According to data at the end of last year, students in Russia earned an average of 32.6 thousand rubles.
Russian students, on average, pay half of their salaries to rent housing in major cities. TASS writes about this with reference to a study of one of the job search services.

According to data at the end of last year, students in Russia earned an average of 32.6 thousand rubles. The highest salary for students is in Moscow - there you can earn 45 thousand a month. The least paid students are in Volgograd, Ulyanovsk and Izhevsk.

Why is it useful for students to live in hostels
In St. Petersburg, with an average rent of 22 thousand, a student will have to pay slightly more than half of his salary for housing. The cheapest way to live for students is in Togliatti, Voronezh and Barnaul. In these cities, less than 40% of the student's salary will go to pay for an apartment.

Earlier it was reported that the average salary in Russia in 2019 increased by 6%, amounting to 37.9 thousand rubles. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Labor, this year wages will grow by 2.3%, and the real income of the population - by 1.5%.