Russian University Administrator and Faculty Salaries from 2018 to 2024

Russian data on average monthly salaries for heads of higher education organizations and faculty, collected from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and the Monitoring of the Effectiveness of Educational Organizations. The dataset was created by Daria Gerashchenko and last updated in May 2026. It covers the period from 2018 to 2024, with salary data for 2025 added in 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze wage trends for university leadership based on the time series from 2018 to 2024.
• Compare salary levels between administrative staff and faculty using the two distinct data sources mentioned.
• Study regional or institutional disparities in higher education compensation within Russia.

Strengths

• Covers a multi-year time range from 2018 to 2024, with data for 2025 added in 2026.
• Aggregates data from two official Russian government sources: the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and a monitoring system for educational organizations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Monitoring of the Effectiveness of Educational Organizations (monitoring.miccedu.ru).

Collection Method

Collected from official government websites.

Time Range

2018-2024, with 2025 data added in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 12:22:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Russia