Average monthly nominal wages declined in June compared with May in 15 Russian regions, with wages falling year-on-year in several regions where they had increased during the same period last year, according to data from Russia’s Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).


The sharpest monthly declines were recorded in Tuva and Kamchatka, where average wages fell by 18%. Both regions also saw declines in June 2025, by 11% and 20%, respectively, Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.


Several other regions recorded declines in both June 2026 and June 2025. Wages fell by 8% in Yakutia in June, compared with a 5% decline a year earlier; by 7% in Ingushetia, compared with 5%; by 5% in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, compared with 15%; by 5% in Komi, compared with 7%; by 2.45% in Murmansk, compared with 4%; by 2% in Chukotka, compared with 1%; and by 0.05% in Krasnodar, compared with 1%.


Among regions that did not record a decline in June 2025, Chechnya posted the sharpest fall this year, with wages dropping by 10% from 57,600 roubles (about $667) to 51,700 roubles (about $599). In June 2025, wages in the region had increased by 12.5%.


The Jewish Autonomous Region recorded a 9% decline, with average wages falling from 115,200 roubles (about $1,335) to 105,300 roubles (about $1,220). A year earlier, wages had risen by 0.6%.


In Magadan, average wages fell by 3%, from 214,400 roubles (about $2,485) to 208,000 roubles (about $2,410), after increasing by 0.4% in June 2025.


Bashkortostan recorded a 3% decline, with wages falling from 83,400 roubles (about $966) to 81,200 roubles (about $941). The region had recorded a 1.6% increase a year earlier.


In Tatarstan, wages declined by 0.2%, from 104,800 roubles (about $1,214) to 104,500 roubles (about $1,211), compared with a 1% increase in June 2025.


The Nenets Autonomous District saw wages fall by 0.1%, from 178,000 roubles (about $2,063) to 177,800 roubles (about $2,060), after an increase of 0.85% a year earlier.


Rosstat published its June wage statistics on September 2, while government agencies had taken note of the figures the previous day, on September 1.


Nominal wages do not account for inflation. Monthly consumer inflation in June stood at 0.87%.


By Sabina Mammadli