OREANDA-NEWS  Salaries in Russia in 2026 are growing more slowly than a year earlier, and the best result (10 percent) is shown by engineering and technical personnel in industry. This is evidenced by data from the SuperJob job search service.

He is followed by medical staff and retail workers, whose income increased by 9.2 percent. Banks kept salary increases on average at 7.5 percent, which is higher than inflation, but 5.1 percentage points lower than recorded a year earlier.

Higher incomes for construction workers (plus 2.9 percent) and IT specialists (plus 3.9 percent) could not compensate for the price increase, although a year earlier their salaries increased by 13.9 and 14.3 percent, respectively.

Earlier it was reported that the wage gap in the regions of Russia reached a record 203 thousand rubles, over the year this figure increased by 11 percent. According to Rosstat, Russians currently living in Chukotka receive an average of about 251 thousand rubles, and in Ingushetia — 47.6 thousand.