Government proposed to raise minimum wage since January 1, 2019
UFA, 19 September 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Galina Bakhshieva/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/. The Russian Government has proposed raising the minimum wage since January 1, 2019, to 11,280 rubles, Izvestia reports.
The minimum wage is a minimum salary of Russians before deduction of personal income tax. Social payments are calculated basing on it.
Since May 1 of this year, the living wage of the able-bodied person has been equated with the minimum wage. Currently, it is 11,163 rubles. Taking into account the Ural coefficient, the minimum wage is 12,837.45 rubles in Bashkiria.