The research center of the international personnel portal HeadHunter conducted a study on the topic “What professions do you consider the most prestigious?". The survey involved 1581 respondents from different regions of the country. The results of the survey turned out to be to some extent predictable: the leading professions are associated with stability, high income, confidence in the future, as well as with the possibility of career growth and general demand in the market.
Introducing you top 10 most prestigious professions of 2015.
10. Economists and financiers
Professions associated with money have always traditionally been respected. Economists and financiers were no exception. The average salary of an economist in Russia is 30 thousand rubles. People in this profession are most in demand in three regions: Sverdlovsk, Moscow, and Leningrad.
9. Bankers
Bankers are quoted higher than economists. The average salary of a banker in Russia is 45,000 rubles. Large money centers - Moscow, Leningrad and Sverdlovsk regions - are the most profitable in terms of job search for people in this profession.
8. Engineers (various industries)
Higher technical education has traditionally been highly valued in the CIS countries since Soviet times. From a material point of view, the average salary of an engineer varies from 30 to 40 thousand rubles. The republic of Ingushetia respects engineers most of all - the average salary of an engineer there is 75333 rubles. According to the portal, in the future, the prestige and demand for this profession will only increase, while people with technical and economic education plus knowledge of any European language will be especially needed.
7. Creative professions (designers, painters, artists)
These professions are “newbies” in the ranking of the most respected professions. Most of all, designers are popular in the Magadan Region, where the average salary is 52,500 rubles; The Moscow region ranks second.
6. Pilots and astronauts
These heroic professions are steeped in romance and are traditionally highly respected by the population. And in material terms, they look good - the level of the average salary ranges from 100 to 120 thousand rubles. Pilots are valued the most in the Krasnodar Territory, followed by the Republic of Tatarstan and the Amur Region.
5. Doctors
The average salary of a general practitioner is about 38 thousand rubles. The highest paid doctors live in the Kamchatka Territory, where their average salary is 75 thousand rubles. The Republic of Kalmykia is in second place, and the Leningrad Region is in third place.
4. Lawyers, attorneys
The highest paid among lawyers are civil law specialists - their average salary is 110 thousand rubles.
3. Top managers
The average salary of a top manager is 50 thousand rubles. It is predictable that they are most in demand in the Moscow, Leningrad and Sverdlovsk regions, but they are paid the most in the Saratov region, where the average salary of a top manager is 185 thousand rubles. The next place is occupied by the Samara and Rostov regions.
2. Entrepreneurs, businessmen
It is difficult to determine the average salary of entrepreneurs. The reason lies in the specifics of doing business in Russian, when most of the income is in the shadows.
1. Programmers and IT specialists
Three out of five respondents consider this profession the most prestigious - perhaps because it represents the golden mean between opportunities, needs and costs. The average salary of a Russian programmer is about 38 thousand rubles, while programmers who can work with Navision / Axapta earn about 92 - 80 thousand rubles. Most of all programmers are valued in the Moscow region. This profession is in high demand, which is not surprising, given how rapidly the IT sphere is developing in Russia and in the world.
It is assumed that for at least a few more decades, specialists in creating, debugging and maintaining software performance will be among the most needed and highly paid.