Going back to the story about the cost of getting into a relationship, it makes sense to check what the statistics say about the chances of finding a man with an income of 300K or more, at least in St. Petersburg. Petrostat has just published the collection "Payment of work in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region in January - June 2026", and the data in it allow us to assess this prospect. The average nominal salary in St. Petersburg in the first half of 2026 is 130,431 rubles. The distribution is designed so that the mean is above the median, and a small group of highly paid workers pulls it up. But even if we focus on the average, 300K is 2.3 times higher than it. This is not a "normal person", but the upper tail of the distribution. The highest paying industry in St. Petersburg is mining: 317.7K (Gazprom's headquarters are in the city). That is, 300K is the industry's highest level, and even slightly below its average. Finances - 205.7K, IT - 199.3K, professional and scientific activity - 157.7K. In other words, 300K is above average in finance and IT, and almost at the level of oil and gas. There is no exact figure for how many men in St. Petersburg earn 300 thousand. Rostat for organizations tested without small businesses gives: 6.3% of employees receive from 200 to 400K, another 1.5% - more than 400K. But it is suitable for all regions. In St.Petersburg, with its structure (finance, IT, science), the share of highly paid people is quite higher than the national average, but 300+ is the upper part of the 200-400K range, not the whole range. It turns out that 3–5% of workers in St. Petersburg have a salary of 300K+. Given that men are disproportionately represented in high-wage industries, the share of men with such income may be 5-7% of all men. But this is the upper limit. There are chances of finding a man with a salary of 300K in St. Petersburg, but they are small. It's not "every Thursday or Friday", but a few percent. The "x2–x3" requirement from a salary of 100–150K (200–450K) falls within this range, and 300K is its middle. Such men are in the upper tail of the distribution.

Going back to the story about the cost of getting into a relationship, it makes sense to check what the statistics say about the chances of finding a man with an income of 300K or more, at least in St. Petersburg. Petrostat has just published the collection "Payment of work in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region in January - June 2026", and the data in it allow us to assess this prospect. The average nominal salary in St. Petersburg in the first half of 2026 is 130,431 rubles. The distribution is designed so that the mean is above the median, and a small group of highly paid workers pulls it up. But even if we focus on the average, 300K is 2.3 times higher than it. This is not a "normal person", but the upper tail of the distribution. The highest paying industry in St. Petersburg is mining: 317.7K (Gazprom's headquarters are in the city). That is, 300K is the industry's highest level, and even slightly below its average. Finances - 205.7K, IT - 199.3K, professional and scientific activity - 157.7K. In other words, 300K is above average in finance and IT, and almost at the level of oil and gas. There is no exact figure for how many men in St. Petersburg earn 300 thousand. Rostat for organizations tested without small businesses gives: 6.3% of employees receive from 200 to 400K, another 1.5% - more than 400K. But it is suitable for all regions. In St.Petersburg, with its structure (finance, IT, science), the share of highly paid people is quite higher than the national average, but 300+ is the upper part of the 200-400K range, not the whole range. It turns out that 3–5% of workers in St. Petersburg have a salary of 300K+. Given that men are disproportionately represented in high-wage industries, the share of men with such income may be 5-7% of all men. But this is the upper limit. There are chances of finding a man with a salary of 300K in St. Petersburg, but they are small. It's not "every Thursday or Friday", but a few percent. The "x2–x3" requirement from a salary of 100–150K (200–450K) falls within this range, and 300K is its middle. Such men are in the upper tail of the distribution.