The average salary of Kaliningrad residents was a third lower than the average Russian

Kaliningrad ranked 71st among 100 Russian cities in terms of salaries. This is evidenced by the RIA Novosti rating.

In the first half of 2026, the average accrued salary (net of personal income tax) in the regional center amounted to 86.3 thousand rubles. With this money, you can buy 3.06 consumer sets. Over the year, the indicator increased by 12.9%.

The average salary in the country in the reporting period reached 119.2 thousand rubles, an increase of 11.6%. Thus, the Kaliningrad indicator is a third lower than the all-Russian one.

The leader of the rating on the purchasing power of wages for the fifth year in a row was Novy Urenga. The top ten also included Salekhard, Anadyr, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Moscow, Krasnogorsk, Magadan, Surgut, Odintsovo and Khimki. At the end of the list were Grozny and Nalchik.

Earlier it was reported that in Pionerskoye discussed the fight against illegal employment and “gray” salaries.