Salaries in the agricultural sector of the Russian Federation are growing faster than in the economy as a whole — experts

Over the year, they increased by 14.3% According to SberAnalytics data presented at the industry conference "Applied Digital Solutions in Agriculture - 2025", the average salary in the Russian agricultural sector reached 81.4 thousand rubles by the end of the first nine months of 2025 — this is 14.3% more than a year ago. On average across the economy, the growth was 8.7%. The median salary in agriculture, reflecting the income of the majority of workers in the sector, was 63.9 thousand rubles (+10.1%) According to the study, among the regions, the highest average wages in agriculture are in Kamchatka Krai (195.1 thousand rubles), Murmansk Oblast (168.9 thousand rubles), Primorsky Krai (160.5 thousand rubles), Moscow (157.4 thousand rubles), and Sakhalin Oblast (138.5 thousand rubles). The high incomes of agricultural workers in the Far North and the Far East are explained by the higher cost of living in these regions. The highest salary increases in the agricultural sector over ...