Rosstat: Kabardino-Balkaria became leader in wage growth

In 2022, Kabardino-Balkaria recorded the greatest increase in real incomes compared to 2021.
According to Rosstat, in 2022, the incomes of Russians as a whole decreased by 1.4%, but in 12 regions their growth was recorded. The largest increase was recorded in Kabardino-Balkaria (+5.6%). The leaders were also the Khanty-Mansiysk and Chukchi autonomous districts (+3.1%), Yakutia (+2.3%), Tatarstan (+2.1%), Tyumen Oblast (+2%) and Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (+1.4%). At the same time, Ingushetia entered the top ten outsiders with a fall of 6%. 
Some of these regions have become leaders in retail sales growth correlated with household consumption, according to Rosstat. Thus, in Kabardino-Balkaria it amounted to 17 per cent and in the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug to 4.5 per cent. Next are Krasnodar Krai (+8.4%), Tuva (+5.1%) and Kalmykia (+4.9%).

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