Salary of municipal officials in the cities of Russia

Abstract

The analysis of differences in salary of employees of local governments and employees of large and medium-sized enterprises in the urban districts of Russia during 2009—2011 has been held. The smallest gap occurred in Siberia, and the higher ones were in the Far East and Southern federal districts. In 2010 and 2011 in the cities applying the model of local self-government with a city manager the gap rate was much higher. There is practically no direct link between performance indicators of economic development and the gap degree; to the contrary, in cities with poor population the gap is higher.