Government's Education Department Announces: Teachers' Typical Monthly Income Surpasses 71,000 Russian Rubles
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Cashing In: Teachers vs. Pizza Delivers – Who's On Top In Russia?
May just blew the roof off when it comes to salaries in the education sector. Most teachers are reported to be smashing the bank with a monthly average of 74,900 rubles (+15% year-on-year) as of June 2024. That's right, a giddy 15,300 rubles more than their comrades who dish out cheese and tomato sauce for a living.
While college teachers are raking it in, raking it in hard, preschool educators are also scoring big with 61,900 rubles a month (+14.4%). The secret is out, folks; educators are ballin' on a budget in Russia.
Now, grab a chair and keep it comfy because we're about to school you on some top-notch facts and figures. Moscow, the capital city, is waxing poetic with the highest teacher salaries, fattening their wallets with a hefty 92,000 rubles each month. Want to make a killing as a teacher in Russia? Well, head towards Moscow or the Kamchatka and Magadan regions, where the dough just keeps on coming – 90,000 and 78,000 rubles, respectively.
But listen up, folks, because it's not all sunshine and rainbows. Teachers in places like the Amur region and Altai are scraping the bottom of the barrel, earning only a pitiful 6,500 and 6,900 rubles per month, respectively. What a massive discrepancy, huh?
Fed up with these educational pay gaps, Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of the Federation Council, had a bone to pick with the Ministers of Education and Labor. She spilled the beans at the Council of Legislators meeting on April 28, sticking it to the industry for paying their young teachers a pittance compared to pizza deliverers who can earn a whopping 130,000 rubles in Moscow and other major cities.
So, there you have it, folks! The Great Teachers vs. Pizza Delivers Battle of 2024. As the tale of the tape tells us, educators, on average, are earning significantly more than pizza deliverers in Russia, with some regions seeing teachers making as much as 110% more. But remember, folks, the game isn't over yet; some teachers are still fighting for their rights while others are struggling to stay afloat. The adventure continues!
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Enrichment Data:- As a side note, the overall average monthly salary for teachers in Russia was reported to be 54,600 rubles per month as of the beginning of 2025, but this likely reflects late 2024 to early 2025 figures.- In the first half of 2024, the average monthly salary of college teachers increased to 71,7 thousand rubles (+13.1% year-on-year).- The regional variations for teachers with the top salaries were found in Moscow (81,000 rubles/month), the Kamchatka region (80,000 rubles/month), and the Magadan region (75,000 rubles/month), while in St. Petersburg, teachers earned 60,800 rubles per month in 2024. No specific breakdown was provided in the sources for preschool education workers or college teachers as separate categories; the above figures are generally for school teachers, but likely include preschool and college pedagogical staff under broader "teacher" categories in Russian statistics.
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- In Russia, teachers in the preschool education sector received an average monthly salary of 61,900 rubles (+14.4%) as of June 2024, surpassing the salaries of pizza deliverers in the same period.
- By 2025, the overall average monthly salary for teachers in Russia is reported to have increased to 54,600 rubles, according to recent data.
- The regional variations in teacher salaries were significant, with Moscow, the Kamchatka region, and the Magadan region offering the highest salaries at 92,000, 90,000, and 78,000 rubles per month respectively.
- In April 2024, Valentina Matviyenko, the Speaker of the Federation Council, criticized the underpay of teachers compared to pizza deliverers, who can earn as much as 130,000 rubles in major cities, during a Council of Legislators meeting.
