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The survey, commissioned by SuperJob on behalf of RIA Novosti and based on a survey of more than 27,000 respondents, reflects the change in expectations among Russians over the past seven months.
Muscovites want the minimum wage to be 64 thousand rubles per month, and residents of Kirov - 50.4 thousand rubles.
In a SuperJob study for RIA Novosti, based on a survey of more than 27 thousand respondents, it was found that over the past seven months, expectations for the minimum wage in Moscow and St. Petersburg have increased by 1.4%.
Among other cities with high expectations for the size of the minimum wage, analysts identified Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg (56.6 thousand rubles), Omsk (56.4 thousand rubles), Novosibirsk (55.4 thousand rubles), and with the most moderate requests - Volgograd (50.6 thousand rubles) and Izhevsk (50.9 thousand rubles).
MOSCOW, September 11 - RIA Novosti. The Russians voiced the desired size of the minimum wage - Muscovites want 64 thousand rubles a month, and the most modest among large cities were the wishes of the residents of Kirov - 50.4 thousand rubles, a SuperJob study for RIA Novosti showed.
“The greatest demands for the level of wages are made, as expected, in the two capitals. Residents of Moscow believe that the lower limit of wages should be at the level of 64 thousand rubles. St. Petersburg residents name a slightly more modest amount - 60 thousand rubles,” a study based on a survey of more than 27 thousand respondents showed.
Over the past seven months, expectations in both capitals have increased equally - by 1.4%.
On the third line is Khabarovsk (58 thousand rubles, -0.5%), on the fourth line is Krasnoyarsk (57.6 thousand rubles, +5.5%). In fifth place is Krasnodar, where the desired minimum wage increased to 57.3 thousand rubles (+4.9%).
Among other cities with high expectations, analysts highlighted Vladivostok and Yekaterinburg - both at around 56.6 thousand rubles (+2 and 4%, respectively), as well as Omsk, where residents would like to see an official minimum salary of 56.4 thousand rubles (+4.3%). In Novosibirsk, average requests increased by 5.1% and reached 55.4 thousand rubles.
In Astrakhan, the increase in requests was the highest: expectations increased by 6.4% - to 53.6 thousand rubles. Quite high growth rates of expectations are also in Samara (+4.6%, 54.8 thousand rubles) and Rostov-on-Don (+3.6%, 55 thousand rubles).
As for the most moderate requests, the picture here remains the same. Expectations are the most modest in Kirov - local residents would like to see a minimum of 50.4 thousand rubles (+3.3%), Volgograd (50.6 thousand rubles, +2.4%) and Izhevsk (50.9 thousand rubles, +1.4%).
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