The lowest salaries of social workers are recorded in the North Caucasus Federal District

The average salary of a social worker in Russia is 44,000 rubles, according to Rosstat. The lowest salaries were recorded in the North Caucasus.

So, in Kabardino-Balkaria, the average salary in this area is 26 thousand rubles. The situation is slightly better in Ingushetia (27 thousand), Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia (28 thousand), Chechnya and Dagestan (29 thousand). The leaders are Yamal (120 thousand 225 rubles), Magadan region (103 thousand 129 rubles) and Moscow (91 thousand 364 rubles).

The real earnings of ordinary workers of social services are much lower than those indicated for the regions.

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