Salaries of officials - high value and the actual decline

Federal State Statistics Service reported on the number and salaries of civil and municipal servants at the regional level for 2009. The results are quite good. Judge - the average salary of civil servants of the executive authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation at the end of 2009 amounted to 34.4 thousand rubles, an increase of 4.4% per year in nominal terms. This is more than 14 000 more than in the average salary in the country (which is sometimes also raises doubts about its objectivity.) Moreover, in the Nenets Autonomous District in 2009, the average salary of officers reached the mark in the 109 500 rubles. In Moscow, the average salary of officers was 45.2 thousand rubles, down 9.3%. St. Petersburg officials earned an average of 49.3 thousand rubles per year received a real increase of 0.5%, and in the Leningrad region - 46,0 thousand rubles, with their salaries adjusted for inflation fell by 7.1%. It is noteworthy that all the regional bodies of executive power at the end of 2009 employed 222.3 thousand people - from 795.3 thousand, all regional and municipal officials. With about 38% of regional officials were paid more than 35 thousand rubles, and 20% - from 30 thousand to 35 thousand rubles. Thus, despite a slight decline in income of officials answer to the question "Who Lives Well in Russia?", As applied to various areas of work, it is quite obvious.