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The Active Population in Figures

Working Conditions

Legal Weekly Duration

40 hours a week

Retirement Age

62 years for men and 57 years for women.

Working Contracts

A work contract is governed by legal provisions and to a lesser extent by collective agreements and individual negotiation.
Contracts can be permanent or fixed-term. The use of a fixed-term contract must be justified.

Labour Laws

Consult Doing Business Website, to obtain a summary of the labour regulations that apply to local entreprises.

Cost of Labour

Minimum Wage

The federal minimum wage (MROT) is 27,093 Rubles per month (approx. USD 353), as mandated by Federal Law No. 429-FZ and managed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.

Average Wage

Russia Monthly Earnings stood at 1,159 USD in Sep 2025 (CEIC data).

Social Contributions

Social Security Contributions Paid By Employers: Insurance contributions are levied on companies, individual entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals. The threshold is subject to annual revision by the Russian government. The rate is 30% withholding tax, broken down into: 22% up to the threshold (RUB 1,565,000), and 10% excess of the threshold to the State Pension Fund, 2.9% (up to RUB 1,032,000) to Social Insurance Fund, 5.1% to the Federal Medical Insurance Fund. For foreign employees, a withholding tax of 1.8% is payable to the Social Insurance Fund.
Social Security Contributions Paid By Employees: No mandatory contributions are payable by employees.

Social Partners

Employer Associations

KSORR - Coordinating Council of Employers'Unions of Russia
RSPP - Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Social Dialogue and Involvement of Social Partners

The scope of the unions is seriously limited by government policy and the position of strength of the Federation of Russian independent unions (FSIR), which is close to the government and prevents other unions from developing freely.
In addition, the new law on NGOs also applies to unions and limits their activity considerably.

Labour Unions

Federation of Russian Independent Unions

Unionisation Rate

46% according to the FSIR (of which 95% are members of this). Membership levels are dropping.

Labour Regulation Bodies