Minimum salary. Can the salary be less than the minimum wage? when it is possible to pay wages less than the minimum wage legally. Is tax taken into account?

The minimum wage in Russia has been increased to 11,163 rubles from May 1. The amount of the new minimum wage determines the calculation of many payments, the amount of which is tied to the minimum wage.

Minimum wage from May 1, 2018: how benefits and salaries have changed since May 1 (tables), new minimum wage by region

Many did not expect that The minimum wage in Russia will be increased from May 1 up to 11,163 rubles.

• Why did they increase the minimum wage?
• Why exactly to such an amount?
• Is it true that the minimum wage has been equated to the subsistence level?
• Should workers' wages be raised?
• Should the federal or regional minimum wage be applied from May 1, 2018?
• Should employee benefits be increased?

Let's figure it out.

The minimum wage has been increased to 11,163 rubles from May 1, 2018 . From new minimum wage depends calculation of many payments, including temporary disability benefits, maternity benefits, child care benefits up to 1.5 years, as well as numerous social benefits, the amount of which is tied to the minimum wage.

Look at the gradual increase in the minimum wage in the table,
which takes into account changes, in particular, from May 1, 2018:

As you can see, since May 1, 2018, quite a significant increasing the minimum wage . For 1674 rub. (RUR 11,163 – RUR 9,489). Why did this happen? Why did they suddenly decide to increase the minimum wage from May 1? Let me explain.

The minimum wage was equalized to the subsistence level earlier than planned

At the very end of 2017, Federal Law No. 421-FZ dated December 28, 2017 was adopted. They recorded that from January 1, 2018, the minimum wage increases up to 9489 rubles per month. Moreover, starting from January 1, 2019 and thereafter annually from January 1 of the corresponding year, the minimum wage is established by federal law in the amount of the subsistence level of the working-age population as a whole in the Russian Federation for the second quarter of the previous year. In other words, a mechanism was introduced in 2018 to bring the minimum wage to the subsistence level of the working-age population.

By Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated September 19, 2017 No. 1119, the cost of living for the working population is 11,163 rubles. Thus, one could expect that the minimum wage of 11,163 rubles would be established from January 1, 2019. However, the situation changed dramatically after V.V.’s statement. Putin. During a working trip to the Tver region, Vladimir Putin promised: the minimum wage in Russia will be equal to the subsistence level from May 1, 2018.

Thus, bringing the minimum wage to the subsistence level of the working-age population occurred earlier than planned - from May 1, 2018.

The subsistence minimum is the cost of a conditional consumer basket, which includes a minimum set of food products, non-food products and services that are necessary to ensure human life. The cost of living also includes mandatory payments and fees.

The cost of living is approved at the end of each quarter, using numerous statistical data, including the inflation rate, to determine it. The federal subsistence minimum is set by the Government of Russia, and regional minimums are set by regional governments.

But what will the increase in the minimum wage from May 1, 2018 affect? ? What actions will employers need to take in connection with the increase in the minimum wage? We'll talk about this further.

New minimum wage and salary from May 1, 2018

The minimum wage is the minimum wage that an organization or individual entrepreneur (employer) must accrue to employees for the month they have fully worked (Article 133 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). However, keep in mind that an employee may receive less than the minimum wage in person - minus personal income tax and other deductions, for example, alimony. Accordingly, from May 1, 2018, it is impossible to pay less than 11,163 rubles.

It is worth noting that the salary of employees from May 1, 2018 may be less than 11,163 rubles. After all, the total salary, which includes (Article 129 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation) cannot be less than the minimum wage:

• remuneration for work;
• compensation payments, including additional payments and allowances;
• incentive payments (bonuses).

What threatens the employer if the salary is less than the minimum wage?

If from May 1, 2018 workers' salaries will be lower Minimum wage (11,163 rubles), then the employer may be held liable in the form of fines.

Fine for organization can range from 30,000 to 50,000 rubles, and if detected again - from 50,000 to 70,000 rubles.

For the director or chief accountant responsibility could be like this: for a primary violation, they may issue a warning or a fine of 1,000 to 5,000 rubles; for a repeated violation, a fine of 10,000 to 20,000 rubles. Moreover, they can be disqualified for a period of one to three years (Article 5.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

Minimum wage in the regions from May 1, 2018

Since May 1, 2018, regional authorities can establish in a special agreement their own minimum wage, which exceeds the federal minimum wage (Article 133.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). However, the regional minimum wage can be abandoned. For these purposes, you will need to issue a reasoned refusal and send it to the local branch of the Committee on Labor and Employment.

In accordance with Part 1 of Art. 133.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, a regional agreement may establish a different minimum wage. It should not be lower than the minimum wage approved by federal law. That is, from May 1, 2018 - no less than 11,163 rubles (Part 4 of Article 133.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). Employers are considered to have acceded to the regional agreement on the minimum wage if, within 30 calendar days from the date of its publication, they have not sent a written reasoned refusal to join it to the Ministry of Labor of Russia. In this case, the organization is obliged to comply with all provisions of the regional agreement (Part 8 of Article 133.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). This means that the minimum wage established by the regional agreement is mandatory for the employer.

But what minimum wage should employers rely on from May 1, 2018:
to federal or regional?

Let's explain in the table:

The coefficient and percentage bonus for work in the Far North and equivalent areas should be calculated above the minimum wage, and not included in it.

Region	Minimum wage in the region
Altai region	RUB 11,163
Amur region	RUB 11,163
Arhangelsk region	RUB 11,163
Astrakhan region	RUB 11,163
Belgorod region	RUB 11,163
Bryansk region	RUB 11,163 for employees of budgetary sector organizations11 163 for employees of non-budgetary sector organizations
Vladimir region	RUB 11,163
Volgograd region	In the amount of 1.2 times the subsistence minimum of the working-age population of the Volgograd region, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Vologda Region	RUB 11,163
Voronezh region	The cost of living of the working population, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Jewish Autonomous Region	12,000 rub. for all employees, regardless of length of service. This amount includes all bonuses and coefficients. That is, the salary, taking into account all benefits, cannot be less than 12,000 rubles.
Transbaikal region	For employees of organizations financed from the budget of the Trans-Baikal Territory, local budgets of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the compulsory medical insurance fund - 11,163 rubles. For employees of organizations financed from the budget of the Trans-Baikal Territory, local budgets of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the compulsory medical insurance fund working in the regions of the Far North and equivalent localities in the Kalarsky district in the amount of 11,163 rubles; in the Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungochensky districts in the amount of 11,163 rubles For employees of organizations of the extra-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agricultural organizations) - 11,163 rubles. For employees of organizations of the extra-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agricultural organizations farms) working in the regions of the Far North and equivalent areas: in the Kalarsky district - 11,190 rubles; in the Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungokochensky districts in the amount of 11,163 rubles. for workers of agricultural organizations - 11,163 rubles.
Ivanovo region	The cost of living of the working-age population, determined for the 3rd quarter of 2017, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Irkutsk region	In the amount of the subsistence minimum for the working population of the Irkutsk region for the 4th quarter of 2017, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	The cost of living for the 4th quarter of 2017 for commercial companies is RUB 11,163. - for state employees
Kaliningrad region	RUB 11,163 for commercial companies RUB 11,163 - for state employees
Kaluga region	RUB 11,163
Kamchatka Krai	For employees working in organizations located on the territory of the Kamchatka Territory, with the exception of the Koryak District and the Aleutian Municipal District, the minimum wage is set at 18,360 rubles. For employees working in organizations located on the territory of the Koryak District, the minimum wage is set at 19,770 rubles. For employees working in organizations located in the Aleutian municipal region, the minimum wage is set at 21,180 rubles.
Karachay-Cherkess Republic	RUB 11,163
Kemerovo region	1.5 times the subsistence minimum for the working population of the Kemerovo region, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Kirov region	RUB 11,163
Kostroma region	RUB 11,163
Krasnodar region	In the amount of the subsistence minimum for the working population per month in the Krasnodar Territory, but not less than 11,163 rubles. Thus, by order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Krasnodar Territory dated October 30, 2017 No. 1706 “On the subsistence minimum in the Krasnodar Territory for the third quarter 2017" established the minimum subsistence level: for the working population - 11,163 rubles.
Krasnoyarsk region	Establish on the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Territory the minimum wage for employees of organizations in the following amounts: in Norilsk - 16,130 rubles; in the North Yenisei region - 15,515 rubles; in the Taimyr Dolgano-Nenets municipal region (except for the rural settlement of Khatanga) - 17,687 rubles; rural settlement of Khatanga - 26,376 rubles; in the Turukhansky district - 20,991 rubles; in the Evenki municipal district - 19,704 rubles; in the city of Yeniseisk - 15,918 rubles; in the city of Lesosibirsk - 12,436 rubles; in the Boguchansky district - 15,545 rubles; in the Yenisei district - 16,042 rubles; in the Kezhemsky district - 15,048 rubles; in the Motyginsky district - 15,918 rubles. For employees of organizations located in other municipalities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the minimum wage is 10,592 rubles.
Kurgan region	RUB 11,163
Kursk region	Commercial - 11,163 rubles. State employees - 11,163 rubles.
Leningrad region	11,400 rub.
Lipetsk region	1.2 times the subsistence level of the working-age population for the 4th quarter of 2017, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Magadan Region	Establish the minimum wage in the Magadan region for an employee who has worked the monthly working hours established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and fulfilled his labor duties (labor standards) - 19,500 rubles, with the exception of the North-Evensky urban district of the Magadan region. In the North-Evensky urban district of the Magadan region. In the Even city district of the Magadan region, an employee who has worked the monthly standard of working time established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and has fulfilled his labor duties (labor standards) is to establish a minimum wage of 21,060 rubles.
Moscow	The size of the minimum wage in the city of Moscow is revised quarterly and is set in the amount of the subsistence minimum for the working population of the city of Moscow, approved by a resolution of the Moscow Government. In the event of a decrease in the subsistence minimum in the city of Moscow, the minimum wage remains at the same level. This happened in the 3rd quarter. The cost of living for the 3rd quarter in Moscow turned out to be less than for the 2nd quarter. Therefore, the minimum wage in Moscow from May 1, 2018 is the cost of living for the 2nd quarter, that is, 18,742 rubles. Thus, the minimum wage in Moscow is 18,742 rubles.
Moscow region	Commercial 13,750 rub. State employees 11,163 rub.
Murmansk region	RUB 11,163 + northern allowances
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	RUB 18,567 for commercial employers RUB 11,163 for state employees
Nizhny Novgorod Region	in organizations of the non-budgetary sector of the economy - in an amount not less than 11,163 rubles. per month; in organizations of the small business sector of the economy with an average number of employees of no more than 50 people, and public sector employees - in an amount not less than 11,163 rubles. per month;
Novgorod region	The cost of living in the region, but not lower than 11,163 rubles.
Novosibirsk region	for employees of budgetary organizations - in the amount of 11,163 rubles; for employees of non-budgetary organizations (except for agricultural organizations) - in the amount of 11,163 rubles.
Omsk region	RUB 11,163
Orenburg region	RUB 11,163
Oryol Region	RUB 11,163
Penza region	RUB 11,163
Perm region	The cost of living of the working population, but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Primorsky Krai	RUB 11,163
Pskov region	RUB 11,163 for commercial employers RUB 11,450 for state employees
Republic of Adygea	RUB 11,163
Altai Republic	RUB 11,163 for employees of non-budgetary organizations, except for those working in the field of agriculture in the field of education 11,163 rubles. for employees of organizations in the field of agriculture and education, as well as public sector employees
Republic of Bashkortostan	11,163 + regional allowances Taking into account allowances, the minimum wage in Bashkiria is 11,163 rubles.
The Republic of Buryatia	RUB 11,163
The Republic of Dagestan	RUB 11,163
The Republic of Ingushetia	RUB 11,163
Republic of Kalmykia	RUB 11,163
Republic of Karelia	for employees of state and municipal institutions in the Republic of Karelia, the minimum wage is 11,163 rubles; for employees employed by agricultural producers of the Republic of Karelia (with the exception of employees employed in organizations with the type of economic activity “Fishing, fish farming): in the northern part of the Republic of Karelia ( Belomorsky, Kalevalsky, Kemsky, Loukhsky districts, Kostomuksha) 12,100 rubles, in the Republic of Karelia, except for the northern part - 11,163 rubles for employees of other employers - at the level of the subsistence level of the working population, established by a decree of the Government of the Republic of Karelia for the third quarter 2017 in the corresponding municipality in the Republic of Karelia.
Komi Republic	RUB 11,163 in the southern natural and climatic zone of the Komi Republic RUB 11,163. in the northern natural and climatic zone of the Komi Republic RUB 11,163. for state employees
Republic of Crimea	RUB 11,163
Mari El Republic	RUB 11,163 for commercial employers RUB 11,163 for employees of organizations financed from federal, regional, and local budgets
The Republic of Mordovia	RUB 11,163
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	RUB 17,388 for commercial employers RUB 11,163 for state employees
Republic of North Ossetia–Alania	RUB 11,163
Republic of Tatarstan	RUB 11,163
Tyva Republic	RUB 11,163
The Republic of Khakassia	RUB 11,163
Rostov region	In the amount of 1.2 times the subsistence minimum established for the working population of the Rostov region for the fourth quarter of 2017, but not less than 11,163 rubles. For micro-enterprises and small enterprises during the first three years of operation - at a level not lower than the subsistence level of the working population of the Rostov region for the fourth quarter of the previous year but not less than 11,163 rubles.
Ryazan Oblast	RUB 11,163 for commercial employers RUB 11,163 for state employees
Samara Region	RUB 11,163
Saint Petersburg	Establish a minimum wage in St. Petersburg of 17,000 rubles. At the same time, the tariff rate (salary) of a 1st category worker should not be less than 13,500 rubles. For state employees - 11,163 rubles.
Saratov region	RUB 11,163
Sakhalin region	for persons working in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Anivsky, Dolinsky, Korsakovsky, Makarovsky, Nevelsky, Poronaysky, Smirnykhovsky, Tomarinsky, Tymovsky, Uglegorsky, Kholmsky districts and in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the minimum wage is 15,600 rubles. From October 1, 2018 - 15,900 rubles. For those who work in the Nogliki and Okha regions, the minimum wage is 19,314 rubles. From October 1, 2018 - 19,686 rubles. For employees of the Kuril, North Kuril and South Kuril regions, the minimum wage is 20,800 rubles. October 1, 2018 -21,200 rub.
Sverdlovsk region	RUB 11,163
Sevastopol	RUB 11,163
Smolensk region	RUB 11,163
Stavropol region	11,163 rubles. The agreement states that the salary is set at the subsistence level for the 1st quarter of 2017. However, this minimum is lower than the minimum wage. Therefore, the minimum wage in the region is 11,163 rubles.
Tambov Region	RUB 11,163
Tver region	RUB 11,163
Tomsk region	The minimum wage in the Tomsk region for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, employees of other employers is set in the following amount: “Alexandrovsky district”, “Strezhevoy city district” in the amount of 16,500 rubles. “Verkhneketsky district” ”, “Kargasoksky district”, “Kedrovy city”, “Kolpashevsky district”, “Parabelsky district”, “Chainsky district” in the amount of 15,000 rubles. “Teguldetsky district”, “Molchanovsky district”, “Bakcharsky district”, “Krivosheinsky district” in the amount of 13,500 rubles. “City district - closed administrative-territorial formation of Seversk, Tomsk region” in the amount of 11,250 rubles. “City of Tomsk”, “Asinovsky district”, “Zyryansky district”, “Kozhevnikovsky district”, “Pervomaisky district”, “Tomsky district”, “Shegarsky district” in the amount of 11,163 rubles.
Tula region	13000 rub. for employees of the non-budgetary sector of the economy 11,163 rubles. for employees of state and municipal institutions of the Tula region 11,163 rubles. for state employees
Tyumen region	For employees of budgetary, state-owned, autonomous institutions and autonomous non-profit organizations established by the Tyumen region or municipalities of the Tyumen region 11,163 rubles. For employees of the non-budgetary sector of the economy - 11,163 rubles.
Udmurt republic	RUB 11,163
Ulyanovsk region	for workers of main industries of the non-budgetary sector of the economy in the amount of 11,163 rubles. For public sector employees - 11,163 rubles.
Khabarovsk region	In the regions of the Far North: a) in the Okhotsk region - 15,510 rubles; b) in the Ayano-Maisky region - 14,269 rubles. In areas equated to the regions of the Far North (districts: Amursky, Vaninsky, Verkhnebureinsky, Komsomolsky, Nikolaevsky, named after Polina Osipenko, Sovetsko-Gavansky, Solnechny, Tuguro-Chumikansky, Ulchsky, the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur), - 12,408 rubles. In the southern regions of the Far East (districts: Bikinsky, Vyazemsky, named after Lazo, Nanaisky, Khabarovsk, the city of Khabarovsk) - 11,414 rub..11,163 rub. for state employees
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra	RUB 11,163 + regional coefficient and percentage increase in salary for work experience in the Far North (but not lower than the subsistence level of the working-age population established in the district)
Chelyabinsk region	RUB 11,163 for commercial employers RUB 11,163 for small and medium businesses
Chechen Republic	RUB 11,163
Chuvash Republic	RUB 11,163
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	RUB 11,163
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	RUB 16,299 taking into account additional payments and incentive allowances 11,163 rubles. for state employees
Yaroslavl region	RUB 11,163 for commercial employers (except for small and medium-sized businesses) RUB 11,163 for small and medium-sized businesses RUB 11,163 for state employees

What benefits are affected by the minimum wage from May 1, 2018?

In addition to salary new minimum wage from May 1, 2018 also affects the amount of some benefits.

Let us explain in the table in which cases benefits will change from May 1
and they will need to be paid in new amounts:

Benefit	How does the minimum wage affect
Sickness benefit
	There was no earnings in the billing period or the actual average monthly earnings turned out to be lower than the minimum wage for an employee for whom a part-time working regime was established at the time of the insured event. In this case, determine the average earnings (minimum wage) for calculating benefits in proportion to the employee’s working hours
	The sick leave certificate contains notes about violation of the regime without a good reason - the benefit is calculated from the minimum wage from the date of violation until the end of the illness
Maternity benefit	There was no earnings during the billing period or it turned out to be below the minimum wage - the minimum benefit amount is calculated from the minimum wage
	During the billing period, there was no earnings (the actual average monthly earnings were below the minimum wage) for an employee who was on a part-time schedule at the start of maternity leave. Average earnings (minimum wage) for calculating benefits, determine in proportion to working hours
	If the insurance period is less than 6 months, the accrued benefit cannot exceed the minimum wage for a full calendar month
Child care allowance up to 1.5 years old	Average monthly earnings for calculating benefits cannot be less than the minimum wage

Minimum wage (minimum wage)- this is the minimum possible wage that an enterprise can charge its employee. This value is also used in calculations when determining the amount for payments of unemployment benefits and temporary disability. An employer cannot pay its employee a salary below the minimum level, otherwise he will incur a fine.

The current minimum wage depends on several indicators:

• national pricing policy;
• the needs of residents and non-residents working on the territory of the Russian Federation;
• increasing government production efficiency indicators;
• reducing unemployment;
• current inflation rate.

From July 1, 2017, the minimum wage will be 7,800 rubles for Russian citizens per month (). This law was signed by Vladimir Putin on December 20, 2016. Previously it was reported that the increase would be 17.33% in January, but in fact this is only 4% and July 2017.

From January 1, 2017, there will be no increase in the minimum wage; it will remain at the same level of 7,500 rubles.

From July 1, 2016, the minimum wage is 7,500 rubles for Russian citizens per month (,), the State Duma approved the law on increasing the minimum wage on May 17, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law on June 2, 2016), this is 1,296 rubles higher than the previous figure.

Minimum wages by region

With changes and additions from 07/01/2016

Region of the Russian Federation	Minimum wage in 2016
Central Federal District
Belgorod region	8694
Bryansk region	6500
Vladimir region	6204 7000
Voronezh region	6204 (for public sector organizations) 8787 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Ivanovo region	8645
Kaluga region
Kostroma region	7500 (for public sector organizations) at the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Kursk region	7500 (for public sector organizations) at the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Lipetsk region	6000 (for public sector organizations) (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Moscow region	12500
Oryol Region	9778
Ryazan Oblast	6350 (for public sector organizations) 7500 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Smolensk region	6200
Tambov Region	6240 (for public sector organizations) 7500 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Tver region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 7280 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Tula region	11000 (from 01.08.2016) (for public sector organizations) 13000 (from 01.08.2016) (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Yaroslavl region	6000 (for public sector organizations) 8021 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Moscow	17300
Northwestern Federal District
Republic of Karelia	7213 (for public sector organizations in the northern regions: Belomorsky district, Kalevalsky district, Kemsky district, Loukhsky district, Kostomuksha) 5796 (for public sector organizations in other districts) at the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Komi Republic	6500
Arhangelsk region	7500
Vologda Region	7500
Kaliningrad region	10000
Leningrad region	7800
Murmansk region	13650
Novgorod region	6204 (for public sector organizations) at the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Pskov region	7500
Saint Petersburg	11700
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	6204
Southern Federal District
Republic of Adygea	7500
Republic of Kalmykia	7500
Krasnodar region	7500 (for public sector organizations) at the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Astrakhan region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 7350 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Volgograd region	7500 (for public sector organizations) not lower than 1.2 subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Rostov region	7500
North Caucasus Federal District
The Republic of Dagestan	7500
The Republic of Ingushetia	7500
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	7500 (for public sector organizations) at the subsistence level (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Karachay-Cherkess Republic	7500
Republic of North Ossetia - Alania	7500
Chechen Republic	8252
Stavropol region	8588
Volga Federal District
Republic of Bashkortostan	7500 (for public sector organizations) 8900 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Mari El Republic	9251
The Republic of Mordovia	7500
Republic of Tatarstan	6204 (for public sector organizations) 7309 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Udmurt republic	7500
Chuvash Republic	7500 (for public sector organizations) 6988 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Perm region
Kirov region	7500
Nizhny Novgorod Region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 9000 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Orenburg region	7500
Penza region	7500
Samara Region	7500
Saratov region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 7900 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Ulyanovsk region	6500 (for public sector organizations) 10000 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Ural federal district
Kurgan region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 7620 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Sverdlovsk region	8862
Tyumen region	7700 (for public sector organizations) 9300 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Chelyabinsk region	6100(for public sector organizations) 8300 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra	Minimum wage, taking into account the regional coefficient and percentage increase in wages
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	12431
Siberian Federal District
Altai Republic	7500 (for public sector organizations) 8751 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
The Republic of Buryatia	7500
Tyva Republic	7500 (for public sector organizations) not lower than 6300 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
The Republic of Khakassia	7500
Altai region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 9400 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Transbaikal region	6044 (for public sector organizations) 8095 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Krasnoyarsk region	6204 (for public sector organizations) 9544 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Regions of the Far North of the Krasnoyarsk Territory	16130 (Norilsk, Taimyr Dolgano-Nenets municipal district) 14269 (North Yenisei region) 19009 (Evenki municipal district) 15313 (Turukhansky district) 15200 (Yeniseisk)
Irkutsk region	7774 (for public sector organizations) 9717 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Kemerovo region	13617
Novosibirsk region	9030 (for public sector organizations) 9390 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Omsk region	6204 (for public sector organizations) 7135 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Tomsk region	7500 (for public sector organizations) 8581 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Far Eastern Federal District
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	15390
Kamchatka Krai	16910-19510
Primorsky Krai	7500
Khabarovsk region	11414-15510
Amur region	7500
Magadan Region	18750 (for public sector organizations) 20250 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Sakhalin region	16838
Jewish Autonomous Region	7500
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	6204
Crimea
Republic of Crimea	6204 (for public sector organizations) 7042 (for extra-budgetary organizations)
Sevastopol	6204 (for public sector organizations) 7343 (for extra-budgetary organizations)

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Minimum wage table for wages by year

The period from which the minimum wage is established	Amount of minimum wage, rub./month.	Regulatory act establishing the minimum wage
from January 1, 2018		Law Project
from July 1, 2017	7800	Article 1 of Law No. 460-FZ of December 19, 2016
from July 1, 2016	7500	Article 1 of Law No. 164-FZ of June 2, 2016
from January 1, 2016	6204	Article 1 of Law No. 376-FZ of December 14, 2015
from January 1, 2015	5965	Article 1 of Law No. 408-FZ of December 1, 2014
from January 1, 2014	5554	Article 1 of Law No. 336-FZ of December 2, 2013
from January 1, 2013	5205	Article 1 of Law No. 232-FZ of December 3, 2012
from June 1, 2011	4611	Article 1 of Law No. 106-FZ of June 1, 2011
from January 1, 2009	4330	Article 1 of Law No. 91-FZ of August 24, 208
from September 1, 2007	2300	Article 1 of Law No. 54-FZ of April 20, 2007
from January 1, 2006	1100
from September 1, 2005	800	Article 1 of Law No. 198-FZ of December 29, 2004
from January 1, 2005	720	Article 1 of Law No. 198-FZ of December 29, 2004
from October 1, 2003	600	Article 1 of Law No. 127-FZ of October 1, 2003
since May 1, 2002	450	Article 1 of Law No. 42-FZ of April 29, 2002
from July 1, 2001	300
from January 1, 2001	200	Article 1 of Law No. 82-FZ of June 19, 2000
from July 1, 2000	132	Article 1 of Law No. 82-FZ of June 19, 2000

Minimum wage for taxes, fines and penalties

Can a salary or salary be less than the minimum wage?

Indeed, it is worth distinguishing between an employee’s salary and wages; these, as a rule, can be different amounts. According to Art. 129 Labor Code of the Russian Federation salary includes:

• Official salary- a fixed amount of remuneration for an employee for the performance of labor (official) duties of a certain complexity per calendar month, excluding compensation and incentive payments.
• Compensation payments- additional payments and allowances of a compensatory nature, including for work in conditions deviating from normal, work in special climatic conditions and in territories exposed to radioactive contamination and other payments of a compensatory nature.
• Incentive payments- additional payments and incentive allowances, bonuses and other incentive payments.

Thus, since wages can include several groups of payments, the official salary can be set by the employer below the minimum wage, but only on the condition that, taking into account compensation and incentive payments, the total amount of wages will not be lower than the minimum wage. If an employee receives only one salary, then in this case its value also cannot be lower than the minimum wage.

It should also be said that the wages paid to the employee may be lower than the accrued wages. For example, if an employee worked for less than a full month or did not fulfill his job duties. In this case, the monthly salary paid may be lower than the minimum wage.

From July 1, 2017, the minimum wage in Russia is 8,700 rubles. View the minimum wage in your region.

What is the minimum wage

The minimum wage, or minimum wage, was first adopted by the United Nations in 1970. In the USSR, the minimum wage limit was adopted in 1973; its volume was 70 rubles and did not change until 1991. Over the past 17 years, the value of the minimum wage in Russia has increased more than 111 times.

Minimum wage– a lower threshold approved at the legislative level of the Russian Federation, which is used to control wages, establish the amount of payments for temporary unemployment of an employee, the amount of tax deductions, contributions to extra-budgetary funds, the amount of maternity benefits, and the amount of child care benefits.

Thus, accountants, owners of organizations, individual entrepreneurs and ordinary employees need to know the minimum wage in order to know their rights.

In addition, the minimum wage has a significant impact on the country’s economy:

• An increase in the minimum wage increases revenue to the country's budget
• Promotes redistribution of income to the poor
• The minimum wage is the starting point in determining the well-being of the population
• Based on the minimum wage, fixed insurance premiums for individual entrepreneurs are calculated
• Increases the quality of life of the country's population

At the same time, according to experts, the minimum wage also has negative aspects:

• Contributes to the growth of inflation, since additional costs of complying with the lower wage limit are usually included in the price of the product;
• It does not contribute to the growth of education among the population and the development of small businesses, since everyone is provided with a certain level of payment; the minimum wage has a special impact on individual entrepreneurs;
• Causes unemployment during a crisis, since job cuts are the only solution if it is impossible to reduce wages below a certain level.

The minimum wage from January 1, 2017 is 7,500 rubles

As a rule, changes to the minimum limit occur on the first day of the new year. However, this did not happen in 2017; at the moment, the minimum line corresponds to 7,500 rubles, it was established on July 1, 2016.

At the same time, the 2017 minimum wage, adopted in July 2016, began to be displayed on the amount of insurance premiums only from January 1 of the current year. This happened due to the fact that, according to Russian legislation, recalculation of the amount of insurance premiums can occur once a year.

From July 1, 2017, the minimum wage in Russia will increase to 7,800 rubles

This year, the minimum salary limit for employees will change on July 1 and the new minimum wage will be 7,800 rubles.

In addition to inflation, the following factors influence the lower wage limit:

• Unemployment rate in the country
• Efficiency of activities of entrepreneurs and organizations
• State pricing policy

It should be noted that the change in the minimum wage that will occur on July 1, 2017 will not affect the amount of insurance premiums, since their recalculation already took place on the first day of this year.

It is noteworthy that the minimum wage includes not only the employee’s salary itself, but also all kinds of allowances: compensation, bonuses, rewards.

At the same time, the salary required by law is paid for a certain period, and not for the actual amount of time worked. That is, an employee can work two shifts, but his monthly minimum wage will be 7,500 rubles.

As for the forecast, experts talk about a further increase in the minimum wage. Thus, in 2018, according to experts, the lower limit of wages should reach 8 thousand rubles.

Table of minimum wages 2017 by region

Region	Region code	Minimal salary (RUB) 3	Rationale
Central Federal District
Belgorod region	31	7 800	Article 1 of the law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Bryansk region	32	from 7,800 to 8,500 39 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement between the government of the Bryansk region, the public organization "Federation of Trade Unions of the Bryansk Region" and associations of employers of the Bryansk region on the minimum wage in the Bryansk region for 2017 dated December 21, 2016,
Vladimir region	33	8 500 (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the amount of the minimum wage in the Vladimir region dated June 30, 2016, art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Voronezh region	36	The cost of living of the working-age population. In this case, the tariff rate (salary) of a 1st category employee should not be less than 7,800 rubles. (7 800 1)	Agreement of employers' associations of the Voronezh region dated February 1, 2017; Article 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Ivanovo region	37	The cost of living of the working-age population, determined for the third quarter of the previous year (7,800 16)	Agreement on the regulation of social, labor and related economic relations between the government of the Ivanovo region, the regional association of trade union organizations, the regional association of employers for 2015-2017 dated December 26, 2014 No. 109-s; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Kaluga region	40	The subsistence level of the working-age population per month (7,800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Kaluga region of September 16, 2013; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Kostroma region	44	The cost of living of the working-age population (7,800 16)	Agreement on social partnership in the field of labor between the administration of the Kostroma region, the Federation of trade unions of the Kostroma region and associations of employers of the Kostroma region for 2014-2016 dated January 15, 2014 No. 3-d; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Kursk region	46	9 804 (7 800 16)	Agreement between the administration of the Kursk region, the Union "Federation of Trade Union Organizations of the Kursk Region" and the Association of Employers "Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Kursk Region" on the minimum wage in the Kursk region for 2017 dated December 20, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Lipetsk region	48	1.2 times the cost of living of the working-age population for the fourth quarter of the previous year (7,800 20)	Regional tripartite agreement for 2015–2017 between the administration of the Lipetsk region, the Federation of trade unions of the Lipetsk region, associations of employers of the Lipetsk region dated December 23, 2014 (together with the Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Lipetsk region for 2015–2017)
Moscow	77	17 561 22	Moscow tripartite agreement for 2016–2018 between the Moscow government, Moscow trade union associations and Moscow employers' associations dated December 15, 2015, Moscow Government resolution No. 551-PP dated September 6, 2016
Moscow region	50	13 750 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Moscow region between the government of the Moscow region, the Moscow regional association of trade union organizations and employers' associations of the Moscow region dated November 30, 2016 No. 118; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Oryol Region	57	10 000 (7 800 16)	Agreement of the Government of the Oryol Region, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Oryol Region, the Association of Employers "Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Oryol Region" dated February 2, 2017 No. 4; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Ryazan Oblast	62	8 500 (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Ryazan region for 2017 dated December 21, 2016 No. 144-1, art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Smolensk region	67	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Tambov Region	68	8 500 (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Tambov region dated July 19, 2016 No. 1, art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Tver region	69	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Tula region	71	13,000 (11,000 - for state and municipal institutions) (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Tula region dated November 16, 2015 No. b/n; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Yaroslavl region	76	from 7,800 to 10,002 25	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Yaroslavl region dated December 24, 2015.
Northwestern Federal District
Arhangelsk region	29	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Vologda Region	35	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Kaliningrad region	39	10 000 (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Kaliningrad region of December 26, 2014; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Leningrad region	47	10 850 (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Leningrad region for 2017 dated December 26, 2016 No. 20/C-16; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Murmansk region	51	14 281 (7 800 1)	Appendix 3 dated December 3, 2015 to the Agreement on the minimum wage in the Murmansk region for 2015–2017 dated November 28, 2014; Agreement on the minimum wage in the Murmansk region for 2015–2017 dated November 28, 2014.
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	83	12 420 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug dated December 22, 2015; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Novgorod region	53	Subsistence level of the working-age population per month 29 (7,800 15)	Regional agreement between the Association of Trade Union Organizations "Novgorod Regional Federation of Trade Unions", the Regional Association of Employers "Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Novgorod Region" and the government of the Novgorod Region "On the minimum wage in the Novgorod Region" dated December 26, 2014.
Pskov region	60	from 7 800 to 11 450 40	Agreement of the State Committee of the Pskov Region on Labor and Employment of December 29, 2016 No. 375
Republic of Karelia	10	The cost of living of the working-age population, established for the third quarter of the previous year (from 7,800 to 8,900 9) (7,800 1)	Order of the Government of the Republic of Karelia dated December 26, 2014 No. 811r-P (together with the Agreement on the minimum wage in the Republic of Karelia); Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Komi Republic	11	from 8,100 to 9,300 5 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Komi Republic of December 28, 2016 No. 149; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Saint Petersburg	78	16,000 rub. In this case, the tariff rate (salary) of a 1st category employee should not be less than 13,500 rubles. (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in St. Petersburg for 2017; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Southern Federal District
Astrakhan region	30	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Vologda Region	34	1.2 times the subsistence level of the working-age population (7,800 18)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Volgograd region dated July 5, 2016 No. S-272/15; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Krasnodar region	23	Subsistence level of the working-age population per month (7,800 16)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Krasnodar Territory for 2012–2014 (as amended by the Decision of the Krasnodar Regional Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations dated December 24, 2014 No. 5-4); Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of Adygea	01	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of Kalmykia	08	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Rostov region	61	7 800 38	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of Crimea	91	7 800 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage between the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea, republican associations of trade unions, associations of employers in the Republic of Crimea dated August 24, 2015, Additional agreement dated July 1, 2016 No. 1 to the Agreement on the minimum wage in the Republic of Crimea; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Sevastopol	92	8 000 (7 800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the city of Sevastopol dated August 11, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
North Caucasus Federal District
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	07	The cost of living of the working-age population for the fourth quarter of the previous year, with quarterly indexation throughout the year (7,800 19)	Decision of the Kabardino-Balkarian Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations dated July 8, 2014 No. 1 “On the Regional Agreement on the Minimum Wage in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic for 2014–2016”; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Karachay-Cherkess Republic	09	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of Dagesvan	05	7800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
The Republic of Ingushetia	06	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of North Ossetia - Alania	15	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Stavropol region	26	The cost of living of the working-age population for the first quarter of the current year, starting from the next month after its establishment. Until such a value is established, the cost of living of the working-age population for the first quarter of the previous year is used (7,800 16)	Order of the government of the Stavropol Territory "On approval of the Agreement between the government of the Stavropol Territory, the territorial association of the Federation of Trade Unions and the Union of Employers "Congress of Stavropol Business Circles" for 2016–2018" dated February 17, 2016 No. 41-RP, art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Chechen Republic	20	9 274 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Chechen Republic of December 22, 2015; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Volga Federal District
Kirov region	43	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Nizhny Novgorod Region	52	from 9,000 to 9,500 14 (7,800 16)	Decree of the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region, the Nizhny Novgorod regional union of trade union organizations "Oblsovprof", the association of employers "Nizhny Novgorod Association of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs" dated December 14, 2016 No. 849/389/A-565; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Orenburg region	56	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Penza region	58	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of Bashkortostan	02	8,900, including allowances for work in special climatic conditions (7,800 16)	Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan, associations of employers of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Bashkortostan dated April 20, 2016 “On the minimum wage in the Republic of Bashkortostan”; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Mari El Republic	12	9 251 (7 800 16)	Additional agreement between the Government of the Republic of Mari El, the Union of Trade Union Organizations of the Republic of Mari El and the Republican Association of Employers on the minimum wage in the Republic of Mari El for 2017 dated November 11, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
The Republic of Mordovia	13	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Republic of Tatarstan	16	8 252 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Republic of Tatarstan dated August 8, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Samara Region	63	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Saratov region	64	7 900 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Saratov region dated May 27, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Perm region	59	The cost of living of the working-age population 7	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Perm region for 2017–2019 dated November 11, 2016 No. SED-01-37-89; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Udmurt republic	18	7,800 (taking into account the regional coefficient of 8,970) (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Udmurt Republic of November 30, 2015; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Ulyanovsk region	73	from 7,800 to 10,000 34 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement between the Federation of Trade Union Organizations of the Ulyanovsk Region, associations of employers of the Ulyanovsk Region, the government of the Ulyanovsk Region dated June 10, 2015; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Chuvash Republic	21	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Ural federal district
Kurgan region	45	8 770 (7 800 1)	Agreement on the amount of the minimum wage in the Kurgan region dated November 8, 2016 No. 11/16; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Sverdlovsk region	66	8 862
Tyumen region	72	from 8,500 to 9,950 13 (7,800 1)	Additional agreement No. 4 dated August 31, 2016 to the Regional Agreement on the minimum wage in the Tyumen region dated April 30, 2014; Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Tyumen region dated April 30, 2014; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra	86	7,800 taking into account the regional coefficient and the percentage increase in salary for work experience in the Far North and equivalent areas (but not lower than the subsistence level of the working-age population established in the district)	Tripartite agreement “On the minimum wage in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra” dated March 31, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Chelyabinsk region	74	from 7,800 to 9,700 41 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Chelyabinsk region for 2017 dated December 30, 2016 No. 63; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	89	12,431 taking into account additional payments and allowances of a compensatory and incentive nature (7,800 1)	Regional agreement of the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Non-profit organization "Association of Employers of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug", the Territorial Association of Trade Union Organizations dated October 7, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Siberian Federal District
Altai region	22	9 400 36 (7 800 37)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Altai Territory for 2016–2018; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Transbaikal region	75	from 7 800 to 11 190 12	Regional agreement of the government of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the Association of Employers of the Trans-Baikal Territory of October 17, 2012; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Irkutsk region	38	from 7,800 to 12,652 6	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Kemerovo region	42	One and a half times the subsistence level of the working population for the fourth quarter of 2015 8 (7,800 1)	Kuzbass regional agreement between the Federation of Trade Union Organizations of Kuzbass, the board of administration of the Kemerovo region and employers of the Kemerovo region for 2016–2018 dated January 25, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Krasnoyarsk region	24	from 10,592 to 26,376 31 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Krasnoyarsk Territory of December 23, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Novosibirsk region	54	from 7,800 to 10,000 11 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Novosibirsk region dated November 29, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Omsk region	55	from 7 800 to 8 625 33	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Omsk region dated December 23, 2015 No. 106-RS; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Altai Republic	04	from 7,800 to 8,751 32 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Altai Republic of February 10, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
The Republic of Buryatia	03	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Tyva Republic	17	7 800 (7 800 16)	Additional agreement on amendments to the regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Republic of Tyva dated January 27, 2016, dated September 1, 2016, Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Republic of Tyva dated January 27, 2016, art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
The Republic of Khakassia	19	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Tomsk region	70	from 9,750 to 16,500 10 (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Tomsk region for 2017 dated January 9, 2017; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Far Eastern Federal District
Amur region	28	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Jewish Autonomous Region	79	7,800 with the addition of a regional coefficient and a percentage bonus for work experience in the southern regions of the Far East (7,800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Jewish Autonomous Region between the government of the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Regional Association of Employers of the Jewish Autonomous Region "Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs" dated December 31, 2015; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Kamchatka Krai	41	from 16,910 to 19,510 30 taking into account compensation and incentive payments (7,800 1)	Regional agreement on the minimum wage in the Kamchatka Territory for 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Primorsky Krai	25	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Magadan Region	49	from 18,750 to 20,250, including compensation and incentive payments 4 (7,800 1)	Agreement on establishing the minimum wage in the Magadan Region between the Association of Trade Union Organizations of the Magadan Region, the non-profit organization "Regional Association of Employers of the Magadan Region" and the government of the Magadan Region dated June 9, 2016 No. 3; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	14	16 824 (7 800 1)	Republican Agreement of the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the Federation of Trade Unions of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) dated June 16, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Sakhalin region	65	from 15,150 to 20,200 rubles. 24 (7,800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Sakhalin region for 2017 dated December 22, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Khabarovsk region	27	from 11,414 to 15,510 35 (7,800 1)	Agreement on the minimum wage in the Khabarovsk Territory between the Khabarovsk Regional Association of Trade Union Organizations, the regional association of employers "Union of Employers of the Khabarovsk Territory" and the government of the Khabarovsk Territory dated March 24, 2016; Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	87	7 800	Art. 1 of the Law of June 19, 2000 No. 82-FZ

1 Applicable to organizations financed from the federal budget.

3 The regional minimum wage must be used to determine the salary of employees - it should not be less than the minimum wage (Article 133 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). If the regional minimum wage is higher than the federal one, employee salaries need to be revised. But provided that the organization has joined the regional agreement on the minimum wage.

RUB 4,18,750 – for employees of non-budgetary organizations of the Magadan region, with the exception of the North-Evensky urban district, 20,250 rubles. – for employees of non-budgetary organizations in the North-Evensky urban district of the Magadan region.

5 8 100 rub. – for employees who work in the southern climatic zone: the cities of Vuktyl, Sosnogorsk, Syktyvkar, Ukhta with their subordinate territories, Koygorodsky district, Kortkerossky district, Knyazhpogostsky district, Priluzsky district, Syktyvdinsky district, Sysolsky district, Troitsko-Pechorsky district, Udorsky district, Ust-Vymsky district, Ust-Kulomsky district; 9,300 rub. – for employees who work in the northern climatic zone: the cities of Vorkuta, Inta, Pechora and Usinsk with their subordinate territories, Izhemsky district, Ust-Tsilemsky district.

6 7 800 rub. – for workers of agricultural organizations in the Irkutsk region; RUB 8,259 – for employees of state and municipal institutions operating in other areas of the Irkutsk region; RUB 9,717 – for employees of other organizations operating in other areas of the Irkutsk region; RUB 10,754 – for employees of state and municipal institutions operating in regions of the Far North and areas equated to regions of the Far North; RUB 12,652 – for employees of other organizations operating in the regions of the Far North and areas equated to the regions of the Far North, Irkutsk region.

7 For public sector employees, the cost of living of the working population for the fourth quarter of the reporting year is applied. This follows from the provisions of paragraph 3 of the Agreement on the minimum wage in the Perm Territory for 2017–2019.

8 Applicable in commercial organizations, except for organizations operating in the field of regulated pricing, and individual entrepreneurs (clause 3.48 of the Kuzbass regional agreement between the Federation of Trade Union Organizations of Kuzbass, the board of the administration of the Kemerovo region and employers of the Kemerovo region for 2016–2018).

9 8 900 rub. – for employees employed by agricultural producers in the northern part of the Republic of Karelia (Belomorsky, Kalevalsky, Kemsky, Loukhsky districts, Kostomuksha).

10 16 500 rub. – for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, other employers in the Alexandrovsky district, the urban district of Strezhevoy; 15,000 rub. – for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, other employers in the Verkhneketsky district, Kargasoksky district, Kedrovy, Kolpashevo district, Parabelsky district, Chainsky district; 13,500 rub. – for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, other employers in the Teguldetsky district, Molchanovsky district, Bakcharsky district, Krivosheinsky district; RUB 11,250 - for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, other employers in the city district - closed administrative
territorial entity Seversk, Tomsk region; RUB 9,750 – for employees of organizations financed from regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, other employers in Tomsk, Asinovsky district, Zyryansky district, Kozhevnikovsky district, Pervomaisky district, Tomsk district, Shegarsky district.

11 7 800 rub. – for employees of agricultural organizations; 9030 rub. – for employees of public sector organizations, except for organizations financed from the federal budget; 10,000 rub. – for employees of non-budgetary organizations, except agriculture.

12 7 800 rub. – for employees of agricultural organizations, as well as organizations financed from the federal, regional and local budgets, as well as the compulsory health insurance fund; for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets and the compulsory health insurance fund, who work in the Far North and equivalent areas: 10,960 rubles. – in Kalarsky district; RUB 9,499 – in the Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungochensky districts; RUB 8,647 – for employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agriculture); for employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agriculture) working in the Far North and equivalent areas: 11,190 rubles. – in the Kalarsky district, 10,172 rubles. – in the Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungokochensky districts.

13 8 500 rub. – for employees of budgetary, state-owned, autonomous institutions and autonomous non-profit organizations established by the Tyumen region or municipalities of the Tyumen region, 9,950 rubles. – for an employee of the non-budgetary sector of the economy.

14 9 000 rub. – for employees of organizations in the small business sector of the economy with an average number of employees of no more than 50 people, 9,500 rubles. – for employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy.

15 For employees of institutions financed from regional and local budgets.

16 For employees of organizations financed from federal, regional, and local budgets.

18 For employees of regional state and municipal institutions, non-profit and public organizations, organizations created by societies for the disabled, as well as organizations financed from the federal budget.

19 For employees of state and municipal institutions, as well as organizations financed from the federal budget.

20 For employees of the public sector of the Lipetsk region.

22 The minimum wage includes additional payments, allowances, bonuses and other payments, except for payments made in accordance with Articles 147, 151–154 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

24 The minimum wage in the Sakhalin region includes incentive payments (additional payments and bonuses of an incentive nature, bonuses and other incentive payments), as well as compensation payments, with the exception of payments made in accordance with Articles 147, 151, 152, 153, 154 of the Labor Code RF. The minimum salary in the Sakhalin region (before personal income tax withholding) is set at the following amounts: 15,150 rubles. – for persons working in Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Anivsky, Dolinsky, Korsakovsky, Makarovsky, Nevelsky, Poronaysky, Smirnykhovsky, Tomarinsky, Tymovsky, Uglegorsky, Kholmsky districts, the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk; RUB 18,757 – for persons working in Nogliki and Okha districts; RUB 20,200 – for persons working in the Kuril, North Kuril and South Kuril regions.

25 10 002 rub. – for employees of non-budgetary organizations, with the exception of employees of small and medium-sized enterprises; RUB 9,640 – for employees of small and medium-sized businesses; 7,800 rub. – for employees of public sector organizations.

29 The minimum wage for a calendar month is calculated based on the cost of living established for the working population for the quarter preceding the quarter that includes the month for which wages are calculated.

30 18 210 rub. – for employees working in organizations located on the territory of the Koryak District; RUB 19,510 – for employees working in organizations located on the territory of the Aleutian municipal region; RUB 16,910 – for employees working in organizations located in the rest of the Kamchatka Territory. 31 16 130 rub. – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in Norilsk; RUB 15,515 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the North Yenisei region; RUB 17,687 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Taimyr Dolgano-Nenets municipal district (except for the rural settlement of Khatanga); RUB 26,376 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the rural settlement of Khatanga; RUB 20,991 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Turukhansky district; RUB 19,704 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Evenki municipal district; RUB 15,918 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in Yeniseisk; RUB 12,436 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in Lesosibirsk; RUB 15,545 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Boguchansky district; RUB 16,042 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Yenisei region; RUB 15,048 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Kezhemsky district; RUB 15,918 – for employees of organizations carrying out labor activities in the Motyginsky district.

32 8 751 – for employees of extra-budgetary organizations, except for organizations and individual entrepreneurs operating in the field of agriculture and education; 7,800 – for employees of organizations operating in the field of agriculture.

33 7 800 – for employees of organizations and individual entrepreneurs carrying out “agriculture, hunting and forestry” as their main economic activity, and organizations financed from the regional and local budgets of the Omsk region; 8,625 – for employees of extra-budgetary organizations, except for organizations and individual entrepreneurs carrying out “agriculture, hunting and forestry” as their main economic activity.

34 10,000 rub. – for employees of main production facilities of the non-budgetary sector of the economy; 7,800 rub. – for employees of organizations established by the Ulyanovsk region or municipalities of the Ulyanovsk region, as well as for employees of small and medium-sized businesses.

35 11 414 rub. – for employees working in Bikinsky, Vyazemsky, Lazo, Nanaisky, Khabarovsk districts and the city of Khabarovsk; RUB 12,408 – for employees working in the Amur, Vaninsky, Verkhnebureinsky, Komsomolsky, Nikolaevsky, named after Polina Osipenko, Sovetsko-Gavansky, Solnechny, Tuguro-Chumikansky, Ulchsky districts and the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur; RUB 14,269 – for employees working in the Ayano-Maisky district; RUB 15,510 – for employees working in the Okhotsk region.

36 9 400 rub. – for employees of non-budgetary organizations. With the exception of employees who participate in public works or are temporarily employed under contracts between employers and employment services. As well as disabled employees employed under the established quota in public organizations of disabled people.

37 For employees of budgetary organizations. For employees of non-budgetary organizations who participate in public works or are temporarily employed under contracts between employers and employment services. And also for disabled employees employed under an established quota in public non-budgetary organizations of disabled people.

38 Employers of the extra-budgetary sector of the Rostov region are recommended to promote an increase in the minimum wage of employees to a level not lower than 1.2 times the subsistence minimum established for the working population of the region for the fourth quarter of the previous year (clauses 2.1.3, 2.1.4 of the Rostov regional agreement between the government of the Rostov region, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Rostov Region and the Union of Employers of the Rostov Region for 2014–2016, clause 1.3 of Appendix 2 to the Rostov Regional Regional Agreement between the government of the Rostov Region, the Federation of Trade Unions of the Rostov Region and the Union of Employers of the Rostov Region for 2014–2016).

39 7,800 rub. – for employees of organizations in the budgetary sector of the economy; 8,500 rub. – for employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy.

40 7 800 rub. - for staff:

• state, municipal institutions, as well as municipal unitary enterprises
• socially oriented non-profit organizations
• small businesses
• other organizations that are related to support personnel

RUB 11,450 – for employees of other organizations who are classified as core personnel.

41 7 800 rub. – for employees of organizations in the budgetary sector of the economy; 9,700 rub. – for employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy.

We all understand that wages in Moscow or St. Petersburg cannot be compared with wages in Pskov or Tolyatti. It was this fact that contributed to the emergence of the concept of regional minimum wage.

In this case, the regional minimum wage must be higher than or equal to the federal one. So the minimum wage in Moscow in 2017 is 2.3 times higher than the federal one.

The process of establishing a regional lower limit is interesting: it is determined by local authorities after agreement with trade unions and employers. Moreover, if a businessman does not agree with the decision of local authorities, he can conduct his activities according to the federal border. To do this, he must send a letter to the Labor Inspectorate.

Also, regional figures do not apply to employees employed in companies whose activities are funded from the federal budget.

Regional significance does not affect the amount of benefits and payments.

Minimum wage, insurance payments and benefits

Let's calculate payments for pension and health insurance.

The formula for calculating the amount of payments for employee pension insurance is as follows:

Minimum wage * 12 months * 26%. Let's substitute 7,500 into the formula and get 23,400 rubles.

The formula for calculating the amount of payments for health insurance is presented as follows:

Minimum wage * 12 months * 5.1%. Thus, the deduction for the employee’s health insurance will be 4,590 rubles.

Now let's look at the timing of insurance payments. When and how to make mandatory payments, each entrepreneur decides for himself. He can make contributions on any day during the year, he can pay the entire amount at once, or he can pay it in parts.

The deadline for paying insurance premiums is the last working day of each year. Moreover, if December 31st falls on a weekend, the last day of payments is postponed to the first working day of the next year.

In addition, those businessmen who receive an annual income above 300 thousand rubles are required to pay an additional 1% for pension insurance on income exceeding 300 thousand rubles.

There is also a limit on the maximum amount of pension insurance payments per employee. They should not exceed eight times the minimum wage.

That is, the maximum amount of payments to the pension fund in 2017 will be 60 thousand rubles. And the total amount of payments towards pension insurance for the year cannot exceed 187,200 rubles.

As for benefit payments, the minimum wage affects their volume in the following cases:

• The employee's length of service does not exceed six months
• The employee's salary is less than the minimum wage

Maternity and pregnancy benefits are calculated using the following formula:

(Number of days of maternity leave * minimum wage * 24 months) / 730 days (two years) and amounts to 34,521.2 rubles for 2017.

Can the salary be lower than the minimum wage?

Is it possible to set an employee’s salary below the minimum wage? Oddly enough, the answer to this question is yes.

This is possible in the following cases:

• An employee works part-time for your company. In these cases, the salary depends on the number of hours worked and, accordingly, may be lower than the established minimum. It is necessary to make a reservation that such a state of affairs is possible only with mutual consent and the conclusion of an additional agreement
• The employee works part-time for the organization. They are initially hired on no more than part-time basis, so can only receive 50% or less of the minimum wage
• An employee's salary consists not only of a fixed salary, but also of a monthly bonus and allowances. The employee did not fulfill the monthly quota and was not entitled to a bonus according to the local act on the calculation of bonuses. In this case, the employee will not receive a bonus and his monthly payment will be below the minimum wage. But here it is important to prescribe the procedure for paying bonuses (indicators, volume)

Responsibility for wages below the minimum wage

If none of the above conditions are met, but your employees are paid below the minimum, you will face certain sanctions.

These sanctions take the form of fines. The amount of fines depends on the severity of the violator, that is, the number of violations, as well as on the size of the organization and its legal status.

If you are the head of a department, production, small organization, or are a private entrepreneur, then for violating the law you will be fined from one to five thousand rubles. If you did not learn the lesson the first time and repeated the violation, the fine will vary from ten to twenty thousand rubles.

If you are a legal entity, the head of a large company, then for underpayment to employees you will be fined in the amount of thirty to fifty thousand rubles. If this is not the first time you have been caught, the fine will increase and will range from fifty to seventy thousand rubles.

At the same time, remember that the minimum wage in Russia includes not only a fixed salary, but also bonuses, allowances and raises. Therefore, the salary itself may be lower than the minimum minimum wage (this is not punishable by law), if the employee’s total salary per month, taking into account all additional payments, reaches up to the minimum wage.

Also see how the minimum wage changed in 2018 in the article: “Minimum wage from May 1, 2018 in Russia by region: table.”

Based on materials from: kakzarabativat.ru

On December 12, the State Duma adopted a law according to which in Russia in 2019 the size of the federal minimum wage will be increased. It will rise to the subsistence level and reach 11,280 rubles. What changes will occur at the regional level and how the level of wages and other dependent payments will change.

New figures for calculation

Based on Article 1 of Federal Law No. 82 in 2019, starting from January 1, changes will be made to the minimum wage. It is directly related to the value of the subsistence minimum (LM) established for the working population for the 2nd quarter of the previous year.

New figures for calculation

According to the order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection dated August 24, 2018, the PM indicators will be:

• working-age population - 11,280 rubles;
• pensioners - 8,583 rubles;
• children - 10,390 rub.

Accordingly, the minimum wage in 2019 in Russia is 11,280 rubles. For comparison, in May of this year this figure was 11,163 rubles. Those. the increase will not exceed 1% or 117 rubles.

The minimum wage is the minimum wage that any organization, regardless of its form of ownership, or individual entrepreneurs must pay to employees for a fully worked month. It is important to distinguish the amount that the employee will receive. Its final size is determined by all deductions in accordance with current legislation, including such as alimony.

Total wages cannot be lower than the established minimum wage. According to Article 129 of the current Labor Code of the Russian Federation, it includes:

• rewards for work performed;
• various types of compensation payments;
• incentive payments.

If this rule is violated, a fine will be imposed on employers. Its size is 30,000 - 50,000 rubles. The amount may increase if the violation is detected again.

Today it is unknown when the next minimum wage increase will be in 2019. The economic situation in Russia is unstable, so even experienced experts do not give clear forecasts.

Minimum wage values ​​are fixed at two levels - federal and regional. The amount of 11,280 rubles refers to the first, i.e. federal It is this figure that can be found in the latest news talking about how much the minimum wage will be in Russia in 2019.

As for the regional level. In each part of the Russian Federation, the minimum wage is established by regional minimum wage agreements. As a rule, it is higher than the federal one. But it cannot be lower; this is fixed in Article 133.1 of the Labor Code.

An important condition is that wages are linked to the regional minimum wage according to a special document. This is a regional agreement. Managers either join it themselves, or it happens “automatically”. The latter can happen if, after 30 calendar days from the date of publication of the agreement, a reasoned refusal has not been sent to the labor authority.

The minimum wage is set by regional minimum wage agreements

Accounting departments should know that for employees of enterprises in the Far North, a special rule applies when comparing wages with the minimum wage. It states that payments should not include the regional coefficient and the bonus for work in regions belonging to the Far North. According to the latest news, the planned increase in the minimum wage in 2019 does not imply changes in this rule. There are many enterprises in Russia located in this area.

The table shows the value of the minimum wage, which will be established in 2019 in Russia. From January 1, the value for regions will be determined by specific documents.

Minimum wage values ​​are fixed at two levels - federal and regional

Region	Minimum wage in the region
Altai region	RUB 11,280 x by regional coefficient
Amur region
Arhangelsk region	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient
Astrakhan region	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient
Belgorod region	RUB 11,280
Bryansk region	RUB 11,280 for employees of public sector organizations 11,280 for employees of non-budgetary sector organizations
Vladimir region	RUB 11,280
Volgograd region	In the amount of 1.2 times the subsistence minimum of the working-age population of the Volgograd region, but not less than 11,280 rubles.
Vologda Region	RUB 11,280
Voronezh region	The subsistence minimum for the working population, but not less than 11,280 rubles.
Jewish Autonomous Region	12,000 rub. for all employees regardless of length of service This amount includes all surcharges and coefficients. That is, the salary, taking into account all benefits, cannot be less than 12,000 rubles.
Transbaikal region	For employees of organizations financed from the budget of the Trans-Baikal Territory, local budgets of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the compulsory health insurance fund - 11,280 rubles. For employees of organizations financed from the budget of the Trans-Baikal Territory, local budgets of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the compulsory health insurance fund, working in the regions of the Far North and equivalent areas: – in the Kalarsky district in the amount of 11,280 rubles; – in the Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungochensky districts in the amount of 11,280 rubles For employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agricultural organizations) - 11,280 rubles. For employees of organizations in the non-budgetary sector of the economy (except for agricultural organizations) working in the Far North and equivalent areas: – in the Kalarsky district 11,190 rubles; – in the Tungiro-Olekminsky and Tungochensky districts in the amount of 11,280 rubles. – for employees of agricultural organizations - 11,280 rubles.
Ivanovo region	The cost of living of the working-age population, determined for the 3rd quarter of 2017 But not less than 11,280 rubles.
Irkutsk region	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	Living wage for the 4th quarter of 2018 for commercial firms RUB 11,280 - for state employees
Kaliningrad region	RUB 11,280 for commercial companies RUB 11,280 - for state employees
Kaluga region	RUB 11,280
Kamchatka Krai	29,024 rubles with a coefficient of 1.8 and 26,791 rubles with a coefficient of 1.6
Karachay-Cherkess Republic	RUB 11,280
Kemerovo region	1.5 times the subsistence minimum for the working population of the Kemerovo region, but not less than 11,280 rubles. Regional coefficient 1.3 The total minimum wage is 18,313 rubles.
Kirov region	RUB 11,280
Kostroma region	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient 1.15 The total minimum wage is 12,837.45 rubles.
Krasnodar region	In the amount of the subsistence minimum for the working population per month in the Krasnodar Territory, but not less than 11,280 rubles. Thus, by order of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Krasnodar Territory dated October 30, 2017 No. 1206 “On the value of the living wage in the Krasnodar Territory for the third quarter of 2017,” the living wage was established: for the working population - 11,280 rubles.
Krasnoyarsk region	Minimum wage increased by the regional coefficient
Kurgan region	RUB 11,280
Kursk region	Commercial - RUB 11,280. State employees - 11,280 rubles.
Leningrad region	11,400 rub.
Lipetsk region	1.2 times the cost of living of the working-age population for the 4th quarter of 2017 But not lower than 11,280 rubles.
Magadan Region	Establish the minimum wage in the Magadan Region for an employee who has worked the monthly working hours established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and fulfilled his labor duties (labor standards) - 19,500 rubles, with the exception of the North-Evensky urban district of the Magadan Region. In the North-Evensky urban district of the Magadan region, an employee who has worked the monthly working hours established by the legislation of the Russian Federation and has fulfilled his labor duties (labor standards) is set a minimum wage of 21,060 rubles. These amounts must be adjusted by the regional coefficient: 1.7 It turns out that the minimum wage in the Magadan region is: – 21,060 x 1.7 = 35,802 rub. in the North Evensky urban district; – 19,500 x 1.7 = 33,150 rub. in other areas.
Moscow	The size of the minimum wage in the city of Moscow is revised quarterly and is set in the amount of the subsistence minimum for the working population of the city of Moscow, approved by a resolution of the Moscow Government. If the cost of living decreases in the city of Moscow, the minimum wage remains at the same level. This happened in the 3rd quarter. The cost of living for the 3rd quarter in Moscow turned out to be less than for the 2nd quarter. Therefore, the minimum wage in Moscow from May 1, 2018 is the cost of living for the 2nd quarter, that is, 18,742 rubles. Thus, the minimum wage in Moscow is 18,742 rubles.
Moscow region	14 200
Murmansk region	RUB 25,675 (this amount takes into account northern allowances)
Nenets Autonomous Okrug	RUB 18,567 for commercial employers RUB 11,280 for state employees
Nizhny Novgorod Region	in organizations of the non-budgetary sector of the economy - in an amount not less than 11,280 rubles. per month; in organizations in the small business sector of the economy with an average number of employees of no more than 50 people, and public sector employees - in an amount not less than 11,280 rubles. per month;
Novgorod region	Living wage in the region, but not lower than 11,280 rubles.
Novosibirsk region	The region has a regional coefficient of 1.2. Therefore, the minimum wage is adjusted for it. RUB 11,280 x 1.2 = 13,395.6 rub.
Omsk region
Orenburg region	RUB 12,838 (this amount includes the regional coefficient of 1.15)
Oryol Region	RUB 11,280
Penza region	RUB 11,280
Perm region	RUB 11,280 + allowances
Primorsky Krai	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient For a regional coefficient of 1.4, the minimum wage is 15,628 rubles. For a regional coefficient of 1.2, the minimum wage is 13,396 rubles.
Pskov region	RUB 11,450 for commercial employers RUB 11,280 for state employees
Republic of Adygea	RUB 11,280
Altai Republic	RUB 11,280 for employees of non-budgetary organizations, except for those working in the field of agriculture in the field of education RUB 11,280 for employees of organizations in the field of agriculture and education, as well as public sector employees
Republic of Bashkortostan	11,280 + regional surcharges (0.15%) Taking into account allowances, the minimum wage in Bashkiria is 12,837.45 rubles.
The Republic of Buryatia	RUB 11,280
The Republic of Dagestan	RUB 11,280
The Republic of Ingushetia	RUB 11,280
Republic of Kalmykia	RUB 11,280
Republic of Karelia	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient 1.15, 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4
Komi Republic	RUB 11,280 in the southern natural and climatic zone of the Komi Republic RUB 11,280 in the northern natural and climatic zone of the Komi Republic RUB 11,280 for state employees
Republic of Crimea	RUB 11,280
Mari El Republic	RUB 11,280 for commercial employers RUB 11,280 for employees of organizations financed from federal, regional, and local budgets
The Republic of Mordovia	RUB 11,280
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient + allowances
Republic of North Ossetia–Alania	RUB 11,280
Republic of Tatarstan	RUB 11,280 For the following situations, the minimum wage is adjusted by a factor of 1.15 and set at RUB 12,837.45: Districts: Almetyevsky, Bugulminsky, Leninogorsky, Aznakaevsky, Bavlinsky, Elabuga, Menzelinsky, Nurlat-Oktyabrsky, Muslyumovsky, Sarmanovsky, Aktanyshsky, Aksubaevsky - employees of construction and repair organizations carrying out construction in these areas (as an exception) Throughout the entire territory, except for the city of Kazan - employees of enterprises and organizations of the oil and gas industry (with the exception of enterprises under the jurisdiction of local Soviets of Working People's Deputies)
Tyva Republic	RUB 11,280
The Republic of Khakassia	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient 1.3. The total minimum wage is 14,511.9 rubles.
Rostov region	In the amount of 1.2 times the subsistence minimum, established for the working population of the Rostov region for IV quarter 2017, but not lower than RUB 11,280. For micro-enterprises and small enterprises during the first three years of operation - at a level not lower than the subsistence minimum of the working-age population of the Rostov region for the fourth quarter of the previous year but not lower than 11,280 rubles.
Ryazan Oblast	RUB 11,280 for commercial employers RUB 11,280 for state employees
Samara Region	RUB 11,280
Saint Petersburg	Establish a minimum wage in St. Petersburg of 17,000 rubles. In this case, the tariff rate (salary) of a 1st category worker should not be less than 13,500 rubles. For state employees - 11,280 rubles.
Saratov region	RUB 11,280
Sakhalin region	Taking into account bonuses and coefficients, workers in the southern and central regions will have to receive at least 23,442.3 rubles, Nogliki and Okha regions - at least 29,023.8 rubles, and in the Kuril Islands - at least 31,256.4 rubles.
Sverdlovsk region	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient
Sevastopol	RUB 11,280
Smolensk region	RUB 11,280
Stavropol region	RUB 11,280 The agreement states that the salary is set at the subsistence level for the 1st quarter of 2017. However, this minimum is lower than the minimum wage. Therefore, the minimum wage in the region is 11,280 rubles.
Tambov Region	RUB 11,280
Tver region	RUB 11,280
Tomsk region	The minimum wage in the Tomsk region for employees of organizations financed from the regional and local budgets, territorial state extra-budgetary funds of the Tomsk region, and employees of other employers is set in the following amount: “Alexandrovsky district”, “Strezhevoy urban district” in the amount of 16,500 rubles. “Verkhneketsky district”, “Kargasoksky district”, “City of Kedrovy”, “Kolpashevsky district”, “Parabelsky district”, “Chainsky district” in the amount of 15,000 rubles. “Teguldetsky district”, “Molchanovsky district”, “Bakcharsky district”, “Krivosheinsky district” in the amount of 13,500 rubles. “City district - closed administrative-territorial formation of Seversk, Tomsk region” in the amount of 11,250 rubles. “Tomsk City”, “Asinovsky District”, “Zyryansky District”, “Kozhevnikovsky District”, “Pervomaisky District”, “Tomsky District”, “Shegarsky District” in the amount of 11,280 rubles.
Tula region	13000 rub. for employees of the non-budgetary sector of the economy 11,280 rubles for employees of state and municipal institutions of the Tula region RUB 11,280 for state employees
Tyumen region	For employees of budgetary, state-owned, autonomous institutions and autonomous non-profit organizations established by the Tyumen region or municipalities of the Tyumen region 11,280 rubles. For employees of the non-budgetary sector of the economy - 11,280 rubles.
Udmurt republic	RUB 12,837.45
Ulyanovsk region	for workers of main industries in the non-budgetary sector of the economy in the amount of 11,280 rubles. For state employees - 11,280 rubles.
Khabarovsk region	RUB 11,280 This value is adjusted by regional coefficients for regions from 1.2 to 1.7 and northern allowances.
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Ugra	RUB 11,280 + regional coefficient and percentage increase in salary for work experience in the Far North.
Chelyabinsk region	RUB 12,838 taking into account the Ural coefficient of 1.15
Chechen Republic	RUB 11,280
Chuvash Republic	RUB 11,280
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug	RUB 11,280
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug	RUB 16,299 taking into account additional payments and incentive bonuses RUB 11,280 for state employees
Yaroslavl region	RUB 11,280 for commercial employers (except small and medium-sized businesses) RUB 11,280 for small and medium-sized businesses RUB 11,280 for state employees

What is the minimum wage in the Moscow region from January 1, 2018? Has the Moscow region minimum wage changed? Has the minimum wage increased? Is it true that starting from January 1, 2018, it is impossible to pay less than the minimum wage in the Moscow Region as a salary? We will answer your questions.

Moscow region minimum wage (figures)

The minimum wage is the minimum wage that an organization or individual entrepreneur (employer) must accrue to employees for the month they have fully worked (Article 133 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). What is the size of the new minimum wage in the Moscow region from January 1, 2018?

The minimum wage in the Moscow region has been established since December 1, 2016 in the amount of 13,750 rubles (clause 1 of the Agreement on the minimum wage in the Moscow region between the Government of the Moscow region, the Union "Moscow Regional Association of Trade Union Organizations" and associations of employers of the Moscow region, concluded 11/30/2016 No. 118).

Since January 1, 2018, the minimum wage in the Moscow region has not changed or increased in any way. It remained in the amount of 13,750 rubles.

State employees of the Moscow region are guided by the federal minimum wage (from January 1, 2018 - 9,489 rubles).

Amount 13,750 rub. for the commercial sector, it is a guarantee that any employee, even without any qualifications, has the right to expect to receive a salary in this amount. In this case, it is assumed that the employee has worked for a full month and fulfilled the production plan.

How the minimum wage changed in the Moscow region until 2018

Minimum wage, according to Art. 133 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, should be no less than the subsistence level; this parameter was constantly increasing in order to somehow compensate for the increase in the cost of the consumer basket. We present a table that reflects the dynamics of increases in the minimum wage in the Moscow region by year (up to 2018).

Table: Minimum wage by year in the Moscow region

date	Value, rub.
from 01/01/2018	13750 (base value) 9489 (for federally funded organizations)
from 01.07.2017	13750 (base value) 7800 (for organizations financed from the federal budget)
from 01.12.2016	13750 (base value)
from 01.07.2016	12500 (base value) 7500 (for organizations financed from the federal budget)
from 01/01/2016	12500 (base value) 6204 (for federally funded organizations)
from 01.11.2015	12500 (base value)
from 01/01/2015	12000 (base value) 5965 (for organizations funded from the federal budget)
from 05/01/2014	12000 (base value)
from 01/01/2014	11000 (base value) 5554 (for federally funded organizations)

The table above shows the minimum wage values ​​in the Moscow region for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. These minimum wage values ​​are applied in the cities: Aprelevka, Balashikha, Bronnitsy, Vidnoye, Volokolamsk, Voskresensk, Golitsyno, Dzerzhinsky, Dmitrov, Dolgoprudny, Domodedovo, Dubna, Yegoryevsk, Zheleznodorozhny, Zhukovsky, Ivanteevka, Istra, Kashira, Klimovsk, Klin, Kolomna, Korolev , Kotelniki, Krasnoarmeysk, Krasnogorsk, Krasnozavodsk, Lobnya, Losino-Petrovsky, Lukhovitsy, Lytkarino, Lyubertsy, Mozhaisk, Mytishchi, Naro-Fominsk, Noginsk, Odintsovo, Lakes, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Pavlovsky Posad, Podolsk, Pushkino, Pushchino, Ramenskoye, Reutov, Sergiev Posad, Serpukhov, Solnechnogorsk, Stupino, Troitsk, Fryazino, Khimki, Chernogolovka, Chekhov, Shatura, Shcherbinka, Shchelkovo, Elektrogorsk, Elektrostal, Yakhroma and other settlements of the Moscow region.

Moscow region and federal minimum wages from January 1, 2018

From January 1, 2018, the federal minimum wage is 9,489 rubles. Cm. " ". However, the “minimum wage” of the Moscow region is higher than the federal one. After all, regions have the right to set their own minimum wage, but not less than the federal one (Part 4 of Article 133.1 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

The minimum wage in the Moscow region directly depends on the cost of living for the working population living in this region. Therefore, this amount continues to apply from January 1, 2018:

* The minimum wage includes additional payments, allowances, bonuses and other payments, except for payments in accordance with Articles 147, 151–154 of the Labor Code.

How to compare the federal and Moscow region minimum wages in 2018

Employers in the Moscow region (organizations and individual entrepreneurs) must set a salary no less than the Moscow region minimum wage (RUB 13,750) only if they have joined the Moscow regional agreement. Those employers who, within 30 calendar days after the publication of the agreement, have not sent a written reasoned refusal to join to the labor authority of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, will automatically join it. If such a refusal was sent, then the salary in the Moscow region from January 1, 2018 can be compared with the federal minimum wage (9489 rubles). If there was no refusal, then from January 1, 2018, rely on the minimum wage of the Moscow region - 13,750 rubles.

The minimum wage of the Moscow region, applied from January 1, 2018, already includes the tariff rate (salary) or payment according to a non-tariff system, as well as additional payments, allowances, bonuses and other payments, with the exception of payments:

• for working in harmful and dangerous conditions;
• combining professions (positions), expanding service areas, increasing the volume of work;
• night and overtime work, work on weekends and holidays.

In other words, for overtime work, you need to pay above the Moscow region minimum wage.

Compare the total payment amount for the month with the minimum wage before you withhold personal income tax. That is, a person can receive less than the minimum wage.

Include in the minimum wage all bonuses and rewards included in the remuneration system. The exception is regional coefficients and bonuses; they are calculated above the minimum wage.

Possible fines for employers in the Moscow region

For wages below the minimum wage, fines are imposed without proper justification. The company, if the violation is the first, faces a fine from 30,000 to 50,000 rubles. If the violation is repeated – from 50,000 to 70,000 rubles. For an official, the sanctions are accordingly: a fine from 1000 to 5000 rubles. and from 10,000 to 20,000 rubles. or disqualification from one to three years. The same rules apply to an entrepreneur as to an official, only disqualification cannot be applied to an individual entrepreneur (clauses 1 and 2 of Article 5.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

When the Moscow Region minimum wage does not need to be applied

Benefits

To calculate social benefits, use the federal minimum wage, not the regional one. Let us remind you that “minimum” social benefits are received by employees with earnings below the minimum wage or with short work experience (up to 6 months) (clause 1.1 of Article 14 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2006 No. 255-FZ).

Vacation pay

The federal, and not the regional, minimum wage should also be taken into account when calculating vacation pay. The average monthly earnings calculated for calculating vacation pay cannot be lower than the minimum wage (clause 18 of the Regulations, approved by Government Resolution No. 922 of December 24, 2007). Therefore, you need to compare the calculation result with this indicator. And if the comparison is not in favor of the employer, you will have to make an additional payment up to the federal minimum wage.

Insurance premiums for individual entrepreneurs “for themselves”

Insurance premiums for individual entrepreneurs “for themselves” for 2017 are also determined based on the federal minimum wage. In this case, you need to take the value set at the beginning of the year (RUB 7,500). However: since 2018, individual entrepreneurs’ contributions “for themselves” are no longer tied to the minimum wage. The Tax Code - in paragraph 1 of Article 430 - now spells out fixed amounts that all businessmen will have to pay throughout the year. And these fixed payments do not depend on the amount of income. And it doesn’t matter whether the businessman worked at a profit or at a loss. As a general rule, all individual entrepreneurs will have to pay such contributions to the Federal Tax Service budget. Cm. " ".