From July 1, 2021, the federal minimum wage has been increased from 7,500 to 7,800 rubles. See “Minimum wage from July 1, 2021 in Russia.” At the same time, regional minimum wages cannot be less than the federal one. Therefore, many regions set the minimum wage higher than the federal one. At the same time, by July 1, not all Russian regions had time to review and increase their minimum wages. What to do in this case? Is it possible to refuse the regional minimum wage? Do salaries need to be increased? We will answer the main questions and provide a table with the minimum wage by region from July 1, 2021.
Increase in the minimum wage from July 1, 2021
From July 1, the minimum wage is 7,800 rubles. instead of 7500 rub. From this date, take the new minimum into account when calculating wages and benefits.
At the same time, constituent entities of the Russian Federation (regions) are given the right to establish on their territory a minimum wage that differs from the federal minimum wage (Article 133.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). The regional “minimum wage” is established by a tripartite agreement. It is agreed upon at the level of the government or administration of the subject (region, territory, autonomous district, etc.), associations of trade unions and associations of employers. So, for example, from July 1, 2021, the minimum wage in Moscow increased to 17,624 rubles. See “Minimum wage in Moscow from July 1, 2021.”
But what minimum wage should workers’ salaries be compared with – regional or federal? The answer is simple: compare the monthly payment with the “minimum wage” that is higher. The final amount must be in favor of the employee. At the same time, keep in mind that the totality of all payments established to the employee that make up his salary must be no less than the regional minimum wage (Article 129 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). That is, not only salary, but also compensation with bonuses.
Typically, the regional minimum wage is higher than the federal one. However, in July 2017, a situation cannot be ruled out when the federal minimum wage is higher than the regional one. So, for example, in the Arkhangelsk region the minimum wage is set for the entire 2021 - 7,500 rubles per month, and the federal one from July 1 - 7,800 rubles. It turns out that from July 1 in the Arkhangelsk region, for calculations and determination of earnings, it is necessary to take into account the federal minimum wage (7,800 rubles).
Also note that in addition to wages, the minimum wage affects three types of benefits:
- sick leave;
- for pregnancy and childbirth;
- for child care up to 1.5 years.
However, keep in mind that these benefits are considered from the federal, not the regional minimum wage. For more information, see “Benefits from July 1, 2021: new dimensions.”
Minimum wage and insurance premiums for individual entrepreneurs in 2021
In 2021, individual entrepreneurs pay 40,874 rubles in fixed insurance premiums + 1% of income over 300 thousand rubles - this amount does not depend on the minimum wage.
From 2021, insurance premiums do not depend on the minimum wage. In 2021 and earlier, the fixed part was calculated using the formula:
Contributions for the year = minimum wage x 12 x 31.1%
For the calculation, we used the federal minimum wage, which was in effect at the beginning of the year. On January 1, 2021, the minimum wage was 7,500 rubles, so for 2021, individual entrepreneurs paid 27,990 rubles + 1% of income over 300 thousand.
Minimum wage and taxes
Some employers set the employee's salary strictly in accordance with the minimum wage (no more and no less). However, if an employee’s salary is equal to the minimum wage, personal income tax and insurance premiums, including “for injuries,” should still be withheld from it. This is confirmed by legal norms:
- Personal income tax – articles 210 and 217 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation;
- insurance contributions for compulsory pension (social, medical) insurance - Articles 420 and 422 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation;
- insurance premiums for insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases (“injuries”) - Articles 20.1 and 20.2 of the Law of July 24, 1998 No. 125-FZ.
About the minimum wage in the region
The minimum wage is the lowest wage in the country, incl. and without qualifications.
Indicator functions:
- Restrains the fall in household incomes.
- It is used when assigning payments for illness, pregnancy and childbirth and other insured events of compulsory insurance.
The minimum wage, as established, is a salary on which one can live. Those. According to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, the minimum wage is ≥ the subsistence minimum (LM).
Minimum wage means federal, because there is no regional one. At the subject level, the Code provides for the concept of the minimum wage (MW), which is also not less than the PM, and therefore not less than the minimum wage:
- Minimum wage ≥ PM;
- MRZ ≥ PM (what level is not specified);
- Consequently: the minimum wage in the region is not less than the federal minimum wage.
It is worth remembering that the minimum wage and minimum wage are the accrued salary:
- even before the 13% tax deduction
- and for fully worked time at full rate.
Accordingly, the employee may receive an amount less than the minimum wage.
Minimum wage from July 1, 2021: table by region
Below we present a table with the minimum wage from July 1, 2021 (by region). Also, for convenience, the values are broken down by federal district.
| Central Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Belgorodskaya | Not lower than the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary sphere) | 8,368 (for enterprises financed from the regional and local budget) |
| 7800 (for enterprises financed from the federal budget) | ||
| 8046 (for enterprises financed from the regional and local budget) | ||
| 7500 (for enterprises financed from the federal budget) | ||
| Bryansk | 7500 | 7800 |
| Vladimirskaya | 8500 | 8840 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Voronezh | Living wage | 7800 |
| Ivanovskaya | — | |
| Kaluzhskaya | — | |
| Kostromskaya | — | |
| Kursk | 9665 | |
| 7800 (for state employees) | ||
| Lipetskaya | 1.2 living wage | — |
| Moscow | 12500 | 13750 |
| 7,500 (for state employees) | 7,800 (for state employees) | |
| Orlovskaya | Living wage | 10000 |
| Ryazan | 7500 | 7800 |
| Smolenskaya | ||
| Tambovskaya | ||
| Tverskaya | ||
| Tula | 13000 | 13520 |
| 11,000 (for state and municipal institutions) | 11440 | |
| Yaroslavskaya | 9640 | 10026 |
| 8021 (for small and medium-sized businesses) | 8,342 (for small and medium-sized businesses) | |
| 7560 (for state employees) | 7,800 (for state employees) | |
| Moscow | 17561 | 17624 |
| Northwestern Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Karelia | Living wage | |
| Komi | 8100 | — |
| Arkhangelskaya | 7500 | 7800 |
| Vologda | ||
| Pskovskaya | ||
| Kaliningradskaya | 10000 | 10400 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 (for state employees) | |
| Leningradskaya | 7800 excluding compensation and incentive payments | 10850 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 (for state employees) | |
| Murmansk | 14281 | — |
| Novgorodskaya | Living wage | — |
| Saint Petersburg | 11,700 excluding compensation and incentive payments | 16000 |
| Nenets Aut. district | 12420 | 12917 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7,800 (for state employees) | |
| Southern Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Adygea, Kalmykia | 7500 | 7800 |
| Krasnodar region | Living wage | |
| Astrakhan | 7500 | 7800 |
| Volgogradskaya | 1.2 living wage | — |
| Rostov | 7500 | 7800 |
| North Caucasus Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Dagestan, Ingushetia | 7500 | 7800 |
| Kabardino-Balkaria | Living wage | Living wage |
| 7500 (for state and municipal institutions, as well as companies financed from the federal budget) | 7,800 (for state and municipal institutions, as well as companies financed from the federal budget) | |
| Karachay-Cherkessia | 7500 | 7800 |
| North Ossetia Alania | ||
| Chechen Republic | 9274 | 9274 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Stavropol region | 7500 | 7800 |
| Volga Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Bashkortostan | 8900 (including allowances for work in special climatic conditions) | 8900 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Mari El | 9251 | 9621 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Mordovia | 7500 | 7800 |
| Udmurtia | ||
| Tatarstan | 8252 | |
| Chuvashia | 7800 | |
| Perm region | Living wage | — |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 9000 | 9360 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Orenburgskaya, | 7500 | 7800 |
| Penzenskaya, Kirovskaya | ||
| Samara | ||
| Saratovskaya | 7900 | 7900 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Ulyanovskaya | 10,000 (not below the subsistence level) | 10342 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Ural federal district | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Kurganskaya | 7620 | 7925 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7,800 (for state employees) | |
| Sverdlovskaya | from 8,154 to 8,862 | from 8 216 to 9216 |
| 7800 | ||
| 7,500 (for state employees) | ||
| Tyumen | 9950 | — |
| 8500 (for state employees) | ||
| Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug | 16500 | — |
| Chelyabinsk | 9200 | 9568 |
| 7800 | ||
| 7500 (for state employees) | ||
| Yamalo-Nenets Aut. district | 12,431 (including surcharges and allowances) | 12,927 (including surcharges and allowances) |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 | |
| Siberian Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Altai | 8751 - for non-budgetary companies, except for organizations and individual entrepreneurs operating in the field of agriculture and education) | 9 101 and |
| 7800 respectively | ||
| 7500 - for agricultural organizations, | ||
| Buryatia, Tyva, | 7500 | 7800 |
| Khakassia | ||
| Altai region | 9400 (for extra-budgetary organizations, with the exception of housing and communal services, disabled people employed under the established quota in public associations, and those who participate in public works or are temporarily employed under agreements between employers and employment service bodies | — |
| 8116 (for disabled people employed under an established quota in public organizations of disabled people, as well as for non-budgetary organizations of housing and communal services, with the exception of those who participate in public works or are temporarily employed under agreements between employers and employment service bodies) | ||
| Transbaikal region | 7500 (for agricultural and budgetary organizations) | 7,800 rub. (for agricultural and public sector employees) |
| 9066 - in Kalarsky district | ||
| 7857 - in Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungokochensky districts | ||
| 8059 (for the non-budgetary sector of the economy (except agriculture) | ||
| for the non-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agriculture) operating in the Far North and equivalent areas: | ||
| 10,429 - in Canary | ||
| 9480 - in Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungokochensky districts | ||
| Krasnoyarsk region | 16 130 — Norilsk | — |
| 14 269 - North Yenisei district | ||
| 16 130 - Taimyr Dolgano-Nenets municipal district (except for the rural settlement of Khatanga) | ||
| 24 026 — Khatanga | ||
| 15 313 — Turukhansky district | ||
| 19 009 - Evenki municipal district | ||
| 14 114 — Yeniseisk | ||
| 11 167 — Lesosibirsk | ||
| 13 788 — Boguchansky | ||
| 15 200 - Yeniseisky | ||
| 13 571 — Kezhemsky | ||
| 14 548 — Motyginsky districts | ||
| 9926 (for other areas) | ||
| Irkutsk | 12,652 (for companies and individual entrepreneurs in the Far North) | 95% of the living wage |
| 9717 (for companies and individual entrepreneurs in other areas) | ||
| 10,754 (for state and budgetary enterprises) | ||
| 8259 (for state and budget enterprises in other areas) | ||
| 7500 (for agriculture) | ||
| Kemerovo | 1.5 living wage (except for the sphere of regulated pricing and individual entrepreneurs) | |
| 7500 (for state employees) | 7800 (for state employees) | |
| Novosibirsk | 7500 (for agriculture) | 7800 (for agriculture) |
| 9030 (for the public sector except federal budget organizations) | ||
| 9390 (for extra-budgetary sphere except agriculture) | ||
| Omsk | 7500 (for agriculture) | |
| 9030 (for the public sector, except for federal budget organizations) | ||
| 9390 (for extra-budgetary sphere, except agriculture) | ||
| Tomsk | 8925 (for municipal autonomous, budgetary and government institutions financed from the budget of the municipal formation of the city of Tomsk, as well as other employers operating in the territory of Tomsk) | 9,282 (for municipal autonomous...) |
| 7500 (for organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, other employers (except for municipal autonomous, budgetary and government institutions financed from the budget of the municipality of Tomsk, as well as other employers operating in the territory Tomsk) | 7,800 (for organizations financed from budgets...) | |
| Far Eastern Federal District | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) | 16824 | 7800 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | ||
| Kamchatka Krai | 18 210 (for organizations in the Koryak district) | — |
| 19,510 (for organizations in the Aleutian municipal district) | ||
| 16,910 (for organizations in the rest of the Kamchatka Territory) | ||
| Primorsky Krai | 7500 | 7800 |
| Khabarovsk region | 11 414 (for Bikinsky, Vyazemsky, Lazo, Nanaisky, Khabarovsk districts and Khabarovsk) | 11 871 |
| 12 408 (for Amursky, Vaninsky, Verkhnebureinsky, Komsomolsky, Nikolaevsky, named after Polina Osipenko, Sovetsko-Gavansky, Solnechny, Tuguro-Chumikansky, Ulchsky districts and Komsomolsk-on-Amur) | 12 904 | |
| 14,269 (for Ayano-Maisky district) | 14 840 | |
| 15,510 (for Okhotsk region) | 16 130 | |
| respectively | ||
| Amurskaya | 7500 | 7800 |
| Magadan | 18,750 (for the non-budgetary sector of the Magadan region, with the exception of the North-Evensky urban district) | — |
| 20,250 (for the non-budgetary sector in the North-Evensky urban district of the Magadan region) | ||
| Sakhalinskaya | 15,000 (for workers in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Anivsky, Dolinsky, Korsakovsky, Makarovsky, Nevelsky, Poronaisky, Smirnykhovsky, Tomarinsky, Tymovsky, Uglegorsky, Kholmsky districts, the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) | 15 150 |
| 18,571 (for workers in Nogliki and Okha districts) | 18 757 | |
| 20,000 (for workers in the Kuril, North Kuril and South Kuril regions) | 20 200 | |
| 7,500 (for state employees) | 7 800 | |
| respectively | ||
| Jewish Autonomous | 7500 (taking into account the regional coefficient and percentage bonus for work experience in the southern regions of the Far East) | 7800 |
| Chukotka Autonomous Republic district | 7500 | |
| Crimea | ||
| Region | Minimum wage until July 1, 2021, rub. | Minimum wage from July 1, 2021, rub. |
| Crimea | 7650 | 7800 |
| 7500 (for state employees) | ||
| Sevastopol | 8000 | |
| 7500 (for state employees) | ||
Minimum wage in the regions of Siberia (Siberian Federal District) in 2017
| Region | Minimum wage size |
| Altai | 7 005 |
| Buryatia | 6 204 |
| Tyva | 6 204 |
| Khakassia | 6 204 |
| Altai region | 8,116 for non-budgetary workers 6,204 for public sector workers |
| Transbaikal region | 8,095 for non-budgetary workers 6,044 for public sector workers |
| Krasnoyarsk region | 9,544 for employees of the extra-budgetary sector 6,204 for employees of the public sector 16,130 (Norilsk, Taimyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky municipal district) 14,269 (North Yenisei district) 19,009 (Evenkiy municipal district) 15,313 (Turukhansky district) 15,200 ( Yeniseisk) |
| Irkutsk region | 6 204 |
| Kemerovo region | 14 115 |
| Novosibirsk region | 9 030 |
| Omsk region | 7,135 for non-budgetary workers 6,204 for public sector workers |
| Tomsk region | 8,581 for non-budgetary workers 6,204 for public sector workers |
How to refuse the regional minimum wage from July
The agreement on the regional minimum wage from July 1, 2021 becomes binding only for those who accepted it after publication in the media. After publication, the employer is given 30 days to submit to the regional administration an application for refusal to apply the regional “minimum wage”. Such a refusal requires an explanation of the reasons why the employer cannot pay the regional minimum wage to employees. Here is a sample refusal on the minimum wage in the region:
If the regional administration does not receive a refusal on time, then it is considered that the employer “by default” agreed to the agreement on the minimum wage from July 1, 2021 in the corresponding region and, as a result, must pay wages not lower than the value established by the law of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation .
Table of changes in the minimum wage value in the region
| date | Value, rub. | Normative act |
| from 01/01/2021 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. |
| from 01.01.2020 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. Agreement of the Government of the Belgorod Region, the Union “Belgorod Regional Association of Trade Union Organizations”, the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Belgorod Region dated December 17, 2019 No. 43. |
| from 01/01/2019 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. |
| from 05/01/2018 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. |
| from 01/01/2018 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. Tripartite agreement between the regional association of trade union organizations, employers' associations and the government of the Belgorod region for 2017–2019. |
| from 01.07.2017 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. Tripartite agreement between the regional association of trade union organizations, employers' associations and the government of the Belgorod region for 2017–2019. |
| from 01.07.2016 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. |
| from 01/01/2016 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. |
| from 01/01/2015 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. |
| from 01/01/2014 |
| Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ on the minimum wage. Decree of the Government of the Belgorod Region dated December 9, 2013 No. 499-pp on a tripartite agreement between the regional association of trade union organizations, employers' associations and the Government of the Belgorod Region for 2014 - 2021. |
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Note to the table: updated minimum wage values for a specific date are highlighted in bold. The values in the Belgorod region for 2014, 2015, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021, 2021 are given. These minimum wage values are applied in the cities of Belgorod, Stary Oskol, Gubkin, Shebekino, Alekseevka, Valuyki, Stroitel, Novy Oskol and other settlements of the Belgorod region.
See also: - living wage in the Belgorod region - minimum wage in other regions
Responsibility of employers for low wages
If the employer does not send a refusal and does not increase earnings to the regional level established from July 1, 2021, then sanctions are possible.
Let's list the administrative fines under Article 5.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation:
- for an official (for example, a director) – from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles;
- for an individual entrepreneur (employer) – from 1000 to 5000 rubles;
- for an organization (legal entity) – from 30,000 to 50,000 rubles.
If the organization commits a violation again, the liability will be stricter:
- for an official (for example, a director) – a fine of 20,000 to 30,000 rubles.
- or disqualification for a period of one to three years;
- for individual entrepreneurs – a fine from 10,000 to 30,000 rubles;
- for a company – a fine from 50,000 to 100,000 rubles.
The issue of administrative punishment of violators is considered by the labor inspectorate or the court (Parts 1, 2 of Article 23.1, 23.12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).
Also keep in mind that if you refuse the regional minimum wage, the employer may be called to the Federal Tax Service for a salary commission. We discussed this issue in the article “Minimum wage in Moscow from July 1, 2021.”
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How is the cost of living calculated in the Belgorod region
From 2021, the cost of living is “decoupled” from the cost of the consumer basket, as was previously the case. Now the minimum wage depends on the median per capita income in the country and is set once a year, before July 1 of the current year for the next year.
The ratio of the cost of living per capita in the Russian Federation as a whole and the median per capita income for the previous year is set at 44.2 percent from 2021. This proportion must be updated at least once every five years.
Cost of living ratio by group:
Working-age population - 109% of the total subsistence population
Minor children - 97% of the total PM
Pensioners - 86% of total PM
The cost of living is calculated separately for each region and for three groups of the population: working age, pensioners and children. It is believed that pensioners need the least amount of money.
For 2021, the value of the subsistence minimum per capita and for the main categories of the population in the region is set at an amount not lower than the subsistence level per capita and for the main socio-demographic groups of the population in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation for the second quarter of 2021.
