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ES3 Income wage levels

Region Average monthly earnings, roubles    % Russian mean
Far East 806,895 171
Northern 699,580 148
East Siberia 667,755 141
West Siberia 638,648 135
RUSSIAN MEAN 472,392 100
Urals 443,561 94
Central 440,874 93
North-west 417,207 88
Volga 389,904 83
Volgo-Vyatka 336,457 71
Central Black Earth 329,928 70
North Caucasus 299,883 63
Source: Regiony Rossii [Russian Regions], 1996.

A high level of GDP per capita makes it possible to pay higher wages, but whether this happens depends on how the output of an economy is allocated. The two tend to correlate but there is not an exact fit between the two. By a substantial margin, the highest level of wages is in the Far East, and then in the Northern region. Although GDP per capita is highest in West Siberia, the region ranks fourth in wage levels. The Central region ranks just above average in GDP per capita, but just below average in wage levels. The regions at the bottom in wages, such as the North Caucasus, the Central Black Earth region and Volgo-Vyatka, are also the regions at the bottom in GDP per capita.


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