What awaits servicemen in the year. Contract military service is your choice
At the moment, the Russian government is approving the project for 2016. It is known that some points of the project will affect the process of calculating and salaries of the military.
Let's take a closer look at what awaits security officials and military pensioners in 2016.
Salaries and pensions of military personnel in 2016 will not increase: the latest news yesterday
It is no secret that economically, the last year has been very difficult for Russia. In order to somehow normalize the situation, the government is forced to use a total economy mode, and therefore, it cannot fulfill earlier commitments made concerning social sphere citizens. As with civilian pensions, the provision of military pensioners will not be indexed by a real percentage.
Moreover, according to the amendments introduced, the paycheck is not subject to revision at least until January 1, 2018. As you know, the increase in military pensions is directly proportional to the increase in the salary of active security officials, which should be made annually. But now the government is considering a bill that changes the previously adopted federal law regulating the indexation procedure. Accordingly, with the adoption of the draft law under consideration, the indexation of the allowances of servicemen and persons equated to them will be suspended. The document says that the suspension of indexation applies to the period from 2016 to 2017, respectively, an increase in military salaries and pensions can be made no earlier than 2018.
Unfortunately, the abolition of the indexation of salaries for military personnel has become a regular practice after a sharp increase in pay, which took place almost four years ago. Throughout this period, the government used only a point stimulus by introducing additional payments.
New calculation of the reduction factor
Despite the abolition of indexation, the real size of military pensions could have increased due to a change in the reduction coefficient. Recall that on January 1, 2012, the government sharply increased the monetary allowance of the military, but after that it could not cope with the increased costs. To reduce costs, it was decided to introduce a reduction factor of 54%, which could be reduced by at least 2% annually. Thus, the change in the decreasing coefficient increased the real size of pension payments. But now the government has abandoned this measure as well.
At the moment, the State Duma is considering a draft according to which the effect of Article 43 of the Law of the Russian Federation, which regulates the pension provision of citizens who did military service, service in the internal affairs bodies, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the State Border Service, etc., may be suspended. Accordingly, the annual change in the reduction factor will be canceled from January 1, 2016. Thus, if the government does not reconsider the measures taken, the salaries of the security forces will not be increased for at least two years.
The deplorable situation is somewhat mitigated by the fact that quite recently (October 1, 2015), the government increased the reduction coefficient to 66.78%, which increased the actual size of the retirees' pay by about 7-8%.
It is an honor for servicemen to be, yes, in other words, it has always been so, since these people protect the country, protect civilians, and so on. Another point is that for some it is just a profession for which they receive money, and for others it is a vocation. In Russia, for example, for many military service is a vocation, judging by the salary, if we compare, say, with the West.
But even in this case, you need to live on something, because many military people are interested in latest news about in 2016, about salaries, etc. It is with these questions that we will try to understand the provided article.
How the military pay is formed in 2016
Each soldier receives a salary, and it does not matter in which troops he serves. It is the salary that is the basis wages, and it depends on a decrease or decrease, and then tariffs and coefficients are affected. Plus, the salary of a soldier also includes allowances, for example, for class, seniority, military rank, and, of course, for service in combat points or other other special conditions. It turns out that there are a huge number of factors affecting the monetary allowance of the military. The state is trying to improve the life of the defenders of the Motherland as much as possible, especially in such a difficult situation as today. Because for recent times the specialists have developed special programs for development and modernization, thanks to which the salaries of the military should go up.
How is the salary of military personnel calculated
In order for the military salary to increase in 2016, certain tariffs must, in turn, increase. Consequently, a great variety of formulas will be needed to calculate the salary of a soldier. It is long and tedious, and therefore it is easier to calculate using the service "military salary calculator".
To calculate the salary, the soldier himself must know very accurately about his allowances, even using a calculator. That is, according to the position, it is necessary to choose a salary and add allowances. If you do not know about them, then you will not get the exact amount either. Nevertheless, you can at least roughly estimate the following professions:
- the salary of a military engineer is 20,000 rubles;
- the salary of an Air Force pilot - a supplement of up to 40 percent of the salary;
- a military officer's salary - from 13,000 rubles;
- a military doctor's salary - 16,000 rubles;
- the salary of a military school cadet is 5,000 rubles.
Many "civilians" believe "that the salary of a soldier depends only on his position, but, as we can see, this is a huge delusion, since quite a lot of minor components are taken into account.
Indexation was supposed to be carried out last year, but, nevertheless, the salary of the military has not changed since 2014. This is due to the difficult economic situation in the country. Only it should be borne in mind that real incomes have declined. Sources say that it is planned to increase the salaries of military personnel in 2016, but this increase will be implemented at the expense of an increase of 5%. Let us remind you that this is only in the plans!
There is another not very pleasant moment about the possibility of a salary increase for the military in 2016. It is about a military conflict. And if it happens, in any case, the government will find funds to sponsor the military, that is, the indexation will increase by an order of magnitude, and after it the salary along with compensations. But we hope there are other ways to increase the indexing size, right?
Recently, contract military service has been actively promoted. The prestige of this profession has grown significantly. Wages have increased, conditions have improved, there are more guarantees from the state and fewer salary delays. IQ Review tried to figure out if life is so sweet for a professional military modern Russia what are their salaries in reality, and whether young people today want to serve their country for that kind of money.
Military service for money - can you combine the unpleasant with the useful?
Soldier with a Kalashnikov assault rifleHow to get to the service under the contract
The conscription military service has its supporters and opponents. The conscription service is full of hardships, restricts a person's freedom, takes a year of life, is not voluntary and applies only to men. There is little pleasant here, especially for those who do not aspire to the army. We will omit this question today.
In light of the existence of a contract service, it is somehow insulting to do the same for a year for free. Well, that is, not entirely free. How much does the army pay on conscription per month? The officially declared amount of money allowance in Russia is 2,000 rubles for all conscripts (in special zones there are small regional markups). Those young people who are thinking of becoming contract soldiers in the future often ask the question, is it possible not to serve on a conscript basis, but immediately go to the service under the contract?
Victor Goremykin, Head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry, Colonel General:
“After 27 years, we will only be glad when recruiting for a contract we will not do military service by conscription. But if an 18-year-old young man comes to us and immediately asks for a contract soldier, we will offer him to start serving a year on the draft. "
And who, then, can conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense and receive money Who is this ad for?
Requirements for those wishing to conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation“It is possible to conclude a contract on military service only: after receiving a diploma of higher education, after serving on conscription, being in the reserve, subject to other requirements of Article 33 of the Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 53 "On conscription and military service."
In the same time the federal law dated March 28, 1998 N 53-FZ "On conscription and military service" in latest edition is talking:
“The first contract on military service is concluded with a soldier doing military service by conscription, or another citizen entering military service for a military position, for which the state provides for the military rank of soldier, sailor, sergeant, sergeant major, - for two years or for three year at the choice of the citizen. "
Based on the text of the law, you can go to the call, and then immediately conclude a contract. Apparently, they will be forced to serve a full year upon the call to serve, the wording of the law is vague, it is better to clarify at the local military registration and enlistment office.
In general, with target audience all clear. Now we need to clarify the current level of military salaries for 2015. But first, let's delve into the history of the formation of contract service in Russia for a couple of minutes in order to understand where the legs of the numbers grow from.
How the salaries of contract servicemen were raised
It's time to protect your boots, boots won't protect themselves!
Talk about high salaries for the Russian military began in 2008, before the crisis, just at the peak of economic growth. The screenshot shows the figures from the 2008 article - how much the officers actually received, and how it was planned to increase the salary after the reform (this is still under Serdyukov).
Salaries of senior officers under Serdyukov before the reform
Alexander, reserve lieutenant:
“When I was studying at the military department in 2008, after graduation, everyone was offered to sign up for service on a contract basis with a salary of 50 thousand (for a lieutenant with higher education) from next year. Nobody went there. For us, students of a civilian university, 50 thousand then seemed a very small salary for such conditions - to live in some kind of shabby hostel in a military town, wake up at 5.30, there is almost no opportunity to quit at any moment. At that time, a sales assistant could earn so much in Moscow.
As I remember, the next year the budget was "cut", and the military waited for their "big" salaries right up to 2013. But today these 50-70 thousand, which they were given, are still a little over a thousand dollars, and even if we assume that the military do not travel abroad and spend everything in rubles, then all the same inflation over the years was 80% percent already. From the experience I have with the military, I can say that they think quite straightforwardly and still think that their salaries have increased significantly, although this is only nominal growth.
The only positive in the military profession is free apartment... But from communication with the officers at the department, each student knew that these apartments were not given for decades, and who were given - for decent kickbacks and in some hole. Apartments in Moscow, in principle, were not given to anyone with the rank of lieutenant colonel and below, and above this rank, 90% of officers never rise by the time they are transferred to the reserve. Therefore, I didn't really believe in getting an apartment from the state. Well, they will send you to some village Murmansk region and they will give, at best, in 20 years there an odnushka, which has a red price of a million, and you will drink there and drink on a military pension of 25 thousand rubles. I have my arms and legs in place, I will earn the equivalent of this million in civilian life in 2 years without eating slops and getting up every day until dawn. "
Contractual service - salary, benefits, allowances, apartment and pension
Money in your breast pocket
Moving on to the most interesting thing - how much is paid in the army under the contract. It is clear that wages are different for a soldier and an officer. There are also quite a few allowances and coefficients on which the contract worker's salary will depend.
Monetary allowance and the system of allowances - how the salary of a military man is considered
The monetary allowance of servicemen in 2015 is determined by the Federal Law of November 7, 2011 No. 306-FZ "On the monetary allowance of servicemen and the provision of separate payments to them." It consists of monthly salary and additional cash payments... The salary depends on the military rank and position held.
In more detail, it looks like this:
- monthly premium for seniority - from 10% to 40% of the salary;
- monthly allowance for class qualifications- from 5% to 30% of the salary for a military position;
- monthly bonus for secrecy - up to 65% of the salary for a military position;
- monthly allowance for special conditions of military service
- monthly allowance for performing tasks directly related to the risk to life and health in peacetime, as well as for participation in exercises, cruises of ships, working out tasks of combat and combat training in the field outside the permanent deployment points of a military unit - up to 100% of the salary for a military position;
- monthly allowance for special achievements in the service- up to 100% of the salary for a military position;
- the prize for conscientious and efficient execution job responsibilities - up to three salaries per year;
- annual material help- at least one salary;
- monthly allowance for the qualifying level of physical fitness military personnel;
- monthly allowance for knowledge of foreign languages;
- lifting when moving to a new duty station- in the amount of one salary per serviceman and 25% - for each family member;
- payment of compensation for renting housing in accordance with the norms established by law Russian Federation(for Moscow and the Moscow region - 15,000 rubles);
- lump sum upon dismissal from military service: with a total length of service of less than 20 years - 2 salaries, more than 7 salaries.
Social package and "free" apartment when going to stock
In addition to allowances, the military has other "buns" to the salary.
Receiving housing for military personnel governed by Federal Law No. 117-FZ of 2004 "On the Savings and Mortgage System housing military personnel ". All details can be found in the text of the law. In short, you can get an apartment in two ways.
- After 20 years of service or upon dismissal after 10 years of service due to age or health condition, you can use the accumulated funds in the accumulative mortgage system. This will be enough for an apartment in any city except Moscow (money is not issued in kind, but by issuing state housing certificates).
- Through the system military mortgage... In 2015, the funded contribution is 245,880 rubles per year and is indexed annually.
In the first case, you save up virtual money, and then you buy an apartment. In the second case, you take an apartment on a mortgage, and the state pays it out - in a certain amount (about 20 thousand rubles a month for today).
Important: upon receipt mortgage loan All associated costs - for real estate appraisal, life and health insurance of the borrower, insurance of the collateral - are borne by the NIS participant.
Apart from the apartment, there are other types of assistancemilitary personnel :
- higher or secondary vocational education;
- free treatment in hospitals and clinics of the Ministry of Defense for a serviceman and his family members;
- nutrition;
- outfit;
- free travel to a new place of service, on a business trip, to the place of vacation and back once a year (for military personnel serving under contract in the Far North and equivalent areas). Also, one family member and a container (20 tons) with personal belongings travel free of charge;
- preferential pension from 45 years old, subject to 20 years of service;
- payment of compensation to relatives for death while on duty - 3 million rubles. For disability - 2 million.
Interestingly, the military pension is calculated on the basis of salaries by position, rank and a bonus for length of service. That is, it is charged only from half of real wages.
Infographics
Salary of soldiers and sergeants
From the complex system of allowances and bonuses, it can be understood that you cannot find out the salary of a contract worker without knowing his base salary. These are the salaries according to the wage scale for privates, sergeants and foremen (former warrant officers) in positions up to platoon commander. These are positions for people without higher education. In this infographic, the figures with allowances are shown in the payroll column.
Infographics
To verify the information, we selectively interviewed the military.
Nikita, instructor at the contract recruitment point:
"The monetary allowance consists of a salary for military rank, military position and other allowances established by the Order of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of 2011 No. 2700, from about 17,000 to 60,000 rubles."
Sergey, a contract soldier with 10 years of experience:
“I have the fifth tariff category. Secret - 1 form. Salary - 26 thousand rubles for hands. But this is with deductions for housing, union and so on. "
Alexey, serves in the North:
“I serve in the Murmansk region, our sergeant major gets 100-110 thousand rubles with 5 allowances for polarity, plus an apartment anywhere in many, many years. Without "polarity" the foreman receives 60 thousand, his duties include receiving allowance and taking him to meals in the canteen. Lieutenant, deputy platoon commander - 120 thousand a month, there is nothing to spend it on. I get 25 thousand in the forensic medical examination by the medical registrar, 6 hours working, before that I received 25-30 thousand in the call center ”.
And here is a graph that clearly shows the growth of wages and the timing of the payment of the military mortgage. The figures are given from the table above, already with allowances.
Infographics
Attention! Don't let these beautiful numbers mislead you: the base salary of a private in the first two years of contract service is only 15 thousand rubles before paying 13% of personal income tax.
How much does an officer receive in the Russian army
Contractual service with higher education includes an officer's rank and an officer's position. The officers are paid pretty well, especially with the "northern" allowances. At the same time, without allowances, the salary of a lieutenant of the first year of service is only 30 thousand rubles.
Tatiana Shevtsova, Deputy Minister of Defense for Financial Affairs:
“The average level of pay for servicemen today is more than 62 thousand rubles. This is 10% higher average salary in the oil and gas sector ”.
Here salary table for officers - from lieutenant to army general.
Salary table by position and rank for officersThe salary table for rank and position was compiled in 2012, and since then the salaries of officers have not changed significantly. If you need accurate data on the salary for a certain military rank, taking into account all the allowances, you can use the military salary calculator. It allows you to calculate the expected pay with all allowances in accordance with the position and rank. The figures are given there, taking into account the indexation for 2015.
Interesting facts about the contract army
- In the budget for 2015, the indexation of the monetary allowances of military personnel was laid down by 5.5%, but the Ministry of Finance proposed to cancel it, justifying it with the fact that there would be nothing to pay with.
- The staffing of the Russian army since 2008 is 1 million people.
- Today there are about 250 thousand contract soldiers in the army.
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to staff the army with contract servicemen by more than 50% by 2022.
conclusions
In general, we can say that the salaries of servicemen are quite high today. The difference with ordinary laborers in "civilian life" is especially strong due to the fact that it is very difficult to do it independently in Russia. In fact, many positions are complete lafa, and salaries for small towns where there is no job are simply fabulous. Whether it is worth going to the service under the contract, everyone decides for himself. The work, of course, is monetary, but tedious and dangerous, taking into account the political situation and professional risks. Do not forget that the risk to life is initially “included in the price”.
Today it is quite fashionable to be a military man, because this profession is not only respected, but also well paid. Of course, one cannot say that the military makes huge amounts of money, but if we compare their working salary with the average salary of an ordinary civilian, then they will have it by an order of magnitude higher (although they bear a lot of responsibility). Will there be an increase in military salaries in 2016?
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In fact, the state today is experiencing not the best financial and economic times, because outwardly economic situation it is getting worse every day, and there is a large financial deficit in the budget, therefore, it is not worth counting on the fact that the authorities will raise public sector wages. However, there is one snag, which is the army, which provides external and internal stability in the country, and is also responsible for the peace and security of every Russian. All this means that the country is simply obliged to provide servicemen with a normal monetary allowance, if all this is ignored, then they can simply stop doing their job efficiently and then everyone will suffer from this.
What determines the salary of a military man?
The size of the salary increase for the military in 2016 in Russia, the latest news about which is found almost everywhere today, worries every Russian, but before discussing this issue, it is necessary to talk about what determines the size of the salary of a serviceman. The size of the military salary depends on:
- the working salary of a person, as well as his military rank (naturally, the salary of a senior lieutenant will be higher than the salary of a general) and position;
- various storage surcharges state secrets, difficult working conditions and the presence of all kinds of awards (if a person has at least one award or works in extremely working conditions, then you can count on a 40-50% increase in salary);
- bonus payments for the timely fulfillment of official duties (the amount of the bonus can reach 100% of the working salary, but the bosses are extremely reluctant to pay such amounts to their employees, so most often the bonus is paid in the amount of 25%).
If we collect the average statistics on the wages of military personnel in the country, we can see that average income one person employed in this industry is most often 35-40 thousand rubles a month, and this is a fairly large figure. However, an increase in the salary of the military in 2016 will occur, because at the end of the 12th year, a corresponding decree was issued stating that until the end of the 18th year, all salaries of workers budgetary organizations should increase by at least 1.5 times (if we compare them with the salaries at the time of the adoption of the decree), so the authorities will still have to fulfill their obligations.
It must also be said that the salary of each military man can increase if there is unforeseen situation, during which the army comes to combat readiness, as well as when Russian servicemen serve (sometimes study, and sometimes help one side in resolving a military conflict) in another country. Also, military personnel can count on bonuses for proficiency in several foreign languages (this is very much appreciated by employers today).
Will there be an increase in military wages?
It is most likely not worth hoping for a too large increase in the salaries of military personnel in 2016, because there is a significant deficit in the state budget, and Western sanctions and the need to develop domestic industry in the state (many countries have refused to supply goods to Russia) do not give relax. Besides, " May decrees"Oblige the authorities not to forget about the military, so that the monetary allowance will increase slightly.
It is not yet known where the government will take money to increase salaries and whether there will be a reduction in some workers, but today you can find information in the press that large-scale optimization awaits the military (as well as other state employees), so staff cuts (albeit insignificant) all the same, it will, however, according to preliminary data, it will only affect the leadership. Optimization can also streamline the flow of funds to and from an organization's budget, so that cash there are still funds to increase income.
Law N371-FZ of 12/14/2015 establishes that the salaries of military personnel and those equated to them in 2016 do not increase (are not indexed).
January 1, 2016 will mark exactly four years from the moment when the salaries of servicemen and their equals were increased 2.5 - 3 times. In some security and law enforcement agencies, such an increase occurred a year later - from January 1, 2013.
The main reason for the significant increase in the salaries of military personnel and those equated to them was the following. The constant underfunding since the beginning of the 90s of the last century under the articles of defense, security and law and order brought the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB and other power and law enforcement structures of the Russian Federation to the brink of collapse. The level of monetary allowances for regular military personnel and those equated to them dropped by 2012 below the average salary in the country.
A significant increase in salaries in 2012-2013 ensured an increase in the standard of living of personnel and employees of power and law enforcement agencies in accordance with their social status. That is, the state has returned the accumulated debt to the military and those equated to them, of course, without any compensation over the past years. After this increase, the average level of pay for servicemen became higher than the average earnings in the leading sectors of the domestic economy.
What happened next is well known to all servicemen and employees of power and law enforcement agencies. Neither in 2013, nor in 2014, nor in 2015 there was no indexation of salaries for military personnel, and after the adoption of the budget for 2016 it became clear that nothing would change next year either. The authorities, which recently, at the end of 2011, adopted new law 306 on monetary allowance, in the future they never fulfilled its requirements for indexing salaries to the inflation rate (Art. 2, clause 9).
Tab. 1. Official inflation in Russia since 2012
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Official annual inflation,% 6.58% 6.45% 11.36% 12.7% * 6.4% *
* - predicted values, where
12.7% is the lowest inflation rate in 2015. Many experts predict inflation this year is closer to 13%;
6.4% is inflation in 2016, which is embedded in the state budget RF for the next year. As the practice of all recent years shows, real inflation is likely to be higher.
Tab. 2. Decrease in salaries of military personnel and those equated to them, taking into account official inflation
1.1.12 1.1.13 1.1.14 1.1.15 1.1.16 1.1.17
Total inflation since 1.1.12,% 0.00% 6.58% 13.45% 26.34% 42.39% 51.50%
Salaries in w / c at 1.1.12 prices,% 100% 93.83% 88.14% 79.15% 70.23% 66.01%
It turns out that purchasing power salaries of servicemen from 01.01.12 to 1.01.17 will decrease by more than one third! And in order to return to the situation that was on January 1, 2012, salaries from the beginning of 2017 must be increased by more than 50%!
The actual situation with the monetary allowance of the military personnel of the Ministry of Defense is slightly better than the above figures. With the appointment of S. Shoigu as Minister of Defense, additional payments were increased to the servicemen of the Armed Forces at the expense of internal reserves (there was no such information in the media about other power and law enforcement structures). However, a further increase in these payments is in great doubt, since the financial reserves of the RF Ministry of Defense are not unlimited, and the difficult economic situation, international sanctions and the military operation in Syria are likely to "eat up" all available reserves.
Tab. 3. Average monetary allowance in the RF Armed Forces in recent years
2012 2013 2014 2015
Average den. allowance, rubles 57.8 59.9 62 62.1
Any increase in the standard of living of the defenders of the Fatherland in modern conditions- this is good and many thanks to Sergey Kuzhugetovich for his care. At the same time, an increase in money allowances by 8 ... 9% can in no way compensate for inflation, which is measured by many tens of percent.
As a result, the standard of living of the military continues to decline rapidly after January 1, 2012. Every year, the Ministry of Finance, the Government, the State Duma, the Federation Council promise that this is a temporary phenomenon, and next year the state will fulfill its social obligations to the personnel and employees of power and law enforcement agencies. And they don't keep their promises every year.
Today, in a difficult international environment, economic crisis in Russia, it is difficult to talk about improving the living standards of servicemen alone. State employees, many civil servants, and virtually all pensioners who are going to increase their small pensions by only 4% in 2016, with official inflation of more than 12%, are now in the same situation. But it is also impossible to drive into a far corner the problem of maintaining the social status of the military at the proper level and wait for the most competent personnel to leave the power and law enforcement structures again.