MOSCOW, Feb 22 (PRIME) -- Russia’s wage arrears increased by 24.3% in January to 798.9 million rubles as of February 1, the Federal State Statistics Service said on Wednesday.
The wage arrears accumulated in 2023 amounted to 37.3 million rubles, the arrears that emerged in 2022 amounted to 458.8 million rubles, and the arrears accumulated in 2021 and earlier to 302.8 million rubles.
The education sector accounted for 59.4% of the debt, the processing industry for 18.8%, construction for 4.4%, water dispatching and waste recycling for 4.4%, the agriculture and timber industries for 3.8%, mining for 3.8%, transport for 2.9%, real estate management for 1.2%, and electric power and gas provision for 1%.
(74.8596 rubles – U.S. $1)
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