The head of the Ministry of labour and social protection Maxim Topilin announced the increase of salaries of state employees in 2019. The official said that since October 1 the wages to be increased by 4 3 percent. The story is about the specialists that are not included in the may decrees of President Vladimir Putin. According to Topilin, in order to keep the ratio of the average wage with the salary of teachers, physicians, scientists and social workers, regions will allocate additional 100 million rubles. However, he noticed that the real time implementation of these measures depend on the situation on the ground, where its own pattern of increase in wages. Topilin said that in 2019, management expects slower growth in real wages of citizens of Russia in comparison with 2018. <span style="color:darkgray