The average salary in St. Petersburg and the North-West Federal District

The average wage as an indicator of the economy is considered by the people to be short-lived and illusory. Many ironically describe the value as "the average temperature in the hospital." At the same time, it is the average salary in St. Petersburg, as well as in other subjects of the Russian Federation or the country as a whole, is not only an important statistical indicator: the value affects the establishment of the level of the minimum wage in the region and the determination of amounts that are allocated as support to certain segments of the population .

Average salary in St. Petersburg

At the present time (November 2016), the average wage in the northern capital has risen by 1,330 rubles compared to the previous month and fell by 5,650 rubles from the corresponding period of the previous year. The average salary in St. Petersburg in November 2016 is 30,397 rubles a month.

The number is not at all unreasonable. The value has been carefully calculated by Petrostat - the regional department of the Federal State Statistics Service, which produces statistical information.

As for the more realistic picture, then, according to the population (not calculations, but real statistics), the average salary in St. Petersburg is 38,329 rubles a month. The information was obtained on the basis of a survey of the population on actual incomes, monthly entering the family budget. But it is worthwhile to realize that among such receipts there can be not only hard earned, but also gifts, incomes from other types of activity or interest from investments.

Of course, the official average salary in St. Petersburg is only a statistical average monthly figure. The real earnings depend on the field of activity and the specific profession, specialization, the experience of the employee, the availability of a system of material incentives in the company and many other factors.

Average monthly salary in the North-West Federal District

Compared with the average salary in other subjects of the federal district, St. Petersburg occupies the highest position, with the exception, perhaps, of Murmansk and the Nenets Autonomous District. According to statistics for February 2016, the average salary in St. Petersburg is almost 46,000 (45,900 rubles), while in the Murmansk region by 500 rubles more. The record indicator was recorded in the Nenets Autonomous District - 65,300 rubles per month.

The lowest level of wages in the federal district was 26 thousand rubles. (Novgorod region). In general, for the North-West Federal District, the average monthly wage is 38,800 rubles.

Rating of branches by number of vacancies in St. Petersburg

The most popular specialists in St. Petersburg in 2016 were employees of the sphere of trade, in second place - production, followed by programmers and PR-managers, marketing specialists and publishers, printing. A large share of the labor market is occupied by employees of the real estate and social sphere, teachers, doctors and nurses, pharmacists, representatives of working professions, drivers and many other specialists.

The rating is compiled on the basis of the analysis of the number of offers by industry on the job sites and information of employment centers.

The most highly paid industries

In addition to the most demanded areas, there is a separate list of the highest paid. High average salary in St. Petersburg in real estate. Its value is 54,900 rubles. A little behind highly professional employees of car-care centers and transport sphere - 50 750 rubles a month. Earn well managers in the trade (49 500 rubles) and construction (48 500 rubles a month).

Rating of the most popular professions

The most popular positions in St. Petersburg are the seller-cashier (almost three thousand open vacancies with an average salary of 25,000 rubles), the driver (2,700 job offers), the cleaner (2,500) and the deputy director. Also in demand are doctors of various specializations and junior medical personnel (just over two thousand vacancies on popular job search sites and employees).

The average salary of a doctor in St. Petersburg, by the way, is 62,572, which is one and a half times more than in the Northwest Federal District (41,540 rubles). For junior medical personnel, the indicator is at the level of 30,000.

As far as teachers are concerned, the most popular vacancy sites have only about 300 open job offers, which does not allow us to name the profession in demand. The average salary of a teacher in St. Petersburg is 25 thousand rubles.

Teachers of Japanese and other languages, as well as employees of private schools can count on a greater salary. The average salary of a teacher in a secondary school is about 30,000 rubles.

The highest paid positions in St. Petersburg

The most prestigious professions and promising salary level are senior java developer (java programmer with senior developer level, ie high qualification), welder with certification of NACS and java developer. The directors of the companies, the leading developers and specialists, who ensure the quality of software development, do not lag too far behind the amount of earnings. Other professions, whose qualifications are estimated in large sums of money, are shown on the graph.

So, the average salary of a programmer in St. Petersburg starts from 40,000 and very much depends on the skill level and specialization of the employee. Some programmers and software developers (senior java developer, java developer) receive and 140 000-165 000 rubles. In general, in the ranking of the highest paid positions, five out of ten positions are occupied by specialists in the field of computer technology.