Problems of Minimum Salary in Russia
Table 2: Comparison of fixed costs, the minimum set of goods, the living wage and the minimum wage in January
| Years | Fixed set | Minimum set | Excess of the minimum set over the fixed set, times | living wage for 1 quarter | Minimum wage amount |
| 2002 | 2812,12 | 936,71 | 3,0 | 1719 | 450 |
| 2003 | 3232,84 | 1044,78 | 3,1 | 2047 | 450 |
| 2004 | 3680,67 | 1116,6 | 3,3 | 2293 | 600 |
| 2005 | 4298,22 | 1254,28 | 3,4 | 2910 | 720 |
| 2006 | 4913,78 | 1406,65 | 3,5 | 3374 | 800 |
| 2007 | 5421,2 | 1506,78 | 3,6 | 3696 | 1100 |
| 2008 | 6334,12 | 1879,99 | 3,4 | 4402 | 2300 |
| 2009 | 7292,01 | 2159,42 | 3,4 | 5083 | 4330 |
| 2010 | 8014,17 | 2192,72 | 3,7 | 5518 | 4330 |
| 2011 | 9072,71 | 2768,69 | 3,3 | 6473 | 4330 |
| 2012 | 9208,83 | 2437,44 | 3,8 | 6307 | 4611 |
| 2013 | 10046,71 | 2662,15 | 3,8 | 7095 | 5205 |
| 2014 | 10952,88 | 2922,88 | 3,7 | 7688 | 5554 |
| 2015 | 12506,72 | 3592,51 | 3,5 | 9662 | 5965 |
| 2016 | 13517,06 | 3627,07 | 3,7 | 9776 | 6204 |