Gender pay gap in Russia 2005-2021

The unadjusted gender pay gap in Russia reached 23.7 percent in 2021. In other words, the difference between the average hourly wages of men and women amounted to nearly 24 percent of the average hourly male wages. The higher this share is, the higher the difference is between male and female earnings in a country.

Gender pay gap situation in Russia

Over the period under consideration from 2005, Russia's gender pay gap generally decreased. In 2005, it peaked at nearly 34 percent, while the lowest figure was marked in 2013, at below 23 percent. Despite the recent decreases, as of 2021, there was not a single industry where women earned more than men in Russia. For example, in the information and communication industry, female employees earned on average 35.8 thousand less than a month than male employees. Overall, across industries, a female's salary constituted 72.5 percent of that of a man in Russia.

Is gender pay equality likely in Russia?

In the ranking of most gender-equal countries in the world, Russia placed 49th with an index of 0.2 where zero referred to full equality and one meant full inequality. Furthermore, almost a half of Russians believed that full gender equality with respect to pay is unlikely in the country. To compare, 70 percent of respondents in China believed the opposite, according to a survey from 2021.