And the country's middle class income continues to fall
Citizens of Russia called the level of wages per month, which they consider necessary for a feeling of happiness: 161 thousand rubles. This is on average. And by age group, the level of income existing today and different cities, the amount varies - from 115 to 238 thousand rubles.
It is noteworthy that at the same time, the average salary in the country is 46.5 thousand rubles, and experts report a drop in the income level of the middle class (and this, by the way, is 38 percent of the population of the Russian Federation).
"The price of happiness" among Muscovites is twice as high as among residents of Orenburg
The data on salary expectations of Russian residents were presented by the recruiting service Superjob, whose specialists conducted two studies to obtain the results (Tsargrad has at its disposal). The first was attended by 2.5 thousand respondents from 449 settlements, who were asked to answer the question how much money a month would be enough for them to feel happy. So, that's 161 thousand rubles a month.
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Meanwhile, it is curious to analyze how the amount has changed over several years: in 2016, citizens wanted to receive 175 thousand, in 2017 their appetites rose to 184 thousand, but a year ago the bar dropped sharply to 159 thousand rubles. Now small growth again.
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But the more a person earns today, the higher his needs are: if those who now have earnings of up to 30 thousand, for a feeling of complete satisfaction for happiness, even less than young people, 117 thousand rubles, then citizens with a current monthly income of more than 80 I would like to have 238 thousand rubles.
The second survey concerned the gradation by territoriality: it included 27 cities with a population of over half a million people - a thousand each from Moscow and St. Petersburg, five hundred each from all the others (see table below). The highest cost of happiness among Muscovites is 212 thousand rubles per month, according to the study, in second place is Vladivostok, where the request is 205 thousand, in third place is Rostov-on-Don (200 thousand rubles).
Saratov, Chelyabinsk and Nizhny Novgorod follow in decreasing order.
Residents of St. Petersburg, like Krasnoyarsk, would be happy, earning 165 thousand a month (this is 10th place in the rating). But less than others are required by the residents of Kirov (120 thousand) and Orenburg (115 thousand).
Young people actually have more requirements, although the requests are lower
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“Therefore,” the psychologist continued, “the level of requests differs: adults, family people think, in particular, how much and what to buy from food, how much is needed for clothes, for providing for children, about a mortgage, a credit car, for example, and etc. That is, in fact, they do not want so much. But young people have other landmarks. On her list there are more all kinds of "wishes" from the principle of "better and faster", and that's okay. Young people, yesterday's students, strive to achieve a good, comfortable life, which is depicted in their ideas of wealth."
The significant difference in the cities of experts is also not surprising: where, in principle, the standard of living is higher, and the wishes, respectively, are also greater.
“This is not the same as the average salary in a particular region,” says sociologist Sergei Osipenko. - Otherwise, the greatest demands of the inhabitants of the northern regions would be. However, they are not in the rating, only a few Siberian cities. The only thing I do not really understand is such a high gap between Rostov-on-Don and other millionaires and from neighboring Krasnodar: most have a dream limit of up to 175 thousand, St. Petersburg - only 165, the capital of the Kuban - 150 in general, and the Rostovites asked for a few less than in Moscow. But in any research, the localization of their implementation is of great importance. In other words, if the survey was carried out in the center of this or that metropolis, then it is obvious that the results will differ from those that could be obtained on the outskirts, in sleeping areas or, say, workers' settlements. Online pollsalthough they are the most common today, they have a significant error: it all depends on the Internet activity of residents, their gender and age, and so on."
Meanwhile incomes are falling
By the way, the authors of another interesting study of public opinion, also from the recruiting sphere, found that only four percent (!) Of the population of the Russian Federation are satisfied with their wages, 86 percent of respondents are not satisfied with its level, and 10 percent found it difficult to answer.
At the same time, according to the official data of Rosstat, nearly three quarters of the population of Russia have below average earnings. That is, the salary that is declared as the average, the required 46.5 thousand rubles (in the country), the majority of Russian citizens do not actually receive.
And the real incomes of the population (this is a generalized indicator of living standards) are actually falling. In other words, the amount of "free" money that a person has, taking into account inflation after all taxes and mandatory payments have been paid, decreases.
This is also confirmed in the report of Natalia Tikhonova, professor at the Higher School of Economics, to which RBC refers, according to which the incomes of the middle class in Russia have been steadily decreasing over the past five years, and it itself is becoming more and more vulnerable: sometimes it is enough, according to her words, that a child is born in the family, and she can "drop out" from the middle class.
By the way, the Kremlin has already commented on this report:
D. Peskov. Photo: Komsomolskaya Pravda / Globallookpress.
He also noted that the statements made are only one of the points of view.
It is curious that in the national projects adopted for implementation, which have become the main strategy for the development of the state for the next five years, there are no specific figures for the growth of incomes of the population in the country as a whole. Yes, there are goals for achieving a certain level of income for the population, which the regions themselves have outlined for themselves until 2024 (and they vary greatly among themselves). There is a task to reduce the poverty level by half in comparison with the current situation. And in general, there are many forecast figures. But there is no "index" for the average wage.
So the dreams of Russian citizens about a "happy salary" are still in a hazy haze.
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Author: Nikolaev Alexander