Russian State Insurance company published statistics of Russian middle-class grow in 2007.
In summary, year-to-year growth of households who make equivalent of 125 thousand dollars or more is 151%.
Russian economy is booming and it’s reflected in growing income of most of the Russian households. In average, Russians got 10.4% richer in 2007 comparing to 2006. Average monthly income per capita after taxes was 12.5 thousand rubles (about 500 dollars) and top 20% of Russians had average monthly income 29.8 thousand rubles or more (1.24 thousand dollars) comparing to 23.4 thousand a year ago.
There are more than 200 thousand households who make more than 1 million dollars a year after taxes, more than double comparing to a year ago.
| Household Groups by annual income after tax | Number of households, thousands | Growth, % | |
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| 16 thousand dollars or more | 19400 | 14600 | 33% |
| 25 thousand dollars or more | 9190 | 5560 | 65% |
| 50 thousand dollars or more | 4500 | 2120 | 113% |
| 125 thousand dollars or more | 1760 | 700 | 151% |
| 250 thousand dollars or more | 860 | 360 | 138% |
| 500 thousand dollars or more | 420 | 190 | 126% |
| 1 million dollars or more | 210 | 100 | 114% |
| 2 million dollars or more | 100+ | 50 | 103% |
| 3 million dollars or more | 70+ | 30 | 97% |
| 4 million dollars or more | 50+ | 30 | 93% |
| 5 million dollars or more | 40+ | 20 | 89% |
Income distribution by city (2007) in rubles, per capita, after taxes.
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