In our world, which is constantly and rapidly changing, there are not so many specialties that are likely to continue to exist in the future. The profession of an electrician, which, moreover, is more and more in contact with the profession of an electronic engineer, is one of the few whose good prospects can and should definitely be believed. However, not only the prospects of this profession are interesting, but also how things are going with the wages of electricians today, that is, how much an electrician receives here and now.
What salary depends on
In a general sense, an electrician is a too general concept, which includes many specializations, levels and categories. Very conditionally, they can be divided into two large groups, depending on the level of education. These are electrical engineers with a higher technical education and electricians of various specializations with a secondary technical education.
The former are engaged in the design of new and supervision of the operation of existing systems, while the latter directly carry out the necessary installation, repair and maintenance work on all electrical circuit systems: from generating electricity to delivering it to the final consumer, including the creation and maintenance of instruments and equipment.
According to the unified tariff-qualification reference book of working professions, electricians are assigned digits from 2 to 6 inclusive. The higher the discharge, the, accordingly, the more the electrician receives. How much such a specialist receives a salary also depends on the level of admission. There are 5 admission groups for electrical safety that determine the qualifications of the employee, and a list of the work that he has the right to perform.
The salary of an electrical engineer is mainly determined by the position that he occupies in a particular enterprise. Well, the enterprise itself, in which the specialist works, is of considerable importance.
Supply and demand
Relatively recently, the Ministry of Labor published a list of the most popular professions in Russia, which also includes the profession of an electrician. According to another document of the same Ministry, last year, for example, a vacancy of an electrical engineer with a salary of 195,000 rubles was included in the list of the highest paid, along with the commander of the aircraft and the captain of the ocean ship. It turns out that the profession is scarce and highly paid? So how much do electricians actually get in Russia?
The salary level of electrical engineers
They are white-collar workers in this profession. Here, the salary depends almost exclusively on the position held and on the particular employing organization. The dependence is very simple, the higher the position, the higher the salary of an electrical engineer, the richer the company - the richer the electrical engineer.
If a graduate of a higher educational institution in Moscow can claim a maximum of 30,000 - 35,000 rubles, then experienced leaders reach heights of 150,000-200,000 or more rubles a month. Earnings of unique specialists, those on whom “everything rests”, can be even higher. But this is the capital, and here we are talking about a few people who have advanced up the career ladder.
Now let's see how much electricians with higher education get in different cities of our country, based on data on vacancies. At the same time, along with the average salary in a particular city, the modal range of salaries received by electricians is also given. The modal salary range is the range of values most commonly found in job advertisements. In the table below, you can estimate how much electrical engineers get for their work.
Town | average salary (rubles per month) | Modal salary range (rubles per month) |
Moscow | 58,000 | 53,000 - 75,000 |
St. Petersburg | 48,000 | 29,000 - 50,000 |
Krasnoyarsk | 43,000 | 31,000 - 52,000 |
Novosibirsk | 37,000 | 29,000 - 49,000 |
Vladivostok | 55,000 | 34,000 - 53,000 |
Samara | 37,000 | 28,000 - 50,000 |
Voronezh | 34,000 | 30,000 - 50,000 |
Krasnodar | 40,000 | 29,000 - 48,000 |
Total in Russia | 35,000 | 28,000 - 50,000 |
The salary of electricians with secondary technical education in Russia
Traditionally, we will start by answering the question: how much do electricians get in Moscow, Russia's largest city?
If we process data on openly available vacancies, it is expected that the capital offers the highest paid jobs for specialists in this profession. The average salary is 51,000 rubles per month, while the modal range of salary values is in the range 32,000 - 53,000 rubles per month. In Moscow, out of 1376 vacancies for 666 vacancies, salary is offered in the indicated range, that is, almost half. To understand how much electricians get in other regions of Russia, just look at the following table:
Town | average salary (rubles per month) | Modal salary range (rubles per month) |
Moscow | 51,000 | 32,000 - 53,000 |
St. Petersburg | 45,000 | 26,000 - 48,000 |
Krasnoyarsk | 37,000 | 13,000 - 31,000 |
Novosibirsk | 29,000 | 12,000 - 18,000 |
Vladivostok | 51,000 | 35,000 - 46,000 |
Samara | 29,000 | 18,000 - 30,000 |
Voronezh | 29,000 | 24,000 - 37,000 |
Krasnodar | 33,000 | 23,000 - 33,000 |
Total in Russia | 35,000 | 28,000 - 50,000 |
The discrepancy between the average salary and the modal interval means that there are a small number of vacancies with the proposed salary of an electrician well above the average level. This is typical for the Asian part of the country, since a certain number of vacancies offers shift work and the level of salary that electricians receive due to difficult working conditions is much higher and can reach up to 80,000 rubles a month.
What other income can an electrician have?
A very common phenomenon in the circle of electricians is self-employment. However, some often combine employment and part-time jobs in a private manner. In Russia, the market for such services is extremely large. A significant part of the population across the country has cottages that need almost constant maintenance and periodic repairs, and the main housing in the private sector is not far behind in generating orders for electricians.
Prices for services sometimes allow them to earn significant amounts, up to 80-100 thousand rubles a month. Often in addition to basic earnings. Of course, such earnings cannot be called reliable and regular, it all depends on the constant availability of customers, available free time and willingness to work without days off and holidays, and often without holidays.
Finally
From the above data it can be seen that the level of earnings of an electrician, although slightly higher than the average salary in the country, still does not reach adequate values for this profession. How much an electrician receives is an important question, of course, but the value of a profession is determined not only by this. The main thing is that this work is interesting, requires special knowledge and experience, and is in demand today and in the future.
This profession provides great opportunities for professional growth and the associated increase in income. And one more aspect. The given figures on the level of salaries reflect only the available vacancies, that is, they are intended for “people from the street” and represent only the starting position. Ultimately, the answer to the question of how much an electrician receives in Russia primarily depends on the electrician himself.