The income of Russian freelancers who receive fees in rubles increased by 63% year-on-year. If in 2022 they earned an average of 30.4 thousand rubles per month, in 2023 – already 49.% of thousands of rubles per month. In foreign currency, the income of the self-employed increased by 24%.
The income of Russian self-employed workers with payments in rubles increased by 63% this year. Pavel Shinkarenko, founder of Solar Staff, told RTVI.
In 2022, a Russian freelancer earned an average of 30.4 thousand rubles per month. In 2023, the amount increased to 49.5 thousand rubles per month.
The income of self-employed workers who receive fees in foreign currency increased by 24% year-on-year to 109 thousand rubles per month, Solar Staff noted.
The share of freelancers working and receiving orders from Russian companies decreased from 73% to 69%. This happened because freelancers who left Russia in 2022 began to enter local markets, according to Solar Staff.
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Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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