The cost of living for a pensioner by region in 2021.

It is worth noting the fact that not all citizens, but mostly older people, live in abundance and have all the things necessary for a normal existence. This is directly related to the fact that salaries in the country are not high, pensions are small, and the money received is barely enough to survive. For this reason, such a concept as a living wage was introduced.

It represents the amount of money needed to purchase things, products, and essential medicines. They represent an additional payment to your existing pension or salary. In this article we will look exclusively at the cost of living that pensioners are entitled to in 2019.

What does a pensioner's living wage include?

First you need to understand what the living wage is. This is a certain amount of money paid by the state to unsecured or needy pensioners whose income is below average.

Basically, these funds are used to purchase food, detergents, medicines, as well as those types of services that are needed.

It also consists of two components, namely:

1. Physiological needs are those material items without which it is impossible to imagine the ordinary life of any person. They make up more than 80% of all money allocated for the cost of living.
2. Social needs - it includes a full set of spiritual and mental values.

Important! It is worth noting that the amount of these payments is determined individually for each pensioner, since everyone has a different income. It also all depends on the region of residence of the elderly person.

Living wage from May 1, 2021 in Russia - general indicators

The direct cost of living in 2021 in Russia was fixed on January 1 and amounts to 10,326 rubles per capita in the Russian Federation as a whole. It should be remembered that the corresponding principles for calculating this indicator are established based on the results of the previous quarter and, until May 1, 2021, are regulated by the provisions of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1490 of December 8, 2017.

Directly from May 1, 2021 in Russia, the cost of living will not change for now, since it will take time to analyze economic indicators and the consumer basket for the first quarter of this year. However, starting from the first day of May, another significant change will occur - from this moment on, the minimum wage in 2021 will be equal to the subsistence level and will subsequently change depending on this indicator.

In general, the cost of living indicators for the country are as follows:

• The cost of living for a child at the beginning of 2021 is 10,181 rubles.
• The cost of living for a pensioner at the beginning of 2021 is set at 8,726 rubles.
• For an adult able-bodied person, the cost of living is 11,160 rubles.

The living wage for pensioners is established by the provisions of a separate regulatory act, which in the case of 2021 is Federal Law No. 178 of July 17, 1999.

What is the cost of living for a pensioner in 2019?

As mentioned earlier, the cost of living depends on many factors and is determined according to several categories, namely:

1. Place of residence of the pensioner.
2. Amount of pension payments.
3. Availability of an additional source of income.

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The main and key factor is still the region in which the elderly person lives. This is due to the fact that each of them has its own salaries and prices.

The cost of living for a pensioner in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation

We present to your attention a table with the regions, as well as the minimum amounts of cash payments that they are entitled to this year.

№	The subject of the Russian Federation	Sum	NPA
1	Altai region	8 669	Law of November 2, 2018 No. 91-ZS
2	Amur region	8 846	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 256-OZ
3	Arhangelsk region	10 258	Law of October 26, 2018 No. 15-2-OZ
4	Astrakhan region	8 352	Law of October 26, 2018 No. 101/2018-OZ
5	Belgorod region	8 016	Law of November 27, 2018 No. 310
6	Bryansk region	8 523	Law of October 24, 2018 No. 72-Z
7	Chechen Republic	8 735	Law of December 5, 2018 No. 59-RZ
8	Chelyabinsk region	8 691	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 804-ZO
9	Chukotka a.o.	19 000	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 65-OZ
10	Chuvash Republic	7 953	Law of October 19, 2018 No. 65
11	Jewish Autonomous Region	9 166	Law of October 25, 2018 No. 316-OZ
12	Saint Petersburg	8 846	Law of November 30, 2018 No. 711-714
13	Sevastopol	8 842	Law of December 17, 2018 No. 463-ZS
14	Khabarovsk region	10 895	Law of October 24, 2018 No. 371
15	Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra	12 176	Law of October 16, 2018 No. 69-oz
16	Irkutsk region	8 841	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 82-OZ
17	Ivanovo region	8 576	Law of November 1, 2018 No. 51-OZ
18	Kabardino-Balkarian Republic	8 846	Law of September 27, 2018 No. 24-RZ
19	Kaliningrad region	8 846	Law of November 19, 2018 No. 224
20	Kaluga region	8 708	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 397-OZ
21	Kamchatka Krai	16 543	Law of September 27, 2018 No. 250
22	Karachay-Cherkess Republic	8 846	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 67-RZ
23	Kemerovo region	8 387	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 80-OZ
24	Kirov region	8 474	Law of September 27, 2018 No. 182-ZO
25	Kostroma region	8 630	Law of October 18, 2018 No. 469-6-ZKO
26	Krasnodar region	8 657	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 3882-KZ
27	Krasnoyarsk region	8 846	Law of November 23, 2018 No. 6-2201
28	Kurgan region	8 750	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 118
29	Kursk region	8 600	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 61-ZKO
30	Leningrad region	8 846	Law of December 20, 2018 No. 130-oz
31	Lipetsk region	8 620	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 214-OZ
32	Magadan Region	15 460	Law of November 1, 2018 No. 2305-OZ
33	Moscow region	9 908	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 180/218-OZ
35	Murmansk region	12 674	Law of October 26, 2018 No. 2295-01-ZMO
36	Nenets a.o.	17 956	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 6-oz
37	Nizhny Novgorod Region	8 102	Law of October 2, 2018 No. 88-z
38	Novgorod region	8 846	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 315-OZ
39	Novosibirsk region	8 814	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 304-OZ
40	Omsk region	8 480	Law of October 5, 2018 No. 2102-OZ
41	Orenburg region	8 252	Law of October 25, 2018 No. 1284/344-VI-OZ
42	Oryol Region	8 730	Law of November 6, 2018 No. 2283-OZ
43	Penza region	8 404	Law of September 25, 2018 No. 3243-ZPO
44	Perm region	8 539	Law of November 1, 2018 No. 299-PK
45	Primorsky Krai	9 988	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 365-KZ
46	Pskov region	8 806	Law of November 7, 2018 No. 1886-OZ
47	Republic of Adygea	8 138	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 177
48	Altai Republic	8 712	Law of November 20, 2018 No. 74-RZ
49	Republic of Bashkortostan	8 645	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 1-з
50	The Republic of Buryatia	8 846	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 136-VI
51	The Republic of Dagestan	8 680	Law of October 30, 2018 No. 63
52	The Republic of Khakassia	8 782	Law of December 10, 2018 No. 66-ЗРХ
53	The Republic of Ingushetia	8 846	Law of October 26, 2018 No. 43-rz
54	Republic of Kalmykia	8 081	Law of September 26, 2018 No. 6-VI-3
55	Republic of Karelia	8 846	Law of October 22, 2018 No. 2286-ZRK
56	Komi Republic	10 742	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 77-RZ
57	Republic of Crimea	8 370	Law of November 1, 2018 No. 535-ZRK/2018
58	Mari El Republic	8 191	Law of November 1, 2018 No. 53-Z
59	The Republic of Mordovia	8 522	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 80-З
60	The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)	13 951	Law of October 19, 2018 2050-Z No. 11-VI
61	Republic of North Ossetia-Alania	8 455	Law of November 6, 2018 No. 84-RZ
62	Republic of Tatarstan	8 232	Law of September 25, 2018 No. 50-ZRT
63	Tyva Republic	8 846	Law of November 30, 2021 No. 448-ZRT
64	Rostov region	8 488	Law of November 1, 2018 No. 31-ZS
65	Ryazan Oblast	8 568	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 65-OZ
66	Sakhalin region	12 333	Law of December 11, 2018 No. 73-ZO
67	Samara Region	8 413	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 85-GD
68	Saratov region	8 278	Law of October 26, 2018 No. 99-ZSO
69	Smolensk region	8 825	Law of October 25, 2018 No. 105-z
70	Stavropol region	8 297	Law of November 2, 2018 No. 91-kz
71	Sverdlovsk region	8 846	Law of November 6, 2018 No. 126-OZ
72	Tambov Region	7 811	Law of November 6, 2018 No. 283-З
73	Tomsk region	8 795	Law of November 13, 2018 No. 128-OZ
74	Tula region	8 658	Law of October 25, 2018 No. 90-ZTO
75	Tver region	8 846	Law of October 26, 2018 No. 47-ZO
76	Tyumen region	8 846	Law of October 25, 2018 No. 101
77	Udmurt republic	8 502	Law of September 28, 2018 No. 52-RZ
78	Ulyanovsk region	8 474	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 110-ZO
79	Vladimir region	8 526	Law of October 24, 2018 No. 94-OZ
80	Volgograd region	8 569	Law of October 23, 2018 No. 115-OD
81	Vologda Region	8 846	Law of December 5, 2018 No. 4450-OZ
82	Voronezh region	8 750	Law of October 29, 2018 No. 138-OZ
83	Yamalo-Nenets a.o.	13 425	Law of October 2, 2018 No. 60-ZAO
84	Yaroslavl region	8 163	Law of October 31, 2018 No. 51-z
85	Transbaikal region	8 846	Law of November 15, 2018 No. 1653-ZZK

NLA - A normative legal act, in accordance with which the cost of living of a pensioner in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation is established

Based on the data in the table presented, it is clearly visible that the average cost of living is 8,726 rubles .

Living wage in Moscow by year

Period	Living wage (rub.)				Base
	per capita	for the working population	for pensioners	for children
for the fourth quarter of 2021	15397	17560	10929	13300	Decree of the Moscow Government dated March 13, 2018 No. 176-PP
for the third quarter of 2021	16160	18453	11420	13938	Decree of the Moscow Government dated December 5, 2017 No. 952-PP
for the second quarter of 2021	16426	18742	11603	14252	Decree of the Moscow Government dated September 12, 2017 No. 663-PP
for the first quarter of 2021	15477	17642	10965	13441	Decree of the Moscow Government dated June 13, 2017 No. 355-PP
for the fourth quarter of 2021	15092	17219	10715	12989	Decree of the Moscow Government dated 03/07/2017 No. 88-PP
for the third quarter of 2021	15307	17487	10823	13159	Decree of the Moscow Government dated November 29, 2016 No. 794-PP
for the second quarter of 2021	15382	17561	10883	13259	Decree of the Moscow Government dated 09/06/2016 No. 551-PP
for the first quarter of 2021	15041	17130	10623	13198	Decree of the Moscow Government of May 31, 2016 No. 297-PP

How does the cost of living of a pensioner affect the size of the pension?

The first thing that every pensioner should know when applying for a living wage is that its amount directly depends on whether you are working or are an unemployed pensioner. Since in the first case the amount will be 10,573 rubles, and in the second - 8,078, which is significantly lower than the first amount.

Next, we will answer the most common answer regarding the connection between the size of the pension and the cost of living. These two units are in no way connected with each other and have different components. For example, for those whose pension is an amount equal to the minimum, no additional or preferential payments will be provided. And for those who need them, they will be assigned without fail.

Living wage from May 1, 2021 in Russia

Since most other significant indicators, such as the minimum wage and pensions, are tied to the cost of living in Russia from May 1, 2021, its size is of great importance for many Russians and foreigners working in the Russian Federation. It should be remembered that the cost of living for a child or pensioner differs from the stipulated size of the consumer basket of an adult able-bodied person. It is also necessary to remember that in different regions of the Russian Federation, these indicators may also differ significantly in accordance with the table of the cost of living from May 1, 2018 by region.

How is the social supplement to the subsistence level financed?

There are two types of social supplement:

1. Federal surcharge.
2. Regional surcharge.

The only differences between them are that they differ in the sources that provide them with money and the place where they apply for these payments.

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It is also necessary to know that the social supplement is assigned only if the entire income, which consists not only of the pension, but also of other additional payments, is less than the established amount.

It should also be noted that the amount of this additional payment is determined individually for each pensioner, since everyone’s income is different.

Where to go if your pension is below the subsistence level

The recipient of the benefit should find out the cost of living for a pensioner in the region of his residence. If the amount of social security accrued to him is lower than the PMP, he has the right to apply for additional payment to the authorized body at his place of residence:

• district department of social protection of the population;
• multifunctional center (hereinafter referred to as MFC);
• Pension Fund branch;
• through gosuslugi.ru - a portal of public services remotely.

Who is eligible to receive social benefits?

Any unemployed citizen who has the right to receive benefits can apply for a social supplement if the amount of his monthly financial support is below the minimum wage level established in the region at the time of application. The total income of a non-working pensioner consists of the following income:

• any type of government benefit;
• additional material support - benefits that include allowances for special services to the fatherland, Heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation, veterans of the Second World War and other military operations;
• monthly cash payments, including the cost of a set of social services;
• financial compensation for travel on public transport;
• government subsidies for housing and communal services.

When calculating the income of a person receiving social benefits, one-time payments and government support measures expressed in kind are not taken into account. They cannot prevent a pensioner from claiming a bonus and serve as a reason for an employee of the authorized body to refuse to accrue it to the applicant - such actions violate his legal rights. There are 2 types of social surcharges:

		Monthly cost of living for pensioners:
		By region	Around the country
Federal	Applicant's income (per month)	below
Regional		higher

Example 1: Ivanov lives in the Kemerovo region and has become entitled to receive old-age benefits. His monthly income is 6,578 rubles, the cost of living for pensioners in the region is set at 7,805.6 rubles, and in the country as a whole - 10,929 rubles. He may qualify for a federal supplement. Example 2: Sidorova lives in Moscow and has issued an accrual of old-age benefits. Its total monthly income does not exceed 11,500 rubles, which is higher than the cost of living for pensioners in the country, but lower than in its region - 12,320 rubles. She has the right to receive a regional supplement.

List of required documents

A person who has been assigned a benefit who has not previously received this type of additional payment should contact the territorial office of the Pension Fund or MFC in person or submit an application remotely online through a personal account on the State Services portal - gosuslugi.ru. He will need the following documents:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation or any other document identifying the applicant;
• an application drawn up and filled out according to the appropriate template - as a rule, placed on a stand with information;
• pensioner's ID.