What incentive payments are there for teachers? Who is the most popular and paid teacher in Russia? What is this state support?

Who is the most popular and paid teacher in Russia now and what should applicants to pedagogical universities and already working teachers focus on? Teachers' salaries in schools and educational institutions will not fall in the near future, but no significant increase is expected. On the contrary, most likely, there will be a tendency to reduce personnel and increase production standards. Accordingly, the highest paid and most sought-after teachers are those who can teach a large number of hours and combine several subjects at once. Probably the most promising areas at school are Russian language and literature, as well as mathematics.

Applicants who dream of working in a school should be advised to focus on private educational institutions. They are the most promising in the sense that public education, against the backdrop of falling oil and the economic crisis, may be left without funding. Today everyone remembers how teachers survived in the 90s, when oil cost $25-30 per barrel. Now the cost of raw materials, on which the Russian economy directly depends, is again approaching this mark. It is obvious that the authorities will spend money not on teachers (there are already cuts in universities), but on the police, army and security structures, which will allow them to remain in office. Against this background, there will certainly be a need for alternative education, which is already evident from the large number of private kindergartens. Moreover, the Russian mentality has one very striking feature - our compatriots are ready to spend their last money on children.

So, it is initially clear which are the most popular and paid teachers in Russia - those who work in private schools. In large cities there are also public schools, where mainly the children of officials and entrepreneurs study, where the teacher works for a standard salary, but often has all sorts of “bonuses”. Of course, such a system raises a number of complaints, but these are the realities of modern life. For example, if in a large city a teacher of the highest category could receive 30-40 thousand rubles (in the central federal districts even higher), today this amount is not enough for a normal living. Compared to other specialties, the salary seems high, but how much you need to do to achieve it... and this is a kind of ceiling.

At the same time, if you go to work as a teacher solely for money, then you will not make a good teacher, just as you will not achieve pleasure from work. Teachers in Russia have always stood on an equal footing with soldiers, firefighters and doctors - a very modest life, but with universal respect and understanding that you are benefiting your neighbors.

Therefore, the question of which is the most popular and paid teacher in Russia, although important, is unlikely that anyone comes to this profession for the sake of a career.

As you know, a school teacher is a fairly broad concept that combines several specialties. Therefore, teachers receive different salaries, depending on many conditions, ranging from a specific position to the specifics of the region and the status of the school. However, the procedure for calculating salaries and bonuses for employees of Russian public schools is general, so it can be used, in particular, when calculating the salary of a primary school teacher.

Components of wages

Teachers' salaries consist of:

• base part;
• compensatory;
• incentive payments;
• bonuses.

In ordinary schools, where there are no correction classes and other special conditions, the calculation of a teacher’s salary depends on the number of lessons taught and the number of students. Extracurricular workload is also taken into account here, for example, checking homework, performing the duties of a class teacher, and so on. There are also coefficients depending on the experience of the teacher and the category of his qualifications.

Compensation payments are provided if a teacher works at night, in dangerous conditions, in particular, with chemical reagents. Incentive payments are included in bonuses and are intended to reward teachers for students’ good performance in exams, students’ victories in competitions, the introduction of new didactic educational materials and other successes in their work. However such a bonus cannot exceed 60% of the salary. Bonuses for teachers follow the principle of other budgetary institutions: quarterly and annual bonuses are paid, and a certain amount is accrued on holidays.

Teachers' salaries must undergo annual indexation, which, for example, amounted to 7% in 2016.

How is the salary of a secondary school teacher calculated?

Today, there are several electronic online programs for calculating salaries for teachers on the Internet. These programs, of course, require data verification, but on average they can tell you how to calculate a teacher’s salary. Calculations can also be done manually.

First, you need to take the base rate (20 hours a week for primary school) salary, which today is 3000-3500 rubles. Increasing coefficients may be applied to the base rate if the teacher:

• teaches in the village (0.25);
• in a correctional institution (0.2);
• in a boarding school for orphans (0.2);
• in a boarding school (0.15);
• has the skills to teach local dialects, for example, the Chechen language (0.15).

The following coefficients are added to it:

• for having a higher education as a teacher;
• qualification category;
• honorary title (up to 0.2);
• work experience;
• availability of an academic degree (10% for a candidate’s dissertation and 20% for a doctoral dissertation);
• status of an educational institution (lyceum or gymnasium), which gives a bonus of 0.15.

The management of the educational institution has the right to set coefficients for the complexity of the taught discipline. These payments are made from the funds of the school itself, so the state does not regulate them.

Other types of payments are added to the base rate. So how to calculate the salary of a primary school teacher?

Approximate calculation of the real income of a primary school teacher with average qualifications

To make it clear to a person what to expect from working in primary school, a rough calculation can be made. The data obtained is relevant at the beginning of 2017. To determine the salary, we take the following data:

• average work experience (from 5 to 10 years), which gives + 10% to the salary;
• first category (coefficient 1.5);
• complete higher pedagogical education, for which a bonus of one-third of the base rate is awarded;
• the proposed teacher presumably works in a regular school and does not have additional merit in the form of honorary titles and academic degrees;
• schools set coefficients for the complexity of subjects, but for an ordinary primary school teacher such an allowance does not exist;
• 15% of the salary is paid for classroom management in primary schools;
• another 10% is due to compensate for the time spent checking notebooks;
• exactly the same amount is paid to the head of the classroom; it is usually paid to a primary school teacher.

As a result of the calculation the amount turned out to be 10115.88 rubles. This is the income that a person who wants to work in an elementary school should focus on.

Average salary of teachers

As you can see, the basic salary at school still does not reach the average in the regions. Nevertheless, in our time, regional incentive programs are being implemented, under which bonuses are paid to teachers. This makes it possible to significantly bring teacher salaries closer to the statistical average. In addition, regular mandatory bonuses, which generally serve as a good addition to the basic salary, cannot be ignored.

Instructions

Salary in the education sector depends on many factors: the teaching load, length of teaching experience, availability of a qualification category and other parameters. But in any case, these indicators should not worsen the lives of specialists working with children. On the contrary, according to trade unions, it should be decent and adequate to work. Therefore, members of trade union organizations try to periodically seek bonuses for work. So, the salary of a kindergarten teacher consists of a basic salary, to which various allowances are added. For example, regional. Each municipality has the right to set its own amount of additional remuneration for kindergarten workers. It ranges from 15 to 35%. The largest regional allowance is the so-called “northern”. This is due to the fact that work in the North is one of the most difficult, even if it is a simple teacher.

Next, a certain tariff for qualifications is added to the teacher’s salary. This means that young teachers who are just starting to work and have a qualification group, for example the seventh, will receive much less than their more experienced colleagues who have already increased their level of professionalism several times.

A plus to the teacher’s salary will be such work as conducting clubs, additional classes and sections. However, here it is necessary to take into account that not all groups of teachers can teach some additional classes. For example, a teacher who teaches will not be allowed to conduct any sports classes for children.

If a preschool institution holds the title of responsible for a group or head of a particular department, he is also entitled to a bonus. In addition, the management of the kindergarten can periodically award bonuses to its especially responsible employees, which also has a positive effect on increasing the teacher’s salary.

Also, an increase can be assigned to those employees who work part-time. In the case of kindergarten teachers, with this mode of work, bonuses should also appear for harmful, intense work. After all, teachers usually work half a day, because physically it is very difficult for one person to look after and teach classes to a group of 15-20 children all day long. In addition, the teacher bears enormous responsibility for each of them. This means that if he is the only one constantly in such a busy schedule, then he should be paid extra within 10%.

Plus, an additional salary goes to teachers who work in specialized children's institutions - these are kindergartens with a certain profile (for example, speech therapy, ophthalmology, etc.), in boarding kindergartens (another additional allowance is made here for working at night) etc. The salary increase in this case occurs within 15-20%.

A separate bonus in the amount of 15% of the salary rate is assigned to teachers who work in preschool educational institutions with in-depth study of the Russian language and conducting additional classes in national languages.

A teacher is a very responsible profession. In the West, this specialty is considered one of the most prestigious and highly paid. But in Russia the situation was different. In the Russian Federation, teachers and lecturers are not so valued, their work is not paid according to their merits, so teachers’ salaries in Russia can hardly be called high. They are at an average level.

How do you know where work is carried out? . The highest salaries are received by teachers working in the Magadan region, Nenets and Khanty-Mansiysk districts.

The lowest salaries are among teachers in Dagestan, the Circassian Republic and Mordovia.

According to statistics for 2018, the average salary of a teacher exceeds the average salary in the region in which the teacher works. But this does not apply to all areas. In Kursk, a teacher earns less than the average salary for the federal subject.

The average salary of a teacher in 2018 in Moscow is 70 thousand rubles. A school teacher working in St. Petersburg receives at least 65 thousand rubles this year. In administrative cities in 2018, the average salary is 44 thousand rubles.

In many cities and regions in 2019, the average salary of a teacher did not change. In small towns, teachers receive approximately 15 thousand - 20 thousand rubles. In regional centers, a teacher’s salary is 20 thousand rubles. A teacher working in rural areas can count on a salary of 8 thousand to 10 thousand rubles.

According to the decree signed by the President of the Russian Federation, in these areas in 2019 there will be an increase in salaries, but in the amount of no more than 2 thousand rubles.

In Crimea in 2019, a teacher earns no more than 22 thousand rubles.

But it is worth remembering that the salary of a school teacher also directly depends on factors such as:

1. Length of service.
2. Number of hours worked.
3. Skill level.
4. Having special merits.
5. The presence of additional workloads (classroom management, additional work with children from low-income families).

Unfortunately, additional payments for long service and work experience are not provided for teachers.

According to the new reform, young specialists will receive the same salaries as teachers who have worked at the school for more than 10-15 years.

Head teachers in Moscow schools earn from 50 thousand rubles per month. And the monthly salary of the school director is simply amazing - 200 thousand rubles. Last year, according to the decree, the salaries of school leaders were raised 1.5 times.

Salaries of university teachers

The average salary of a teacher at a higher educational institution is 30 thousand rubles. An assistant who does not have an academic degree receives approximately 12 thousand rubles. A teacher with the title of associate professor earns about 17 thousand rubles. Professors receive approximately 30 thousand rubles. But such salaries are often received by educational employees working in more developed and larger cities.

Teachers of provincial higher educational institutions with an associate professor degree receive 10 thousand rubles per month. And the monthly salary of a candidate of sciences does not exceed 9 thousand rubles.


In rare cases, teachers receive from 40 thousand to 50 thousand rubles. But such wages are paid only to those employees who are additionally engaged in supervision or occupy the position of head of the department.

Real salary of a MSU professor in 2017

Deans of faculties receive an average of 100 thousand rubles monthly. And the salaries of rectors and vice-rectors are simply amazing in their size. Representatives holding such positions can earn from 300 thousand rubles per month.

In St. Petersburg at a state university, the average salary of a professor is 55 thousand rubles. And an assistant professor at the same higher educational institution will receive a monthly salary of 14 thousand rubles.

At the end of 2018, the State Duma approved an updated version of recommendations regarding the establishment of an updated system of remuneration for employees of budgetary institutions, including teaching staff. This decision was determined by the tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations. At the same time, the rules that were in force before have lost their force and will not be used in 2019. Today we’ll talk about changes in the remuneration system for teaching staff and how the approach to this issue will change.

In 2019 with new indicators and without salary reduction

Starting from 2019, remuneration for teaching staff will be calculated taking into account the new indicator. From now on, when determining the income of teachers and lecturers, the average monthly earnings of hired employees of private companies and individual entrepreneurs must be taken into account. Starting from this year, this criterion must be taken into account when developing cost plans aimed at increasing the amount of remuneration for teaching staff and employees in other budget sectors. In July 2018, the government of the Russian Federation issued a decree, according to which Rosstat was obliged to prepare the above data by 04/15/2019.

When the tripartite group discussed the new regulations, a clause was added to the document about the inadmissibility of reducing wages for employees of kindergartens, schools and state universities. In accordance with this norm, in 2019 the level of remuneration for teaching staff will not be lower than in 2018. Accordingly, kindergarten teachers will receive a salary no lower than the Russian average (last year - just over 28,000 rubles).

Another important news for teachers was the inclusion of the minimum wage indicator. Last year, this figure was at the level of 6,200 rubles. The new recommendations determine that an employee of an educational institution cannot receive a salary lower than the established indicator, provided that he has fully complied with the established norm and worked a sufficient number of hours. However, no one is immune from situations in which a teacher works less time than he is supposed to. If an employee had to face such a nuisance, wages will be calculated based on the time actually worked, based on the minimum wage.

In order to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations in the institution, the employer, as well as government officials, need to pay attention to certain aspects. In particular, these include:

1. The establishment of wages and salaries must be carried out in accordance with the qualification group of the employee.
2. If an employee of a budgetary institution works in a position that is not related to professional categories, the rate of his salary is calculated based on the difficulty of the duties assigned to him.
3. It is imperative to take into account the need to use incentive payments and all kinds of compensation. This issue should be reflected in regional and municipal regulations.
4. Only the head of a kindergarten, school, university, or other budgetary organization has the right to approve the staffing table.
5. After the implementation of new recommendations in an educational institution, the teacher’s income should be no less than it was before. This standard applies to all employees, without exception, whose standard of work has remained the same or increased.
6. The wage rate should be determined based on the employee’s performance of his own professional duties over a certain period of time (week, month, year).

As for the labor standards for teachers, now its change in one direction or another will directly affect the final earnings. Therefore, the recommendations provide for the reflection of the actual workload of the teacher in the employment agreement. This rule will affect such workers as:

• school teachers;
• university teachers;
• coaches of children's sports sections;
• persons engaged in activities in the field of additional education.

Taking into account these innovations, any changes in the teacher’s working hours should also be reflected in the employment agreement. However, you should remember the conditions under which this may become possible:

• by agreement of the parties to the contract;
• in exceptional cases - unilaterally by the head of the educational institution. This norm can be used if the amount of working time according to the curriculum has decreased, the educational organization has not recruited a sufficient number of students, etc.

Another important innovation is additional attention to teachers with secondary specialized education. The recommendations provide for the impossibility of infringing on the labor rights of employees who do not have a higher education. Accordingly, reduction factors can no longer be used for a specialty that requires an employee with a higher education diploma. Thus, the absence of the necessary document will no longer allow the employer to save on remuneration for an employee of the educational institution. In this regard, he has equal rights with teachers with higher education.

Today, these recommendations have been approved by a considerable number of teaching staff. Indeed, the new document has significantly expanded their opportunities in terms of remuneration and increased their protection from unlawful actions of the head of an educational organization. It is expected that these recommendations will be in effect over the next few years and gradually refined so that the income of teachers grows to a decent level.