Increasing the base salary of military personnel. When will the military pay be indexed?

Judging by incoming data, in 2018, military personnel, military pensioners and persons equivalent to them will face a global change in monetary allowance, 1010 payments and physical benefits.

What is known so far:

As a measure of support for other categories of employees of federal government agencies that are not subject to the decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, as well as judges, prosecutors, employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, federal civil servants and other categories of employees of federal government agencies, military personnel and equivalent persons persons, it is planned to increase budget allocations for an annual increase in wages, salary, and allowance in accordance with the forecast inflation rate from January 1, 2018 by 4 percent, from October 1, 2019 and from October 1, 2020, respectively, by 4 percent.

However, such a vague wording says almost nothing, since from this entire list only certain categories can be selected and financed, for example, “through the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB.”

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov made some clarity at parliamentary hearings of the 2018-2020 budget in the Federation Council:
At parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council, the Minister of Finance spoke about the indexation of pay and pensions for military personnel and law enforcement officers

About the most important thing for military personnel and law enforcement officers - the increase and indexation of pay and pensions, the phrase was uttered:

Siluanov did not specify how long the indexation of monetary allowance will take place and in what year it will be - 2018, 2019, 2020.

But if you analyze his words and the situation, you can come to a certain understanding.

From this phrase it is absolutely unclear how much and when the government proposes to increase the pay of military personnel, police officers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But you can think logically and still extract the maximum information from this meager phrase.

We are talking about indexation, which means the pay of military personnel, police officers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be indexed, and not simply increased. There will be an indexation of salaries by military ranks and positions.
If we are talking about indexation, it means the increase in salaries for military ranks and positions will be by a very specific amount. This value will depend on the value of annual official inflation according to Rosstat. It will be about 3.2% -3.7%.
There remains a possibility that indexation will now be prescribed in the budget not according to official inflation, but, for example, at 4%. In any case, this indexation will not exceed this figure.
When is it indexed? The budget was drawn up for three years - 2018, 2019, 2020. That is, BETWEEN US SPEAKING, indexation of salaries by military ranks and positions may take place in 2020. But in Siluanov’s phrase

After a five-year break, the state will return to indexing pay and pensions for military personnel and law enforcement officers.

There is talk of a “five-year” break. NOT SIX YEAR OLD, NOT SEVEN YEAR OLD.

Therefore, it is logical to assume that the indexation of salaries by military ranks and positions will take place in 2018.

Previously, a bill was submitted to the State Duma to leave the reduction coefficient for calculating pensions for military pensioners in 2018 at the same level - 72.23%

Order of September 29, 2017 No. 2088-r. The bill proposes to leave the amount of monetary allowance taken into account when calculating the pension of persons who served in military service, service in internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, authorities for control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penal system, the Federal Service of National Troops Guards of the Russian Federation, from February 1, 2018 at the same level - 72.23% of the amount of monetary allowance.

A bill on increasing length of service to acquire the right to a pension is being actively discussed, and it specifies a different amount of bonuses for length of service.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
THE FEDERAL LAW
Article 1
Introduce into the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 “On pension provision for persons who served in military service, service in internal affairs bodies, the State Fire Service, authorities for control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and criminal authorities executive system, and their families" (Gazette of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation, 1993, No. 9, Art. 328; Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1995, No. 49, Art. 4693; 1998, No. 30, Art. 3613; 2002, No. 30, Art. 3033; 2003, No. 27, Art. 2700; 2007, No. 50, Art. 6232) the following changes:

1) in part 1 of article 13:

A) in paragraph “a” the words “20 years” should be replaced with the words “25 years”;

“c) persons specified in Article 1 of this Law, dismissed from service upon reaching the maximum age for service, health conditions, due to illness - on the basis of the conclusion of a military medical commission about unfitness for service or in connection with organizational and staffing measures who on the day of dismissal from service had length of service in the military service, and (or) in the service in internal affairs bodies, and (or) in the service in the State Fire Service, and (or) in the service in the authorities for control of the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances substances, and (or) in service in institutions and bodies of the penal system for 20 years or more.”;

2) in part 1 of article 14:

A) in paragraph “a” the words “20 years or more: for 20 years of service - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance provided for in Article 43 of this Law; for each year of service over 20 years” replace with the words “25 years or more: for 25 years of service - 65 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance provided for in Article 43 of this Law; for each year of service over 25 years";
b) add paragraph “c” with the following content:

“c) to persons specified in Article 1 of this Law, dismissed from service upon reaching the maximum age for service, health conditions, due to illness - on the basis of the conclusion of a military medical commission about unfitness for service or in connection with organizational and staffing measures who have 20 years of service or more on the day of dismissal from service: for 20 years of service - 50 percent of the corresponding amounts of monetary allowance provided for in Article 43 of this Law; for each year of service over 20 years - 3 percent of the specified amounts of salary, but in total no more than 85 percent of these amounts.”

Article 2

Introduce the following changes to Article 2 of the Federal Law of November 7, 2011 No. 306-FZ “On monetary allowances for military personnel and provision of certain payments to them” (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2011, No. 45, Art. 6336):

A) paragraph 13 should be stated as follows:

"13. The monthly bonus for length of service to the salary is established in the following amounts:

1) 5 percent – ​​for service from six months to 1 year;

2) 10 percent - with service from 1 to 2 years;

3) 25 percent - for service from 2 to 5 years;

4) 40 percent - with service from 5 to 10 years;

5) 45 percent - with service from 10 to 15 years;

6) 50 percent - with service from 15 to 20 years;

7) 55 percent - with service from 20 to 22 years;

8) 65 percent - with service from 22 to 25 years;

9) 70 percent - with service of 25 years or more.”

B) add clause 13.1 with the following content:

"13.1. Military personnel - citizens of the Russian Federation with 25 years of service or more - are paid a monthly bonus in the amount of 25 percent of the pension that could have been assigned to them in the event of their dismissal from military service.

The amount of the bonus increases by three percent for each year in excess of the established minimum length of service giving the right to receive a pension, but not more than 50 percent of the pension that could be assigned to persons discharged from military service.”

Article 3

Upon dismissal from military service and other types of federal public service before January 1, 2019, for persons who are subject to the Law of the Russian Federation of February 12, 1993 No. 4468-1 “On pension provision for persons who served in military service, service in internal affairs bodies” , State Fire Service, authorities for control over the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, institutions and bodies of the penal system, and their families,” the right to retire for long service and to be assigned a pension for long service under the conditions in force before joining this Federal Law comes into force.

We think that active work on this bill will begin after the presidential election campaign.

What they talk about on the sidelines:

Rumors began to flow from higher headquarters about an increase in the bonus for length of service, the elimination of 1010, the abandonment of the physical bonus and the abandonment of income tax.

Let's analyze this phrase taken from a military forum. Everything is more or less clear about the increase in the bonus for length of service. As stated above, with the adoption of the bill on increasing the length of service to acquire the right to a pension, the size of the percentage bonuses for length of service increases.

Refusal of bonuses under Order 1010 and bonuses for the qualifying level in physical training have also been discussed for a long time. Their payments require very significant funds, which are not always enough. So, with the adoption of the above bill, further measures may well follow to optimize the costs of paying military personnel.

About the abolition of income tax - no comment.

In modern realities, while guarding the borders of the Motherland and ensuring the peace of citizens within the country, the military is exposed to danger every day. Therefore, increasing the amount of pay for the military in 2019 is a fair and justified measure. How much will military wages increase? When will the salary be recalculated?

Military salaries in 2019

The question of whether salaries for the military will be increased in 2019 is relevant for many residents of our country. There are more than 1 million military personnel in Russia, and the total number of personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is about 2 million people. Risking their lives and serving in difficult conditions, military personnel have the right to count on special treatment from the state. For this category of civil servants, the legislation provides for a number of benefits and privileges, however, as for salaries, now their size is far from what was promised by the government. This is due to the fact that for almost 4 years the salary of military personnel was not indexed, because a crisis broke out and the country’s budget did not have enough funds.

Military salaries in Russia, due to the state budget deficit, were “frozen.” For almost four years, the government has been improving the state's economy, which finally made it possible this year to recalculate salaries to the current inflation rate in the country. What will be the increase in military salaries in 2019?

The state plans to spend 28.7% of the country's total budget on defense, security and law enforcement. This amount will finance an increase in the salaries of military personnel and equivalent civil servants:

• Foreign intelligence.
• Police officers.
• Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
• FSIN, etc.

According to the “May decrees” of the president, in 2019 the salaries of all civil servants should be raised. The size of the coefficient for salary recalculation will depend on the budget category, and the timing of indexation will also vary. Thus, for the first category of public sector employees, the indexation of payments will be 6% and will be carried out from January 1, 2019. For military personnel who belong to the second category of public sector employees, the salary increase will be by 4.3%, i.e. by the expected inflation rate in the country.

How will the recalculation take place?

In order to understand how the salary of military personnel will be recalculated, you need to know what it consists of:

• Salary (rate).
• Allowances and surcharges.

The rate is a fixed amount and depends on the position (rank) held. Additional payments to the fixed part depend on:

• Conditions of service (from 65 to 100%).
• Territorial location (up to 100%).
• Personal merit (up to 100%).
• Length of service (25-30%).
• Passing the qualifying exam (30% bonus).

As a result of allowances, the salaries of army employees of the same rank can vary greatly.

In 2019, indexation of military salaries will raise the salaries of all army ranks. You can calculate the size of the future bet yourself. To do this, the inflation coefficient of 0.043 must be multiplied by the size of the fixed salary. The amount received will show the rate next year.

In the Russian army there are the following types of service:

• By conscription (conscripts).
• Contract soldiers (professional soldiers).

According to the plans of the Ministry of Defense, next year the number of professional soldiers and officers may reach 400-440 thousand people. The salary of contract workers includes the following:

• By contract.
• Position held (title).

The recalculation will be carried out at these two rates, so in 2019 the average salary of a contract employee will be at least 30-45 thousand rubles. It is difficult to give exact figures, since salaries are calculated on an individual basis, since there are many variables that can affect this value.

The government also plans to increase military pensions by 4.3%. The benefit increase will be automatic and will take place on 10/1/19. The increase will be due to an increase in the salaries of active military personnel, and not as a result of indexation of military pensions. However, on October 25, 2018, the country’s president promised to increase payments not by 4.3%, but by 6.3%.

When will the recalculation take place?

Earlier in the press there was talk about an increase in military salaries from January 1, 2019. There will be an increase in payments, but for other budget categories of employees. For military personnel, indexation is scheduled for October 1 next year.

The state budget is calculated for the next three years and it is already known that it includes indexation of salaries for the military for 2020-2021. It is expected that the indexation rate will also be within 4%.

Benefits for the military

Benefits are provided to those who serve:

• On a contract basis.
• By call.

Special conditions also apply to those in reserve and military pensioners.

Among the main privileges for contract employees are:

• Provision of living quarters.
• Payment of subsidies for the purchase of housing.
• Possibility of free education at a university (correspondence or evening courses).
• Free medical care in departmental institutions.
• Payment of severance pay at the end of the contract.
• Free travel (to the place of duty, business trips).
• Tax breaks (no land or property tax).

In addition, a number of privileges are also provided for military families:

• State assistance in paying for rented housing.
• Additional payments for children from the state.
• Children enter kindergarten/school without waiting in line.
• State compensation for kindergarten fees is 75-90%.

Recently there have been rumors that massive layoffs will be carried out in the army. This is due to the restructuring of the system, as well as the process of weeding out unqualified employees. There have been no official statements on this matter, so it is not yet possible to say whether this is true or false.

Over the past four years, the salaries of army employees have been practically not indexed, which has led to their depreciation by almost 50-60%. Therefore, given the growing inflation, it is simply necessary to increase salaries for military personnel next 2019. In this way, the government is trying to strengthen the financial situation of this category of civil servants and gradually increase their salary to a level corresponding to the complexity of the profession.

The state is in dire need of a strong army. For this reason, today we are actively recruiting contract soldiers. They are capable of successfully replacing conscripts. In order to attract as many new contract employees as possible, it is planned to increase the salaries of military personnel this and next year.

Russia has a huge amount of weapons of mass and local destruction. Against this background, there is a need for specialists capable of providing proper maintenance.

Approximately 1/3 of the state budget is spent on servicing the military forces. Part of it is spent on developing the latest weapons. The second part goes to payments to the military.

The total salary of military personnel consists of:

1. Salary.
2. Additional payments.
3. Premium.

What influences

The salaries of Russian military personnel are affected by the following:

• length of service;
• personal merits;
• time of service;
• rank.

A military man receives a salary depending on his length of service. Persons serving beyond the Arctic Pole receive bonuses.

12 months of service count as 24 months.

Personal merits are understood as accomplished feats. It also matters where the soldier served. Persons serving in hot spots are paid more.

Pros and cons of contract service. Watch the video.

Other allowances

There are also other allowances. They contact:

• speaking several languages;
• presence of VO;
• excellent physical preparation.

The extent to which a person is able to make a decision in a critical situation is also taken into account.

Percentage

The amount of monthly salary allowances in the Russian Federation looks like this:

• length of service - 11-39%;
• high qualifications - 6-29%;
• secrecy - 66%;
• specific conditions - 100%;
• fulfillment of special tasks - 100%;
• special achievements - 100%.

Gunner's salary

A rifleman means a private with two years of service. You can find out how much he earns from the sign.

Squad commander salary

A squad leader is understood to be a junior sergeant of the 3rd class, whose length of service varies from 2 to 5 years.

The salary of a squad commander, who is a 2nd class sergeant and has 5 to 10 years of service, looks like this:

Deputy platoon commander salary

A deputy platoon commander is a senior sergeant 1st class with 10 to 15 years of service. The sign shows how much he receives:

Platoon commander salary

A platoon commander is understood to be a foreman, a foreman, whose length of service is 15-20 years. The sign shows how much he earns.

How much a sergeant major, a master with 20-25 years of service, earns is shown in the table:

Officers' salaries

This position requires higher education. With bonuses, the salaries of officers look quite impressive. Without them, the salary of military personnel with an officer rank looks like this:

1. Platoon commander - 20.0 thousand rubles.
2. Deputy company commander - 21.0 thousand rubles.
3. Company commander - 22.0 thousand rubles.
4. Deputy battalion commander - 23.0 thousand rubles.
5. Battalion commander - 24.0 thousand rubles.
6. Deputy com. shelf - 25.0 thousand rubles.
7. Command regiment - 26.5 thousand rubles.
8. Deputy com. brigades - 27.5 thousand rubles.
9. Brigade commander - 29.0 thousand rubles.
10. Deputy com. divisions - 29.5 thousand rubles.
11. Command division - 30.5 thousand rubles.
12. Deputy com. housing - 31.0 thousand rubles.

Since the moment the Russian army began to take an active part in the Syrian military operation, its prestige has grown significantly. Now the time has come to receive financial incentives for their own work: for the first time since 2012, the military is promised to raise salaries by unfreezing indexing, which will ultimately have a positive impact on military pensioners and persons equivalent to them - pension payments for them are tied to military salaries. However, given the low inflation based on the results of this year, one cannot count on a significant increase in payments to the army. In addition, there are many recipients: indexation in total will affect about 3 million people, of which only 35% are military.

How much will the allowance for army personnel increase and how burdensome will it be for the Russian budget? And why, despite the increase, may the military be dissatisfied with the increased salaries they received in January? Karerist.ru tried to understand the features of the new defense budget.

For the first time in 5 years

The Ministry of Finance has lifted the veil of secrecy regarding expenses for the next three-year period. In total, it is planned to spend almost 7 trillion rubles on national defense, national security and law enforcement. Of this, the army will receive a very modest 62 billion rubles, of which it will have to pay salaries, provide transportation costs, and even maintain the army infrastructure. Another 23 billion is allocated for food needs, the purchase of fuels and lubricants, payment of utilities, and so on. However, the most “socially oriented” article of the new military budget, which should please the military, was the return to indexation, which should affect both military salaries and pensions.

You shouldn't expect any sensations: the increase will be only 4%, which corresponds to the inflationary rise in prices recorded by Rosstat. However, even such growth, which only compensates for inflationary losses (which, by the way, is also very doubtful), should also be considered an achievement, because nothing like this has happened since 2012. The last significant increase in military salaries took place five years ago, and then officials promised to increase them annually by at least 4-5%. However, since then the country has suffered many changes, including a serious crisis that forced the Russian leadership to abandon indexation. Now, when the economy is showing stabilization of the situation, a decision has been made to return to past practices.

The fact is that in the current situation in Russia, the military, like law enforcement officers, is the pillar of power, both in the external and internal arena. The authorities need support and trust from the army, which can only be achieved through caring. And even though 4% indexation is a stretch and looks like a catalyst for trust (especially since indexation is the direct responsibility of the state), before the presidential elections it can become a good reason for further laudatory comments and declarations of the authorities’ achievements.

They plan to return to indexing from the beginning of next year. For this purpose, 53 billion rubles have been included in the budget for the next three years. They plan to spend significantly more on this in 2019-20 – 65 and 120 billion, respectively. As a result, expenses for indexing alone will amount to 238 billion rubles over three years. The corresponding orders have already been sent to the regions and military districts - in accordance with them, as Vzglyad reports, the military leadership must report at the beginning of October on the preparation of documents for the payment of indexed pensions and salaries in January. That is, the issue of indexation has already been finally resolved and it is expected that this will continue to be the case in future years.

To whom and how much will they raise

Monetary allowances, as has already become clear, will be indexed not only for military personnel. The law also includes law enforcement agencies, members of the National Guard, employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service, fire service, security and state protection services, intelligence, and so on. Naturally, all pensioners who have retired from these bodies are also equal to military pensioners and will also receive indexed pensions. If we talk about specific numbers, this is 1 million military personnel, almost 2 million equivalent employees and about 1 million more civilian personnel working in the army. Roughly speaking, there are about 4 million people alone. Plus, all those who are considered military pensioners - there are about 1.4 million more of them. Is there enough money for everyone?

The growth of salaries of all these persons will occur at the same pace as that of state employees who are not affected by presidential decrees, federal civil servants, employees of the prosecutor's office, investigators and the judiciary. All of them, by law, claim to have their salaries indexed to the level of inflation, and all of them, like the military, have not received any over the past few years. However, not everyone supports such a decision, especially in the current economic situation, when the authorities are looking for ways to optimize.

Experts criticize that in 2012, military pay was significantly increased; a similar increase in salaries was not observed in other government agencies, and even more so in the public sector. Given this, military salaries cannot be considered as in need of adjustment for inflation, even if there has been none over the past few years. In the end, the military, along with high salaries, have a lot of other benefits that state employees have no right to count on. Therefore, indexation by the same coefficient can hardly be considered fair.

How much will wages increase? Of course, the salary increase will not exceed 700-800 rubles for ordinary non-commissioned soldiers - in the end their salary will be about 20 thousand rubles. Members of the senior officer corps, for example, generals, will receive a salary of 2-3 thousand rubles and in the end it will amount to 50-55 thousand rubles. Of course, military salaries are not limited to salaries: the financial incentive system involves multiple bonuses for length of service, for physical training, for parachute jumping, and so on. As a result, the allowance of a junior sergeant with several allowances can be up to 50 thousand rubles.

Maybe not enough

Nevertheless, according to information published by RBC, the Ministry of Defense lobbied for a more significant increase in salaries. Representatives of the parliamentary committee on defense expressed the same position about the inadequacy of wage growth when publishing their conclusion on the state budget. The main argument of officials: while salaries in the army have not increased for 5 years, prices, unlike salaries, have not stood still and increased by 45%. Moreover, the minimum food set and in general increased in price by 61%.

The most interesting thing is that the notorious “May decrees” concerned not only state employees, but also army personnel. According to the documents signed by the president, military salaries should be at the level fixed in the central economic spheres. These include the fuel, energy and financial sectors. In order to maintain the average salary of military personnel at the specified level, parliamentarians even prepared relevant bills with amendments to the state budget. However, they were rejected, and the coefficient of the proposed increase was never announced.

It is unknown how the presidential instructions will be implemented now. Understanding the situation is also complicated by the fact that over the past 2 years, no information about average army salaries has been published in open sources. In 2015, according to information announced by the Ministry of Defense, the average allowance was about 60 thousand rubles. How they have changed over the past 2 years is unknown. At the same time, salaries in the fuel and energy complex amounted to 78 thousand rubles based on the results of 2016, and in the financial sector they generally exceeded 80 thousand rubles.

In any case, taking into account the available data, we can safely say that the “May decrees” are under threat of non-implementation not only in relation to public sector employees, but also the military. Their salaries are still far from reaching the average of 80 thousand rubles, and a 4 percent increase will only help them get a little closer to the desired indicators.

However, this will seem fair to many: the military already received a significant increase 6 years ago; before that, the average salary in the army was lower than the national average. And now, even despite several years without indexation, their salaries still maintain a fairly high level of purchasing power, especially when compared with the salaries of ordinary Russians. An increase in salaries for the military above the inflation rate could become a negative factor for the rest of the population, who earn significantly less and do not receive increased indexation. There is no consensus on this yet, but it is already obvious that the state is in no hurry to seriously increase military salaries. Whether the army team will like this arrangement is a big question. But how this will affect electoral views will become known very soon.

Pensions for military pensioners in 2018 from January 1, latest news. Increase in military pay in 2018: latest news. Increase in military salaries in 2018.

The Ministry of Finance revealed the amount of defense spending for the next three years. In the three-year budget, it is planned to spend almost 6.8 trillion rubles on national defense and national security, on law enforcement activities.

As for the Armed Forces, 62 billion rubles from the budget will be spent on their maintenance (food, transport, infrastructure) in 2018. Another 14 billion rubles for certain activities of the RF Armed Forces, plus 23 billion rubles for paying for utilities, fuel, fuel and food.

However, the main item of expenditure that will greatly please military personnel will be the indexation of pay and military pensions. The budget for three years includes indexation of military salaries and pensions by 4%. This has not been done for five whole years.

“The last time there was a serious increase was in 2012. Although the state legally took upon itself the responsibility to index wages in accordance with inflation,” says the military political scientist, associate professor of the department of political science and sociology of the Russian Economic University. Plekhanov Alexander Perendzhiev.

“Today, the military profession is really associated with risks to health and life due to participation in hot spots, primarily in Syria. The military threat against Russia is growing. The authorities must be sure that military personnel trust them, especially in the conditions of hybrid, geo-economic and military pressure on Russia,” says the expert.

Starting from the new year, the state returns to the practice of indexing monetary allowances to the inflation rate. Previously, an amendment was made to the budget to allocate 53 billion rubles for this in 2018, 66 billion in 2019 and 122 billion in 2020. As a result, over three years the budget will spend about 240 billion rubles on indexing monetary allowances.

The newspaper VZGLYAD has at its disposal a telegram dated November 17, 2017 from Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Tatyana Shevtsova. It was sent to all deputy commanders of military districts for financial and economic work and heads of the financial support department of the Ministry of Defense by region.

The telegram states that, in accordance with the instructions of the Russian government dated November 3, 2017, the Ministry of Defense is preparing to increase the salaries of military personnel by 4% from January 1, 2018. Thanks to this, pensions for former military personnel, which depend on current salaries, will also be increased. By December 7, 2017, all necessary documents for the payment of pensions in new amounts for January 2018 must be submitted to Sberbank, the telegram says.

In other words, the increase in 2018 is a done deal. This practice is expected to continue in 2019 and 2020.

According to the publication, indexation will affect at least 2.7 million people. This includes 1 million who serve in the Armed Forces. Plus employees of the internal affairs bodies, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the National Guard and the fire service (by law they are equated to military personnel) - that’s another 1.7 million. However, another 900 thousand civilian personnel work in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. If indexation also affects them, then about 3.6 million people will face a salary increase. In addition, indexation is likely awaiting employees of the FSB, FSO and the Foreign Intelligence Service; they are also classified as military personnel.

According to calculators from the Strategiya law firm, the salary of a squad commander with the rank of sergeant (excluding VAT) will increase from 18,705 to 19,453 rubles, that is, by 748 rubles. And, for example, the salary of the army commander, lieutenant general, will increase from 51,330 to 53,383 rubles, or by 2,053 rubles. Without deduction of VAT, of course, the salaries are higher (you can see them in the sign).

But, of course, military personnel never receive a “bare” salary.

There is a huge system of allowances.

“There are bonuses that are paid in any case, for example, for length of service, which depends only on the duration of military service. Other bonuses must be earned,” Evgeniy Darchenko, leading legal consultant at the Strategy law firm, tells the newspaper VZGLYAD.

So, for length of service from 15 to 20 years there is a 25% bonus. In this case, the squad commander with the rank of sergeant will receive 24,316 rubles from the new year. If our sergeant is well physically prepared and is worthy of an 80% bonus for physical physical fitness, then he will already receive 35,174 rubles. And if he also jumps a lot with a parachute, he can receive an 80% bonus for this, and then his monthly allowance is already 46,031 rubles.

In addition, there are also bonuses for the effective performance of official duties, for working with state secrets, for special conditions of service, for qualifications and tasks performed, for a hot spot. There are regional bonuses, for example, for service in the Far North and for other specific merits, which are indicated in the calculator (only certain “exotic” bonuses are not used there, for example, for work experience in encryption authorities). Therefore, in reality, military personnel receive several times more than their salary.

According to the May presidential decrees, military pay should be no less than the average salary in leading sectors of the economy. Rosstat considered fuel and energy complex and finance to be such. In general, according to the Ministry of Defense, the average level of pay for military personnel in 2014 was 62.1 thousand rubles, which was 10% higher than the average level of salaries in oil and gas production. In 2015 - 62.2 thousand rubles. For example, an army commander, a lieutenant general, on average, taking into account additional payments, received 117 thousand rubles, and a platoon commander with the rank of lieutenant - 50 thousand rubles.

There are no data on the average salary of military personnel for 2016 and 2017. However, the average salary in the oil and gas production sector last year was 77.6 thousand rubles, and in finance - more than 80 thousand rubles (Rosstat data). It is likely that the average salary has already lagged behind these levels, and thanks to indexation by 4% it will come closer to it. At the same time, pensions of retirees will increase from the new year, because they are calculated on the basis of military salaries.

However, unfortunately, there is a big fly in the ointment in this barrel of honey.

According to the calculator, a retired squad commander (5th category of military position) with the rank of sergeant (sergeant major 1st article) with a total duration of military service of 25 years (without regional allowances, but with a mandatory bonus for length of service of 40%) has a pension from February 2017 is 14,131.8 rubles, and from January 1, 2018 it will increase to 14,697 rubles.

Meanwhile, according to the calculator, from October 2013 to 2017, pensions did not stand still, but in total increased by 24%. However, in this case it is not entirely correct to talk about growth, says Evgeniy Darchenko, leading legal adviser at the Strategy law firm.

He explains that from January 1, 2012, when the monetary allowance was significantly increased, the so-called a reduction factor that did not exist before. In other words, the military began to receive decent salaries, but pensions remained from those times when salaries for military positions and military ranks were small.

“The specified coefficient in 2012 was set at 54%, that is, it reduced the pension by the specified value, which is why it became known as “reducing,” explains the military lawyer.

He gives an example for comparison. If the retired squad commander with the rank of sergeant had not initially reduced his pension by this coefficient, he would now receive a pension of not 14,131 rubles, but 19,565 rubles, that is, 5.4 thousand more. And taking into account the indexation of salaries by 4% from January 2018 - 20,347.6 rubles.

Why this was done is clear. The state wouldn't cooperate. But according to federal law, this pension-reducing coefficient increases annually by 2% starting in January 2013 until it reaches 100%.

“It was assumed that pensions paid under this law would reach their target value in 2035,” says Evgeniy Darchenko.

Between 2013 and 2017, this ratio increased slightly faster than planned.

“Since January 2013, excluding the current increase from January 1, 2018, pensions have grown solely due to changes in the specified coefficient. Most military retirees won't receive their full pension until 2035, no matter how old they currently are. Some of them will never see their “real pension” because they will not live to see this moment. Therefore, it is incorrect to say that the pensions of military pensioners grew in 2013–2017; during this period they only approached the values ​​they should be,” says the military lawyer.

Moreover, he recalls that in May decrees the president asked to annually index military pensions by at least 2% above the inflation rate. But the presidential decree was not implemented. In any case, the reduction coefficient over six years increased from 54% to 72%, that is, by 18%, while official inflation over these years amounted to 42.68%, says Darchenko.

“Thus, the under-increase in pensions, not counting its expected annual increase of 2% above the inflation rate, amounted to 24.68%,” he noted.

But the military themselves are even more dissatisfied with the fact that individual citizens are receiving their military pensions now in full without a reducing factor, and they do not have to wait until 2035. These include judges of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court and military courts, prosecutors (including military personnel of the military prosecutor's office) and employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (including military investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation).

“What did a former investigator of military investigative agencies or a judge of some garrison military court do to deserve such special treatment? Why should a retiree with the military rank of colonel receive a smaller pension than, for example, a reserve major or former military investigator? We personally do not see any objective justification for such differences,” sums up the military lawyer.

He believes that there should be no unfair division of military retirees into those whose pensions are paid in full immediately and those who must wait until 2035. In addition, the legal adviser adds, it is necessary to reduce the gap several times between monetary allowances and military pensions, Rosregistr reports. And one of the problems is that it is not military salaries, from which pensions are calculated, that are growing, but allowances and bonuses, which do not in any way affect the size of pensions.

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