The North Caucasian Federal District has the least number of residents receiving a salary of over 100 thousand rubles.

In the ranking of regions for high salaries, published on the RIA Novosti website, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia occupy 83rd and 84th (penultimate) places. In these republics, the share of workers officially receiving a salary of 100 thousand rubles per month is 2.1%. The situation is worse only in Kalmykia, where the figure is 1.8%.

In 82nd and 81st places are Dagestan and Chechnya (2.3% each). North Ossetia and Karachay-Cherkessia took 80th and 79th places (2.4% each). The Stavropol Territory was in 66th position with an indicator of 4.2%.

Experts also note that the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District have the largest share of low-paid workers (those who earn less than 20 thousand rubles per month according to official data). In Chechnya the figure is 35.6%, in Ingushetia - 34.1%, in Dagestan - 32.2%, in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic - 30.8%, in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic - 29%, in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania - 28.8%.

The leaders in high salaries were Chukotka and Yamal, where more than half of the workers earn over 100 thousand rubles per month.

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