Named places of Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk in the Russian salary rating

Analysts presented a fresh rating of Russian cities by wages.

The results of the first half of 2026 were taken as the basis for compiling this list. The ratio of average wages in one hundred largest cities of Russia to the cost of a regional fixed set of consumer goods and services was calculated. In addition, the salary indicators of cities were compared with their results of the same period last year.

The rating includes the two largest cities of the Chelyabinsk region - Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk. Chelyabinsk is located in the all-Russian list on the 34th place. The average net salary in it in the first half of 2026 amounted to 86.6 thousand rubles (plus 8.1% for the year). The ratio of wages and the cost of a fixed consumer set in the South Ural metropolis is 3.64.

Magnitogorsk was placed on the 40th place. The average net salary in the first six months of this year in the city of steelworkers was equal to 83.7 thousand rubles (plus 5.9%). The ratio of wages and the cost of the consumer set is 3.52.

Neighboring cities included in the rating were placed in the following places: Tyumen - 13th place; Yekaterinburg - 17th place; Ufa - 47th place; Kurgan - 62nd place.

Earlier on the topic: Named the place of the Chelyabinsk region in the ranking of material well-being.