Economist names areas with wage growth above inflation in 2025

Employees of the IT sector, engineers and construction workers are expected to see their salaries rise 5-10 times higher than inflation. Igor Balynin, associate professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, said this on Monday, December 9.

"The growth of salaries at rates above inflation in 2025 will be for workers in the IT sector, engineers and construction workers. I believe that the income of most of them will grow by 20-50%," the expert said in a conversation with aif.ru.

According to the economist, the large differentiation is due to the fact that labor remuneration in these areas is very variable depending on skills and qualifications.

As for other areas, where we should expect an increase in salaries, the expert named doctors, teachers, university professors and other public sector workers, reports 360.ru.

In turn, December 6, Deputy Director of the Employment Service of the capital, deputy head of the center "Professions of the Future" Alexander Chugunov reported that over the past six months, the salaries of welders in the capital increased by 16%, a novice specialist can receive from 120 thousand rubles, reports the agency of city news "Moscow".

On December 3, the website kp.ru reported that almost 60% of Russians said about the growth of wages in 2024.

48% of respondents said that their labor remuneration increased by more than 10%. Another 10% said their wages had increased, but by no more than 10%, RT reported.

In 2024, 53% of the surveyed companies increased salaries to employees. This is stated in the results of the study of services "Work.ru" and "SberPodbor", which were familiarized by "Izvestia".

Also, 44% of respondents noted the growth of brand recognition, and 43% were able to increase profits. Expansion of the client base and the opening of new lines of business were important achievements for 41% and 40% of survey participants, respectively.

Earlier, on November 28, Rosstat data showed that in the third quarter of this year the average nominal salary in Russia amounted to 83,891 rubles, reports NSN. This is 17.8% more than in July - September 2023.