Economic Development: pre-crisis level of salaries in Russia will recover only in 2018 – BFM.Ru

In 2015, wages will fall by almost 10%, according to the agency

According to the Economic Development Ministry, the level of wages in Russia in 2015 will decrease by 9.8%. This was reported on Wednesday the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection Love Eltcova during the “round table” in the See also: The anti-crisis plan of the Ministry of Economy: start with the money of pensioners Duma, “Interfax».

In April this year, the level of real wages compared to the same period in 2014 decreased by 13.2%, said Eltcova. The level of real wages made in the past year, according to the forecast of Economic Development, will recover in 2018, she added.

According to the Deputy Minister, it is necessary to bring the minimum wage to the subsistence level of the working population, as required by the Labor Code.

According to the data for the fourth quarter of 2014, presented at the “round table”, the lowest cost of living of the working population is now fixed in Sevastopol (6.8 thous. rubles), the highest – in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (17, 3 thous. rubles).