Minimum salary in McDonald’s US exceeded income of most Russians

McDonald’s will increase the hourly salary for its employees in the United States. Employees of the entry level will earn from 11 to $ 17 per hour, and the chiefs of shift are from $ 15 to $ 20 per hour, writes CNBC.

The increase in salary by 10 percent will affect about 36 thousand people. Thus, the most low-paid McDonald’s worker at full load will receive $ 1760 per month (about 130 thousand rubles).

its minimum salary will exceed a monthly income of 97.3 percent of the population of Russia. According to Rosstat, for the first quarter of this year, only 2.7 percent of Russians received more than 100 thousand rubles per month.

Earlier it was reported that in 2020, 24.6 percent of Russians (36 million people) had an income below 60 percent of the median. Thus, almost a quarter can be attributed to the category of low-income.

Medicated income – the median value above which there are 50 percent of the population, and in the other half of the population below. Last year, he on average in the country was 27 thousand rubles.

At the same time, the Russians need an average of 173 thousand rubles per month in order to feel happy, showed a survey Superjob.

/Media reports.