What level of wages can Crimeans expect next year?
According to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Crimea, the lion's share of able-bodied citizens of the peninsula (83% of the total number of residents) work in medium and small businesses. And although the salaries of this part of the workers are only planning to be raised and increased, the state is not going to abandon this direction to the mercy of fate (for now these are just plans and promises). Moreover, the area of small/medium businesses in Crimea is one of the main sources of replenishment of the state budget.
In connection with these and many other reasons, government agencies plan to develop and implement certain types of influence on the private enterprise system: training and consulting seminars for individual entrepreneurs, loyal conditions for microloans and loans from various banks, confident assistance in promoting goods, services, brands. In addition, with the assistance of government services, it is planned to create several hundred new jobs.
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Features of statistical accounting of wages
Accounting for the income of residents of any region is closely related to the structure of employment in it.
To better understand what initial data serves as the basis for calculating average wages, it will be useful to give precise definitions of some terms in this field of research
- Employees - receive wages for the performance of their labor duties under an agreement with the employer (formal or implied). The need to report to state tax and statistical authorities about the amount of wages paid to employees most often becomes the responsibility of employers. Government organizations treat such obligations in good faith; private ones, especially small ones, may underestimate salaries or not report them at all in order to save on taxes.
- Those engaged in self-employment activities - these include all workers “for themselves”, in their own business, family enterprise. This category is numerically smaller than the previous one. It is usually more difficult to separate wages from their income.
- Having an additional job - this should include everyone who, in addition to their main place of work, is engaged in some other income-generating activity, permanently, periodically or one-time.
In all cases, official salary statistics take into account only the amount of earnings that were reported to government agencies.
Salary in 2020
The problem of increasing doctors' salaries is related to the participation in their formation of the Compulsory Medical Insurance Fund. Thus, in 2020, the Fund will face a financial deficit due to an increase in wages in 2020 and a decrease in revenues. This, in turn, risks the fact that the most that healthcare workers can hope for in 2020 is an increase in salaries within the inflation rate, i.e. 3-4%.
The Ministry of Education, represented by an initiative group, contacted the Ministry of Labor with a proposal to consider the issue of increasing teacher pay to 150% of the average salary in the regions.
Minimum wage in Sevastopol
The latest amendments to the laws on the minimum wage and subsistence minimum contain real measures to increase the minimum wage and ensure that workers have the opportunity to receive a salary that is adequate to their needs. The minimum wage in Sevastopol 2020 will also increase from January. The size of the minimum wage in Sevastopol by year is presented in the table below.
Date of change Minimum wage value Sevastopol Regulatory act Basic value For organizations financed from the budget from 07/01/2020 8000 7800 Art.
1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage from September 1, 2016 8000 7500 Decision of the Sevastopol Regional Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations dated August 11, 2016 No. 5 from July 1, 2016 7343 7500 Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage from January 1, 2016 7343 6204 Art.
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1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage; Decision of the Sevastopol regional tripartite
Minimum wages in Sevastopol will be increased slightly from the beginning of 2020
rubles
No possibility. For comment, we turned to the chairman of the Sevastopol association of trade union organizations, Elena Kaluzhenko.
She explained that from the beginning of 2020, a new minimum wage has been established in the Russian Federation in the amount of 11,280 rubles. At the same time, if the minimum wage is the same value for everyone, then the regions can set the minimum wage independently by tripartite agreements, based on their own capabilities, but not lower than the minimum wage.
“This is a minor increase, but the social partnership system is designed in such a way that all decisions are made when they are agreed upon by all three parties.
Employers did not agree to more.
If the subject is not subsidized, then the minimum wage level is naturally higher.
Our task is to make enterprises work, then employers will have the opportunity to raise higher,” Kaluzhenko explained. The Chairman of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Sevastopol, Vyacheslav Gorbatov, explained that this union includes 60 Sevastopol employers, and in total there are more than 1 thousand of them in the city.
What you need to know to get a job
Considering that many citizens of Crimea have received passports of the Russian Federation, Russian companies are actively recruiting workers without fear of inspections by the migration service. However, finding your place in the sun is not so easy.
Many companies are looking for employees with knowledge of Russian legislation.
In addition to Russian companies, there is a fairly large group of vacancies from local organizations that are looking for personnel with knowledge of Russian legislation. As a rule, these are proposals for accountants, personnel officers, and lawyers.
They contain the following formulations:
- Excellent knowledge of accounting standards and laws relating to Russian tax legislation
- Knowledge of Russian legislation is required!
- Knowledge of Russian tax legislation (desire to retrain from Ukrainian to Russian legislation), knowledge of Russian accounting, 1c, version 8 for LLCs and individual entrepreneurs. Possibility of working part-time, or as a visiting accountant, submitting reports, including electronically, according to the law of the Russian Federation for LLCs and individual entrepreneurs
- Call only those who really know and are ready from the first day to take charge of the accounting of several entrepreneurs working on Russian documents.
Therefore, even recruiters are puzzled by finding specialists who meet these requirements.
What will happen to wages after increasing the regional minimum wage in Crimea
For a fully worked month, an employee’s salary in 2020 in Crimea should be at least 9,500 rubles. After withholding personal income tax (calculated in rubles according to rounding rules), the amount in hand will be 8,265 rubles. . If some other deductions are necessary (for example, if there is an obligation to pay alimony), the amount to be issued will be even less.
In case of questions from an employee, explain in this way the discrepancy between the amount actually received and the minimum wage.
Those employees who are employed part-time or have a part-time job should also have a salary not lower than the minimum wage. Only they will receive less in hand, since the salary is considered proportional to the time worked. Plus, don’t forget about personal income tax withholding.
An example of calculating wages for a shortened working week based on the federal minimum wage
Technical worker (cleaning lady) Petrova A.I. works in a company located in Yalta (Republic of Crimea), 10 hours a week. The salary for this employee's position with a full work week (40 hours per week) is equal to the minimum wage.
Petrova's production rate is 25% (10 hours: 40 hours × 100%).
The accountant awarded the employee a salary of 2,372.25 rubles for January 2020. (9489 RUR × 25%). After withholding personal income tax (calculated in rubles according to rounding rules), Petrova received 2064.25 rubles. .
What should companies in Crimea do from January 1, 2020 with the new regional minimum wage?
In particular, from January 1, it is necessary to immediately raise salaries, which are lower than 9,500 rubles. It is impossible to pay employees for their work less than the federal minimum wage.
Wages need to be set taking into account the regional minimum wage, if it is higher than the federal one. Therefore, with an increase in regional significance, it is necessary to review salaries. And if they are lower than the new value, be sure to increase the rates to the “minimum”. Otherwise, you may be fined heavily. Sanctions are prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 5.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.
But even after increasing the regional value, continue to apply the federal minimum wage in the following cases:
- calculation of social benefits - “minimal” support from the state is received by persons with incomes less than the minimum wage or with short work experience (up to 6 months) (clause 1.1 of Article 14 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 No. 255-FZ);
- accrual of vacation pay - namely, the average monthly salary is compared with the minimum wage (clause 18 of the Regulations approved by Government Resolution No. 922 of December 24, 2007).
When the minimum wage is no longer needed
In 2020, entrepreneurs calculated part of their contributions based on the amount of the federal minimum wage. From 2020, you can forget about such an algorithm.
Now the calculation of personal contributions of individual entrepreneurs for their pension and health insurance is untied from the minimum wage. The Tax Code (clause 1 of Article 430) prescribed a specific amount of payments, which does not depend on the amount of business income and is charged to all businessmen without exception. This is 26,545 rubles. for personal pension insurance of individual entrepreneurs. And 5840 rub. - for medical purposes. Total mandatory payment for 2020, regardless of the amount of revenue: RUB 32,385. This is 4395 rubles. more than the same portion of the payment for 2020.
If the individual entrepreneur’s revenue for 2020 exceeds 300,000 rubles, an additional 1% will need to be paid on the excess income for the pension portion.
Average salary in the Russian Federation in 2020
But according to available information and statistics, it has already been established that there will still be regions that simply will not be able to implement the May decrees. What kind of regions are these? First on the list is Karelia, since it has already officially asked for help from Moscow. But why, what do experts and specialists say about this? To achieve the target indicators of remuneration for doctors, teachers, social workers and cultural workers, “the need for budget funds of the Republic of Karelia for 2020 is 783 million rubles, of which 97.4 million are for remuneration of medical personnel,” the Karelian Ministry of Finance reported, RBC reports. The department indicated that out of the total deficit of funds for increasing salaries for public sector employees, 379.2 million rubles. refers to teaching staff, and 245.8 million rubles. — to cultural workers, writes the Rosregistr portal. The funding gap for increasing teachers' salaries is 215 million rubles. The government of Karelia appealed to the federal government and relevant federal authorities for “additional financial assistance” to implement the May decrees.
Based on the available information, a completely logical and logical question arises as to how much wages will increase and whether this increase will actually be as significant as promised. In connection with the implementation of the May decrees of Russian President Vladimir Putin, salaries of public sector employees will increase by 4.1% this year. This is stated in the explanatory note of the Russian Ministry of Finance to the draft budget for this year and the planning period 2019-2020. The draft federal budget provides for the indexation of their salaries by 4 percent from January 1 next year. In 2019-2020, there will also be indexation by 4 percent. The fact is that from January 1 of this year the minimum wage will also increase - by 21.7 percent, to 9,489 rubles. This means that people working full-time 40 hours a week will not be able to be paid less than this amount. In a year, the minimum wage will increase again. Exactly how much is still unknown, since from January 1, 2020, the minimum wage should become equal to the subsistence level, and no one knows what its size will be in a year. We can only say that at the moment the cost of living in Russia is 10.3 thousand rubles. And it is unlikely that this amount will decrease in a year. As for state employees included in the May decrees, all obligations to increase their salaries must be fulfilled, Topilin promised.
Minimum wage in Sevastopol
1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. From January 1, 2016
- 7343 (base value)
- 6204 (for federally funded organizations)
Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage.
Decision of the Sevastopol Regional Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations dated November 17, 2015 No. 3. from 01/01/2015
- 5965 (base value, for all)
Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. From August 16, 2014
- 4628.40 (base value, for all)
Law of the city of Sevastopol dated June 11, 014 No. 26-ZS (as amended.
09.10.2014) about the cost of living in the city of Sevastopol.FILES1 fileNote to the table: the updated minimum wage values for a specific date are highlighted in bold.
The values in the city of Sevastopol are given for 2014, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2020. See also: — — Every working person deserves to receive decent pay for their work. The salaries of representatives of narrow specializations or in innovative areas are quite high, but what about those whose work is unskilled and low-paid?
How to apply for an additional payment to the regional minimum wage
If the employees’ wages are less than the regional minimum wage and the employer has not written a refusal to apply the agreement that is valid in the region where the company is located, then it is necessary to make an additional payment up to the minimum wage.
To do this you need:
- draw up an order in any form;
- make changes to the employment contract.
An additional agreement may not be drawn up if the employee’s employment contract states that “if the salary is less than the established minimum wage, then the additional payment is formalized by a separate order.”
The order for additional payment must contain:
- Company name;
- date of drawing up the order;
- title of the document (Order);
- Full name and position of the person in respect of whom this order was drawn up;
- salary amount;
- amount of surcharge;
- the date from which the additional payment will be made;
- basis for additional payment;
- manager's signature;
- signature of the person in respect of whom this order was drawn up.
Please note that the employer does not always have to pay the employee up to the regional minimum wage (for example, if a part-time employee works part-time, his salary may be less than the minimum wage and this is not a violation of the law).
In Sevastopol the minimum wage will be increased
— So that this introduction of the minimum wage does not lead to a reduction in compensation payments. So that the growth of wages, real wages, will be felt by the residents of Sevastopol.” “Life requires that we be able to provide decent wages to our workers at all enterprises.
But the most important question is that there should be a joint initiative between the government, employers, and enterprise managers,” says Vyacheslav Gorbatov, chairman of the Sevastopol branch of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Employers will also decide how to make a breakthrough in the region’s economy, develop the industrial sector, agriculture and tourism. All these issues will be discussed in April at the Coordination Council of the South of Russia, which will be held in Sevastopol. And the increase in the minimum wage will affect not only salaries: sick leave, social benefits and scholarships depend on this amount.
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Increasing wages for employees of budgetary organizations in Crimea
Obvious changes in wages were felt by public sector workers. Not too quickly, but systematically, the indexation of wage payments to public sector employees - current employees of organizations and retirees - is being carried out. It is planned to gradually increase the size of payments, which, according to the head of the Russian government, Dmitry Medvedev, will be carried out in 4 successive approaches. And Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin has already signed the corresponding decrees regulating the increase in salaries and pensions in Crimea to the Russian average. At the same time, salaries and pensions actually increased significantly shortly after the Referendum.
According to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, it is recommended that regional authorities make a decision to increase salaries to the required level. For this purpose, the following provisions are documented and recorded:
- Categories of employees and workers in specific areas.
- Conditions for increasing wages.
- Amounts and procedure of payments.
Not everything is going as smoothly as planned, or as ordinary citizens would like, but clear improvements in the budgetary sector are really noticeable. Since the summer of 2014, increased salaries and pensions have been paid, in addition, it is possible to fully observe the receipt of the necessary payments of vacation pay, maternity leave and other types of social benefits from the state.
It is worth considering at least the fact that in total more than 13 billion rubles were allocated and directed from the Russian budget to pay increased salaries to employees of state-type institutions. In particular, such areas include the social sphere, education and healthcare, sports and culture.
Current data says that salaries have reached the following indicators:
- Doctors now receive about 34,000 rubles.
- Teachers – 24,000 rubles.
- Cultural workers – 18,000.
- Military from 50,000 rubles.
- The minimum salary of a police officer is 30,000 rubles. Will the widespread bribery inherent in those who until recently were Ukrainian traffic cops and police officers finally stop?
The minimum wage in Sevastopol will increase to 8 thousand.
rubles
As a result of negotiations, we agreed to a compromise, but achieved the inclusion of a clause in the document that obliges us to gradually come to our demands,” says Elena Kaluzhenko, chairman of the Sevastopol Association of Trade Union Organizations. “We reserve the right at the commission level to raise the issue of a gradual increase in the minimum wage.” As a result, the minimum wage for public sector workers remained at the level of the minimum wage established by the government of the Russian Federation - 7.5 thousand rubles, and for the non-budgetary sector slightly increased - by 658 rubles. At the same time, the chairman of the Sevastopol Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Vyacheslav Gorbatov believes that the level of economic development in the city does not allow increasing the minimum wage. “This is unrealistic.
Average salary according to Rosstat in 2020
Officials think more about themselves than about the common people. Not everyone can work in Chukotka, and their health is too bad to go there. I want my work to be appreciated at home and well paid for my qualifications. A young man can go to the North to earn money. What about us, older people? I want to live well and have a decent salary.
The average salary per person in the country is 39,000 rubles. For comparison, take the average cost of living. Now it is a little over 11,163 rubles. The indicators reflect the deplorable state of the average citizen. The inflation rate in the Russian Federation is at 3%. Prices for essential products are steadily rising, but incomes are not increasing.
Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the City of Sevastopol
constructive dialogue with the city’s employers,” said Yuri Krivov. Thus, from May 1, 2020, a minimum wage was established in the amount of 11,163 rubles per month for public sector workers and 11,200 rubles for non-budgetary workers.
After the signing procedure, the parties to the social partnership discussed the implementation of the Sevastopol tripartite agreement for 2016-2020 between the Government, the organization of trade unions and the association of employers. According to the director of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the City of Sevastopol, Stanislav Borisenko, the priorities in the Government’s work to implement the agreement remain the creation of a stable socio-economic situation in the region, improving the quality and standard of living of Sevastopol residents, and job security.
On behalf of the Government of Sevastopol, Stanislav Borisenko thanked the social partners - the association of trade union organizations in
Average salary in Crimea in 2020
According to the “tradition” that developed back in the USSR, a significant part of the services for vacationers in Crimea was provided by private individuals, and not by officially registered organizations. Thanks to this, “shadow” earnings made up a significant part of the income of Crimeans back in Soviet times. During the Ukrainian period, this trend intensified even more, and there is no reason to think that it will disappear until the flow of tourists dries up, or the “official” recreation industry is unable to satisfy all the demand of vacationers at more attractive prices. Most cities in Crimea depend on tourism, with some exceptions being Simferopol, the administrative center of the region, and Sevastopol, the base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Many food products are delivered from other regions of the Russian Federation or from abroad. Due to the fact that supplies from Ukraine and some other countries have been difficult in the last two years, prices for many goods in the Republic of Crimea have increased from 9% to 108%. This dynamic, which was not accompanied by a proportional increase in household incomes, had a negative impact on the state of domestic trade and other sectors of the economy. In the following years, thanks to the help of the federal center, the situation largely improved. However, the blockade by Ukraine and many other states still creates serious problems for the development of the region.
Minimum and average wages in Crimea
Let's look at the specific numbers first. In particular, currently in Crimea you can count on the following wages:
- minimum – 7.8 thousand rubles;
- the average is a little over 26 thousand.
There are several important points to note here. In particular, from July 1, the minimum wage for public sector workers was increased to 7.8 thousand. At the same time, the minimum wage has also increased for the real sector of the economy. From July 1, 2020, the minimum salary here is 8.1 thousand rubles. Previously, the minimum wage has already been raised several times, for example, in July and January 2020.
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Let us recall that in Crimea, salaries in rubles began to be calculated and issued after the peninsula became part of the Russian Federation. Accordingly, the figures before March 2014, when the hryvnia was in circulation here, are not taken into account. In other words, official Russian authorities do not take into account the period when the Crimean Peninsula was part of Ukraine. This also applies to Rosstat.
The lowest level of wages in Crimea today is in the service sector. Also, those involved in retail trade cannot boast of high salaries; naturally, we are talking about ordinary personnel.
The percentage of unaccounted earnings of the local population still remains high. As a rule, Crimeans earn income (both primary and additional) by renting out housing to vacationers or providing various types of services to tourists. Accordingly, official statistics do not take such income into account. It is quite possible that if they were included in the calculations, the situation with the level of income of residents of the Crimean Peninsula would look different. You should also take into account the fact that about 25 percent of the population of Crimea are pensioners. After joining Russia, the level of payments to them increased significantly.
Due to the fact that Western countries imposed economic sanctions against Crimea, salaries at a number of enterprises cannot be called stable. Of course, businessmen and authorities are trying to somehow change the situation for the better, but so far the situation is not very rosy. In addition, we should not forget that many enterprises were “tied” to Ukraine. After the peninsula became part of the Russian Federation, quite a large number of economic ties were severed. In order to survive, enterprises had to urgently reorient themselves to Russia. Naturally, this had a negative impact on the level of salaries.
Meanwhile, at operating large enterprises, managers receive 150 thousand rubles. IT specialists also have a good level of income. On average, they earn 70 thousand rubles a month. Not bad, by local standards, for civil servants. In particular, the average salary here is 30-40 thousand rubles.
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However, the incomes of Crimeans involved in the real sector of the economy, living in large settlements and rural areas, vary significantly. In particular, in the outback, salaries are approximately 1.5 times lower than in big cities. At the same time, for example, if in Simferopol you can still find a decent offer from a potential employer, then in small localities the job situation is quite alarming. Because of this, many residents of Crimea prefer to go to the “mainland” to work. The most popular option here is the Krasnodar region, where average salaries are about 30 percent higher than on the peninsula.
Speaking about the peculiarities of the Crimean economy, it is worth highlighting the tourism sector. After joining Russia, the flow of tourists from Ukraine decreased significantly, so local businesses are trying to solve the problem both on their own and hoping for support from the authorities. An example is the famous winemaking company Massandra. Its management decided to reduce product prices starting on August 1. This step is aimed at supporting the tourist season. Representatives of the enterprise, speaking with the press, explained that prices for Massandra products sold on the peninsula will be reduced by 30-50 percent.
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Crimea has also always been famous for its agriculture, but in this area there are certain problems caused by water shortages. Therefore, for now, many food products are supplied to the peninsula from neighboring Russian regions. This, in turn, provokes an increase in prices. However, the authorities - both federal and local - are well aware of the potential available here, and therefore are making efforts to provide farmers with the most favorable development conditions.
Standard of living in Crimea
The annexation of Crimea to Russia dates back to the beginning of 2014, when no one even suspected the upcoming crisis and the fall in oil prices. The difficult transport situation and lack of fossil resources, and the blocking by Ukraine of the North Crimean Canal (the main waterway of the peninsula) complicated the development of the regional economy.
Therefore, despite the efforts of the authorities, wages in Crimea grew slower than prices. Thus, from 2020 to 2020, average salaries increased from 22,440 rubles. up to 26,313 rubles, which is significantly less than the price increase. The highest salaries are observed among civil servants and the military.
Are there any prospects for salaries in small businesses?
A separate issue is the financing of private business in Crimea, as well as the provision of the most favorable, loyal conditions for the development of this area. This is especially true for small and medium-sized businesses, which have always needed financing and support from the state or commercial financial organizations. To this end, a program to support small and medium-sized businesses was adopted for Crimea, with an estimated total injection of 150 million rubles. But, either the conditions of the difficult transition period, or sharp jumps in prices for food and industrial goods do not yet allow us to see a clear positive result. Also quite an important nuance that qualitatively affects the result is the temporary lack of financing for medium and small businesses by state and commercial banks, in which the conditions for lending to the Crimean population are still at the development stage.