TENDENCIES AND FACTORS OF DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SALARY IN THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY
The paper explores trends in the level and structure of wages for different categories of wage and salary workers. Average, median and minimal wages during the period of reforms are highlighted. It is demonstrated that high and weekly correlated with qualitative characteristics of workers wage differentiation negatively impacts national human development prospects. At the same time positive changes in wage dynamics during the period of recovery growth leading to reduction of working poor and improving positions of skilled labour employed in tertiary sector are revealed.