How much does the chairman of the Russian Pension Fund earn - official data? Program for increasing wages for employees of the Pension Fund.

The salaries of pension fund workers in 2019 will increase by 15% - this became obvious back in 2018, when the amount of the state budget was announced. It must be taken into account that a pledged amount of such a value implies a significant excess of the average wages in Russia by 2 times.

Almost every Russian is aware of the fact of the budget deficit, which is reported annually by press services from bureaucratic offices.

To reduce the deficit, budget funds are being optimized, which affects every second citizen. Here's what the optimization is:

• the fact that some part of Russian pensioners do not have their pensions indexed;
• in the “freezing” of salaries and the temporary impossibility of increasing them;
• in staff reductions, and therefore layoffs.

In the process of the notorious optimization, budgetary funds are distributed unevenly: government funding often passes by those who needed it most. There is no need to talk about fairness in resolving such issues: there will always be those dissatisfied with the decision made.

Table: wages in the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation by various regions in 2018-2019.

The salary of employees of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, according to their own words, does not exceed 27 thousand rubles per month on average.

This information differs from that announced by representatives of financial departments involved in planning the state budget. It is necessary to understand the following questions:

• what is the salary of Pension Fund employees;
• how much does it actually cost the state to maintain Pension Fund specialists (in numbers);
• how costs are rising.

Increase in expenses for Pension Fund employees

The stated plans of the Pension Fund include increasing the costs of maintaining its specialists. In numbers it looks like this: from 78.7 billion rubles in 2018 to 83 billion in 2019. The increase in expenses for the Pension Fund apparatus looks strange, especially against the background that the state is acutely short of funds for indexation of pensions.

1. If we assume that 12 thousand rubles is the average pension, then the salary increase for employees of the pension department will cost 358 (!) thousand pensions.
2. The calculated amount could allow supporting more than 30 thousand pensioners. And this number does not take into account the fact that many receive a pension much less than the average.
3. Full indexation of pensions by increasing funding for pension fund workers is impossible, but fairness to those in greater need would be more likely.

Trends in salary increases for PF employees look like this:

1. The average salary increase should be closer to 5.5%.
2. The real increase in income is much higher, since the Pension Fund apparatus is threatened with numerous cuts: about 10% of employees will be laid off.
3. The cost of maintaining an ordinary PF employee should be about 57 thousand rubles (before staff reductions). In 2016, the expense was slightly lower - 54 thousand rubles monthly. Where does the difference go if ordinary specialists claim that their salary is 27 thousand rubles? Unanswered question.
4. In the event of a one-time staff reduction, the maintenance of 1 PF specialist will reach almost 63 thousand rubles.

Average salary in the Pension Fund and comparison of the number of staff of the Russian Pension Fund with other countries

What else is included in the maintenance of employees of the Pension Fund

Such large expenses imply not only the salary (in total, it is about 40 billion rubles) that employees receive, but also the following points:

1. Formation of insurance premiums that the Pension Fund pays for its subordinates to insurance funds. It follows from this that the state not only provides income to employees, but also their future pensions, which the Pension Fund itself will then pay to its employees of retirement age. The amount of these insurance contributions is 30% of the salary, which is about 8 thousand rubles (based on the average salary of 27 thousand rubles). Thus, the formation of pensions for Pension Fund employees additionally takes 11.5 billion rubles from the state.
2. The remaining 30 billion, requested from the state budget by the department, disappears in an unknown direction, since the specific necessary expenses have not been presented. Perhaps it’s because of high bonuses or expensive business trips, which department heads do not disdain. An analysis by Life.ru journalists of travel statements of PF employees demonstrated that even middle-level management employees consider it normal to buy tickets costing 100-200 thousand rubles at the expense of the fund.
3. Some more expenses of the Pension Fund in numbers:

• outreach activities - 185 million rubles;
• construction purchases, acquisition and rental of real estate - more than 14 billion rubles, in many cases (50%) the amounts were greatly exaggerated.

Number of Pension Fund employees per 1 million pensioners in Russia, USA and Sweden

The salaries of pension fund workers in 2018 will increase by 15% - this became obvious back in 2017, when the amount of the state budget was announced. It must be taken into account that a pledged amount of such a value implies a significant excess of the average wages in Russia by 2 times.

Almost every Russian is aware of the fact of the budget deficit, which is reported annually by press services from bureaucratic offices.

To reduce the deficit, budget funds are being optimized, which affects every second citizen. Here's what the optimization is:

• the fact that some part of Russian pensioners do not have their pensions indexed;
• in the “freezing” of salaries and the temporary impossibility of increasing them;
• in staff reductions, and therefore layoffs.

In the process of the notorious optimization, budgetary funds are distributed unevenly: government funding often passes by those who needed it most. There is no need to talk about fairness in resolving such issues: there will always be those dissatisfied with the decision made.

Average salary in Russia

The salary of employees of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, according to their own words, does not exceed 27 thousand rubles per month on average.

This information differs from that announced by representatives of financial departments involved in planning the state budget. It is necessary to understand the following questions:

• what is the salary of Pension Fund employees;
• how much does it actually cost the state to maintain Pension Fund specialists (in numbers);
• how costs are rising.

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Increase in expenses for Pension Fund employees

The stated plans of the Pension Fund include a significant increase in the costs of maintaining its specialists. In numbers it looks like this: from 78.7 billion rubles in 2016 to 83 billion in 2017. The increase in expenses for the Pension Fund apparatus looks strange, especially against the background that the state is acutely short of funds for indexation of pensions.

Journalists from well-known media calculated:

1. If we assume that 12 thousand rubles is the average pension, then the salary increase for employees of the pension department will cost 358 (!) thousand pensions.
2. The calculated amount could allow supporting more than 30 thousand pensioners. And this number does not take into account the fact that many receive a pension much less than the average.
3. Full indexation of pensions by increasing funding for pension fund workers is impossible, but fairness to those in greater need would be more likely.

Trends in salary increases for PF employees look like this:

1. The average salary increase should be closer to 5.5%.
2. The real increase in income is much higher, since the Pension Fund apparatus is threatened with numerous cuts: about 10% of employees will be laid off.
3. The cost of maintaining an ordinary PF employee should be about 57 thousand rubles (before staff reductions). In 2016, the expense was slightly lower - 54 thousand rubles monthly. Where does the difference go if ordinary specialists claim that their salary is 27 thousand rubles? Unanswered question.
4. In the event of a one-time staff reduction, the maintenance of 1 PF specialist will reach almost 63 thousand rubles.

Average salary in the Pension Fund and comparison of the number of staff of the Russian Pension Fund with other countries

What else is included in the maintenance of employees of the Pension Fund

Such large expenses imply not only the salary (in total, it is about 40 billion rubles) that employees receive, but also the following points:

1. Formation of insurance premiums that the Pension Fund pays for its subordinates to insurance funds. It follows from this that the state not only provides income to employees, but also their future pensions, which the Pension Fund itself will then pay to its employees of retirement age. The amount of these insurance contributions is 30% of the salary, which is about 8 thousand rubles (based on the average salary of 27 thousand rubles). Thus, the formation of pensions for Pension Fund employees additionally takes 11.5 billion rubles from the state.
2. The remaining 30 billion, requested from the state budget by the department, disappears in an unknown direction, since the specific necessary expenses have not been presented. Perhaps it’s because of high bonuses or expensive business trips, which department heads do not disdain. Analysis by journalists L that even middle-level management employees consider it normal to buy tickets that cost thousands. rubles at the expense of the fund.
3. Some more expenses of the Pension Fund in numbers:

• outreach activities - 185 million rubles;
• construction purchases, acquisition and rental of real estate - more than 14 billion rubles, in many cases (50%) the amounts were greatly exaggerated.

Number of Pension Fund employees per 1 million pensioners in Russia, USA and Sweden

How are pension fund expenses growing?

We can say that the amount of funds allocated for the maintenance of the Foundation’s employees is growing steadily every year:

• in 2014, when the country was shaking from the crisis, an average of 47.3 thousand rubles were allocated per specialist;
• in 2015, the content not only did not decrease, but increased by 10% - to 52 thousand rubles;
• in 2016, the content continued to grow, albeit slightly (by 3.7%) - up to 54 thousand rubles;
• 2017 was a record year in terms of growth in employee expenses - up to 63 thousand rubles.

It is important to note that in Russia the ban on increasing the salaries of officials has not yet been lifted and even extended. How does this fit in with the above? The question is rhetorical.

A few more interesting facts about the Pension Fund: the Pension Fund has the status of an extra-budgetary institution, and therefore its employees are not formally officials, which means that the moratorium on salary increases has nothing to do with their salaries.

Pay attention to the video: the salary level of Pension Fund officials.

The department must be self-sufficient and autonomous, and also support its employees at its own expense.

1. The money that the Pension Fund generates independently, which is about 3.5 trillion rubles, is not even enough to pay the necessary pensions.
2. Due to the fact that the Fund is not able to ensure its own self-sufficiency, 40% of all expenses of the pension department in the amount of 3.2 trillion are borne by the state. The mistake is in ineffective spending of the funds that he can generate on his own. And pensioners who are deprived of indexation pay for these mistakes.
3. The wages of ordinary employees of the pension department are set and, accordingly, increased at the level of all federal structures to which the ban on salary increases applies. Therefore, the salaries of employees in the Pension Fund will remain the same as last year 2017, despite the fact that more than enough additional funds have been allocated. This is a paradox in Russian.

Despite the lack of budget for indexation of pensions, the Pension Fund will increase the salaries of its employees, as follows from the draft budget of the Russian Pension Fund. The document provides for an increase in expenses for payments to its specialists in 2017 - 83 billion rubles are allocated for personnel maintenance. This year, less was allocated for the same purposes - 78.7 billion rubles. In total, an additional 4.3 billion rubles will be allocated to increase pensions. Taking into account the fact that the average pension in Russia this year amounted to just over 12 thousand rubles, more than 358 thousand average pensions - or the annual maintenance of about 30 thousand pensioners - will be allocated to increase the income of Pension Fund employees.

Pension indexation was not carried out in full this year. WITH February . At the same time, the salaries of Pension Fund employees will increase by at least 5.5%, and most likely by a larger amount.

The fact is that next year it is planned to reduce the staff of the Pension Fund, since starting next year the fund’s function of administering insurance premiums will be transferred to the tax authorities.

As the press service of the Pension Fund told Life, “next year the workforce is expected to be reduced by approximately 11.8 thousand people.” Considering that the Pension Fund currently employs 121.7 thousand specialists, their number will decrease by 10%.

Interesting: earlier The Accounts Chamber noted that a significantly larger number of specialists are involved in the administration of contributions to the Pension Fund - about 20 thousand people. So it is obvious that the reduction will not affect all those involved in the administration of contributions.

In addition, the process layoffs will obviously last for a year, but even with the current number of staff, on average, the maintenance of one specialist in 2017 will cost approximately 56.8 thousand rubles. This is 5.4% more than this year - 53.9 thousand rubles. And if we assume that the Pension Fund of Russia will reduce all unnecessary employees at the beginning of the year, then the salary of one remaining employee will increase by almost 17% to 62.7 thousand rubles.

However, there are other benefits that Pension Fund employees like to take advantage of. For example, d even middle managersmembers of the Russian Pension Fund allow themselves to spend 100-200 thousand rubles on air travel, say, from Moscow to Kaliningrad, Simferopol, Sochi and even Geneva and Paris.

Salaries in the PRF have been growing for several years. Thus, in 2016, an average of 3.7% more was spent on maintaining one specialist than in the previous year. In 2015, the content increased by 9.9%.

At the same time, there is now a moratorium on the indexation of their salaries to the inflation rate for civil servants. The salaries of officials were already frozen in 2015 and 2016; now, according to the draft federal budget, they want to extend this moratorium for another three years. The Ministry of Finance even advocated the abolition of this provision of the law on indexation of officials’ salaries. Moreover, the salary of federal officials was even reduced by 10%, including in the presidential administration and in the government apparatus.

However, these restrictions do not formally apply to the Pension Fund, experts note.

Pension Fund employees are not legally civil servants, since the Pension Fund, although formally a state fund, is an extra-budgetary fund, says Natalya Milchakova, deputy director of the analytical department of Alpari. - Theoretically, the Pension Fund should pay salaries to its employees from its own funds, without resorting to state assistance.

In fact, more than 40% of all PFR expenses, which this year amount to 7.7 trillion rubles, are covered by funds from the federal budget, that is, the PFR lacks 3.2 trillion rubles for these purposes. At the same time, the costs, along with the obligation to pay pensions to the population, also include planned costs for remuneration of specialists of the Pension Fund.

It is in order to optimize the Pension Fund’s expenses that this year, for the first time in recent years, the principle of indexation of citizens’ pensions was violated.

True, in the form of compensation, pensioners in January 2017 will additionally receive a one-time payment in the amount of 5 thousand rubles. But such a payment is still significantly less than the required indexation. Considering that, according to Rosstat, the average pension in Russia was 12 thousand rubles, in 2016 pensioners will receive less than 12.8 thousand rubles.

According to the Accounts Chamber, in January-August this year, the real size of assigned pensions decreased by 3.7%.

The Pension Fund reported that “the salaries of employees of the Russian Pension Fund are set and increased according to standards at the level of salaries of employees of other federal departments (agencies).”

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One of the manifestations of such injustice was the recent news about increasing salaries for employees of the Russian Pension Fund. Analysis of the budgeted amount showed that the average salary of Pension Fund employees in 2017 should increase by an average of almost 15%, despite the fact that the average salary, judging by the volume of pledged funds, significantly exceeds the average salary in the country by almost 2 times. Although in fact, the Fund’s employees do not receive such funds - employee surveys claim that the level of remuneration does not exceed 27 thousand rubles on average. Careerist.ru figured out how much it costs the state to maintain Pension Fund employees.

Instead of 30 thousand pensioners

Despite the fact that in Russia there is an acute shortage of funds for indexing pensions - instead, pensioners were promised to pay 5 thousand rubles in January, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation plans to significantly increase the maintenance for its employees, at least this follows from the figures included in the discussion today draft budget for next year. The drafters included in it an increase in costs in 2017 for the maintenance of the Fund’s specialists to 83 billion rubles, although even this year the PFR apparatus cost the state much less - 78.7 billion rubles. Thus, the maintenance of employees requires an increase of 4.3 billion rubles. Life.ru calculated that if the average pension in the Russian Federation is at the level of 12 thousand rubles, then an increase in salaries for department employees will cost the state 358 thousand pensions - for this money it is possible to support about 30 thousand pensioners. And considering that not everyone gets the average size, even more.

In Russia there is an acute shortage of funds for indexing pensions, but the Pension Fund plans to significantly increase the content for its employees

This money, of course, would not be able to help index pensions in full, but in conditions of total savings it would certainly not be superfluous.

Taking into account the staff of the Pension Fund, they should increase the salaries of specialists by an average of 5.4%. But in reality (at least based on rough calculations) it turns out that the increase will be more significant. Thus, next year the PFR apparatus will be subject to massive layoffs - since the Federal Tax Service will control the payment of insurance payments by employers, the staff appears to be bloated. Life.ru reports that the layoffs will affect about 12 thousand employees of the Fund. Despite the fact that today the number of specialists numbers almost 122 thousand people, the reductions will affect about 10% of the staff.

However, last year Izvestia cited information from the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, according to which administrative control over the payment of contributions was exercised by at least 20 thousand employees. So layoffs will not affect everyone who does this work. At the same time, the Pension Fund itself claims that when this function was transferred to them, the staff increased by only more than 10 thousand people, so the Fund still does not intend to fire any extra employees. And the layoffs themselves, obviously, will not be one-time - they will clearly be “stretched out” in the hope that the situation will change.

But even if a full staff is maintained, the cost of maintaining an ordinary employee next year will be about 56.8 thousand rubles! This is despite the fact that in 2016 they already spent almost 54 thousand rubles monthly. Where these funds went, given the average salary of specialists of 27 thousand rubles, remains a mystery. One can only assume colossal disproportions between the salaries of ordinary employees and management - we are already accustomed to this, but even in this case the difference seems indecently huge. It will seem even more so if the reductions take place at once and at the beginning of the year - in this case, the average monthly salary of one Pension Fund employee will increase by more than 15%, to 62.7 thousand rubles!

Not just salaries

However, there is still a partial explanation for this volume of expenses - from the funds allocated for the maintenance of employees, not only their wages are formed, but also insurance contributions, which the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, as an employer, is obliged to pay to insurance funds. Thus, the state allocates funds not only to ensure income, but also to ensure future pensions, which this same Pension Fund will pay to its employees who have received pensioner status. But this only partially justifies such figures - the amount of deductions is 30%, given the average salary of 27 thousand rubles, the average amount of deductions is about 8 thousand rubles. Thus, in addition to the costs of salaries, which, based on the average monthly indicator, amount to no more than 39 billion rubles, the fund spends an additional 11.5 billion rubles on the formation of pensions for its employees.

But this, again, justifies only 50 billion rubles in expenses.

Where another 30 billion rubles will go is an open question. Obviously, senior executives receive high bonuses, go on expensive business trips and spend the fund's funds on other ineffective needs. Back in October, Life.ru journalists analyzed the travel statements of Pension Fund employees, and it turned out that even middle-level managers do not hesitate to purchase air tickets costing 100-200 thousand rubles at the expense of the fund.

This despite the fact that the most expensive of them are flights within Russia. The volumes of outright “squandering” of Russian pensioners’ funds are truly impressive. For example, as REGNUM news agency reports, in 2017 the Fund plans to spend a fabulous 185 million rubles on the PFR information and explanatory campaign alone. The results of the audit of the Pension Fund's estimates for capital construction, published by the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, deserve special attention. So, over the past 2 years, the Fund has spent over 14 billion rubles on the construction, purchase and rental of real estate

. The result of the audit showed that in 50% of cases the amounts spent were overestimated, and in 5 regions and in general, more money was spent on the purchase than was allocated for construction. So inefficient spending of funds by the Pension Fund is not news.

How expenses are rising

For example, in the crisis year of 2014, an average of 47.3 thousand rubles were spent on one specialist. Despite the crisis, in 2015 the content increased by almost 10% - to 52 thousand rubles, in 2016 by 3.7% - to almost 54 thousand rubles. In 2017, if we take into account the massive reduction, the increase in maintenance costs to 63 thousand rubles will be the largest in the entire history of the Pension Fund.

This looks quite strange against the backdrop of the fact that in Russia the ban on increasing the salaries of officials continues to be in force, which, apparently, will be extended for another 3 years. But, obviously, PFR employees were “lucky” in this matter - since the Fund has an extra-budgetary status, its employees are not formally officials, so their salaries are not limited by the imposed moratorium. Another question is that this same fact obliges the Foundation to be self-sufficient and support its employees at its own expense. However, the 3.5 trillion rubles it generates is not even enough to pay pensions, so 40% of all department expenses, which is 3.2 trillion rubles, are borne by the state.

Perhaps, if the Fund spent the money allocated to it more efficiently, government transfers would be much smaller, and pensioners would not have to be deprived of the indexation they are entitled to by law.

The amount of funds allocated for the maintenance of Pension Fund employees is growing every year.

But everything would be fine if the extra 4.3 billion rubles allocated actually went to increase the salaries of Pension Fund employees - this decision is supported by many. For example, Senator Valery Ryazansky in an interview with REGNUM said that the increase in their salaries is justified by the high workload, because despite the deprivation of their responsibility to control social contributions, they continue to administer a lot of other payments in addition to pensions. As reported by FBA Economy Today, the Union of Pensioners of Russia agrees with this, because the workload on employees is constantly growing.

But in fact, you shouldn’t expect any serious increase - the salaries of Pension Fund employees, as they say in the Fund itself, are determined and increased according to established standards, according to the level of salaries of specialists from other federal structures. The moratorium on increasing the salaries of civil servants applies to them, and therefore an increase in salaries, despite the allocation of additional funds, is not expected. Apparently, the money will again be spent on the needs of the elite.

The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation is one of the most significant social institutions in our country. This is the largest federal system for providing public services in the field of social security in Russia.

The structure of the Pension Fund includes 8 Directorates in the Federal Districts of the Russian Federation, 83 Branches of the Pension Fund in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as the OPFR in Baikonur (Kazakhstan), as well as almost 2,500 territorial directorates in all regions of the country. And the overall system employs more than 130,000 employees.

The basic parameters of PFR financial management are:

• Target collection and accumulation of insurance premiums.
• Financial payments of pensions.
• Control with the participation of the tax authorities of the fund and the like.

Like all other organizations, the pension fund has its own expenses and income. For example, income comes from insurance premiums from residents, as well as from employers. There are also voluntary contributions. And if we take into account the organization’s expenses, they are involved in the payment of care benefits, payment of state pensions and logistical and financial support for activities. Insurance payments are the main source of income.

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What does the Pension Fund do?

Here is a list of socially important functions performed by the Pension Fund:

• establishment and payment of insurance pensions (old age, disability, loss of a breadwinner), funded pensions, state pensions, pensions for military personnel and their families, social pensions, pensions for civil servants;
• issuance of state certificates for maternity (family) capital;
• assignment and implementation of social payments to certain categories of citizens: veterans, disabled people, Heroes of the Russian Federation, etc.;
• appointment and implementation of the federal social supplement to pensions up to the subsistence level of a pensioner in the region;
• maintaining a system of personalized accounting of the rights of participants in the compulsory pension insurance system;
• formation, investment and payment of pension savings;
• targeted assistance to pensioners and co-financing of social programs of constituent entities of the Russian Federation;
• implementation of the State Pension Co-financing Program;
• implementation of international agreements.

Qualities for applicants

Who is best suited to work in a pension fund?

Feedback from employees suggests that the following characteristics are required:

1. Stress resistance. Behind this word, which is so often used to characterize applicants for any position in principle, lies the ability to maintain a straight face and at the same time a friendly expression, no matter who you happen to communicate with. Working in a pension fund involves daily communication, not only with colleagues, but most often with potential buyers of services. It is no coincidence that the word “pensioner” hides the image of a grumpy elderly man. If you work in the non-governmental sector, then get ready for objections and ridicule in response to the offer of a service. The ability not to lose face and not burst into tears due to rudeness is what is fundamental in the work of state and non-state pension funds.

2. Competent speech. You may not have a higher education, but it is very important to be able to competently and clearly explain everything about the quality of the product, especially for employees of non-state pension funds. Your salary depends on how well you can present your product. The point about competent speech includes persuasiveness and the ability to negotiate.

3. Putting your career above personal relationships and family. Working at a pension fund involves long hours, and non-state pension funds pay their efficient employees who are willing to stay at work late. If you plan to leave the office no later than 17:00, then this job is not for you.

Program to increase wages for employees of the Pension Fund

As we know, in 2013 a program is being created that talks about increasing the salaries of the heads of the Russian Pension Fund by 3 times. As for the salary increase for employees, it was raised by decree of 2014. An increase to the basic salary was also immediately accrued.

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In the range from 2019 to 2019, a crisis began and as a result of this, wage increases were suspended and salaries stopped growing. Employers took extreme measures and cut staff.

Later, the authorities pass a law to reduce expenditures from the state treasury in the amount of 600 billion rubles. The reason was sanctions and a decrease in oil prices on the world market.

And yet, Pension Fund employees still hope for stabilization and increase in wages in the near future.

Real numbers and salary calculations

Last year, the average salary of pension fund employees increased by 15%. In other words, the income of workers in this area has become significantly higher than the average throughout the country. But in real life, the salary does not exceed 27,000 rubles.

Today, the highest paid position in the entire Pension Fund is the head of the customer service department. His salary is 28,300 rubles. A salary of 25,000 is provided for such positions as deputy head of the department, specialist - expert of the economic department, lawyer, chief specialist - expert and head of the department.

There is a small difference between their salaries, which does not exceed 200 - 300 rubles. A leading specialist - an expert, an inspector and a programmer - receives up to 16,000 rubles. A salary of 19,000 rubles is provided for a senior specialist and an expert specialist.

A specialist and a leading specialist receive the minimum wage. At this time it is only 14,000 rubles. But the system does not intend to stop at such income. The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation has immediate plans to increase benefits for its employees.

The amount of allocated funds should be about 83 billion rubles. To calculate the average income of an employee in this field of activity, you need to add the amount of income for the previous and previous years, then divide the total by 731 days (calendar days for both years).

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When calculating, days that are not included in the calendar are excluded.

We are talking about:

Parental leave;

Sick leave;

Exemption from work according to the legislation of the Russian Federation;

maternity leave.

All wages are subject to taxes. This is a contribution to extra-budgetary funds, personal income tax and payment of contributions for injuries. For individuals, the tax payment amount ranges from 13 to 30%. As for contributions, pension contributions amount to 22%, health insurance - 5.1%, social insurance - 2.9%, injuries - from 0.2 to 8.5%.

Pros and cons of working in a state pension fund

Pros:

First of all, since a PF of this form of ownership is a state-owned enterprise, the employee is guaranteed to receive all the benefits from such work. This is a white salary, 36 days of rest a year, a normal working day. In addition, this is certainly a useful experience in communicating and working with archives. Many respondents note that they very clearly saw the connection between fair payments by the employer and the impact of these payments on the size of their future pension.

Minuses:

For many respondents, the officially rationed day turned out to be not quite rationed in reality. But what caused the most criticism was the consistently low wages. This was not a reason for leaving work, but 80% of former employees of the pension fund note that for such a volume of work the salary could have been higher.

What else did the respondents not like about working in the pension fund? Reviews from former employees also indicate that you get very tired of communication. It happens regularly, using all possible types of communication: verbally, by phone, by mail. If you are an introvert, then working in a pension fund will definitely not be to your liking. It is also not always possible to do what is planned due to the specifics of document flow. For example, a debt collection specialist noted that sometimes it is very difficult to work with the archive, and it is not always possible to make ends meet.

What to expect for Pension Fund employees in 2019

In 2019, the Russian Pension Fund will make cuts. The workforce will decrease by 12,000 people, which is about 10% of the total. It follows from this that the salary of one specialist will increase to 63,000 rubles, that is, 10,000 more than before.

Since formally employees of the Pension Fund are not government employees, wages may not be indexed. Although remuneration for its employees must be made from its own funds, still more than 40% of all expenses come from the federal budget.

According to the agency, about eight percent of employees will be laid off in the next four years, and the number of employees will decrease from 109 thousand to 100 thousand people. There will be “less than 500” territorial bodies - by the end of 2019 there were 1.5 thousand of them in Russia. The PFR press service reported that reductions in employees and the number of territorial bodies became possible thanks to the digitalization of the fund’s work and the launch of electronic services, for example, a personal account on the PFR website.

It was previously reported that in 2019 Sberbank fired 8.8 thousand people. At the same time, the bank’s profit according to international financial reporting standards for 2019 increased by 38.2 percent, to 748.7 billion rubles. The credit institution reported that the cuts were due to the bank's strategy.

Working in a pension fund: employee reviews

Of course, the opinion of one person cannot be considered a valid basis for characterizing the entire work of the pension fund as a whole. Therefore, we studied various reviews from former pension fund employees. What all reviews have in common is that specialists from various services say that the team is dominated by older employees, over 40 years old. Meanwhile, based on impressions, according to reviews, communication within the team went well for everyone and there was not much negativity. What advantages do former employees of state pension funds say?