in Russia. Typical salaries start from 102 and reach 211 thousand rubles.
The third place was taken by Yamalo-Nantes Autonomous Okrug (25.2%), followed by Moscow (24.4%) and Nantes Autonomous Okrug (17.6%).
The Sakhalin region took a respectable 6th place: 16.6% of workers with a salary over 200 thousand rubles, the typical range is 75-162 thousand rubles.
Behind it is Kamchatka with 7th place: 15.7% and a range of 84-166 thousand.
Yakutia took the 8th place: 14.6%, range 75-162 thousand rubles.
On average in Russia, only 7.5% of workers receive more than 200 thousand rubles a month. The figure is higher than the Russian average in only 15 regions, and in 63 regions the share of highly paid people is less than 5%. At the same time, in the regions of the Far East and the North there are almost no people with a salary below 45 thousand rubles: in addition to Magadan (0.8%) and Kamchatka (1.0%).