OREANDA-NEWS  By the end of April 2026, the average pension in Russia reached almost 25.4 thousand rubles. This is reported by TASS with reference to the data of the Social Fund.

At the same time, the average pension of unemployed senior citizens turned out to be slightly higher and by the end of the second spring month amounted to 25.8 thousand rubles.

In some regions, the latter indicator has greatly exceeded the national average. We are talking about the Chukotka and Nenets Autonomous Districts. In the first region, it reached 44.1 thousand rubles, and in the second — 40 thousand.

However, pensions for a significant part of the Russian population continue to remain at a low level, experts say. Against this background, it is generally more profitable for older citizens to continue working even after reaching retirement age, said Lyudmila Ivanova-Shvets, Associate professor of the Basic Department of Human Resources Management at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. Regular indexing is not enough to fix the situation, analysts agree. High inflation and rising utility bills actually negate the increase in social benefits, they explained.