Average wage, real during each governor's tenure
83 governors, ranked by how average wage, real changed from their first day in office, next to Russia over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Governor | Country | In office | Total | vs RU | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andrey Travnikov | Novosibirsk Oblast | 6 Oct 2017 – now from Q1 2018 | +63.7% Q1 2018 → Q1 2026 | +20.7 pts RU +43.0% | +6.4%/yr | |
| 2 | Vasily Orlov | Amur Oblast | 30 May 2018 – now | +62.7% Q1 2018 → Q1 2026 | +19.8 pts RU +43.0% | +6.3%/yr | |
| 3 | Viktor Tomenko | Altai Krai | 30 May 2018 – now | +58.6% Q1 2018 → Q4 2025 | +15.6 pts RU +43.0% | +6.1%/yr | |
| 4 | Vadim Shumkov | Kurgan Oblast | 2 Oct 2018 – now | +57.4% Q3 2018 → Q1 2026 | +19.3 pts RU +38.1% | +6.2%/yr | |
| 5 | N Aleksandr Osipov | Zabaykalsky Krai | 25 Oct 2018 – now | +54.9% Q3 2018 → Q4 2025 | +16.8 pts RU +38.1% | +6.2%/yr | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Gusev | Voronezh Oblast | 25 Dec 2017 – now from Q1 2018 | +52.1% Q1 2018 → Q1 2026 | +9.2 pts RU +43.0% | +5.4%/yr | |
| 7 | Gleb Nikitin | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 26 Sep 2017 – now from Q4 2017 | +51.9% Q4 2017 → Q1 2026 | +5.7 pts RU +46.2% | +5.2%/yr | |
| 8 | Mikhail Vedernikov | Pskov Oblast | 12 Oct 2017 – now from Q1 2018 | +49.7% Q1 2018 → Q4 2025 | +6.7 pts RU +43.0% | +5.3%/yr | |
| 9 | Igor Artamonov | Lipetsk Oblast | 2 Oct 2018 – now | +48.0% Q3 2018 → Q1 2026 | +9.9 pts RU +38.1% | +5.4%/yr | |
| 10 | Oleg Kozhemyako | Primorsky Krai | 26 Sep 2018 – 18 Oct 2026 | +47.6% Q2 2018 → Q1 2026 | +7.3 pts RU +40.3% | +5.2%/yr |
Showing 10 of 82 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Russia is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. RUB a month, today's money, last four quarters · Rosstat's municipal database (BDMO) as mirrored by tochno.st: the wage bill of organisations over their average number of employees, small businesses excluded, the region's municipalities added up, quarterly from 2017, deflated by the national CPI, averaged over the last four quarters · region data · as of Aug 2026.