Editing Yekaterinburg (section)

===Living costs and the labor market===
[[File:Yekaterinburg skyline2.jpg|thumb | ''Aquamarine'' apartment complex with the topped out 188-meter [[Vysotsky (skyscraper)|Vysotsky]] skyscraper in the background]]The standard of living in Yekaterinburg exceeds the average standard across Russia. According to the Department of Sociology of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, it is among the top ten cities with the highest standard of living. Compared to other Russian cities with a population of around or over one million, in 2015, Yekaterinburg held a leading position in terms of average monthly wages and retail turnover, in terms of the total volume of investments in fourth place of fixed assets, and second place in housing placement.<ref>{{cite web|date=17 December 2014|title=Екатеринбург вошел в топ-10 городов с самым высоким уровнем жизни|url=http://www.justmedia.ru/news/society/ekaterinburg-voshel-v-top-10-gorodov-s-samym-vysokim-urovnem-zhizni|access-date=14 May 2018|website=JustMedia}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2016|title=Results of social and economic development of the municipal formation "city of Yekaterinburg" in 2015|url=https://xn--l1a.xn--80acgfbsl1azdqr.xn--p1ai/file/f178ca4ef81311e801b1264541cfcad5|page=202|via=Ekaterinburg: Department of Economics of the Administration of the City of Yekaterinburg}}</ref>
[[File:Iset Tower.jpg|left|thumb|[[Iset Tower]] is a 52-story residential skyscraper and is the tallest building in Yekaterinburg. It is located within the vicinity of [[Yekaterinburg-City]]]]
The average monthly wage in Yekaterinburg following the results of 2019 was 54,976 rubles. This is the first place among the millionth municipalities of the Russian Federation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Итоги социально-экономического развития Екатеринбурга|url=https://xn--80acgfbsl1azdqr.xn--p1ai/%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B/%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5/%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8|access-date=19 October 2022|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202125522/https://xn--80acgfbsl1azdqr.xn--p1ai/%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B/%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5/%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are on average 440,300 people employed by large and middle-sized organisations and companies. The unemployment rate at the end of 2015 was 0.83% of the total economically active population. Locals labelled the main problems of the city such the current state of the healthcare system, housing system, and transportation system.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Дарья Воронина.|date=19 June 2013|title=Главными проблемами Екатеринбурга назвали медицину, ЖКХ и дороги|url=https://rg.ru/2013/06/19/reg-urfo/uroven.html|access-date=7 July 2016|publisher=[[Российская газета]]}}</ref>

The budget of Yekaterinburg in 2015 was executed on income in the amount of 32,063.6&nbsp;million rubles, for expenses in the amount of 32,745.8&nbsp;million rubles. Among the budget expenditures: 17 billion rubles were spent on education, over 1 billion rubles on culture, and about 900 million rubles on health. The main part of the revenue of the city treasury was its own tax and non-tax revenues (more than 18 billion rubles). The revenues from the regional and federal budgets were at the lowest level in 10 years. Specialists noted a decrease in tax revenues and an increase in tax debt (exceeded 2 billion rubles).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Юлия Позднякова.|date=22 April 2016|title=Расходы бюджета Екатеринбурга за 2015 год составили почти 33 млрд рублей|work=[[Коммерсантъ]]|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2969492|access-date=7 July 2016}}</ref>

The main budget expenditures are the development of the economy (which accounts for 19% of expenditures) and the social security of the townspeople (11% of expenditures go). Cities such as Perm, Kazan and Ufa, spend for these purposes in a smaller percentage of costs (from 2 to 6%). Also, a fairly strict budgetary discipline is noted—the budget deficit is kept at the level of 2% of its volume.<ref>{{cite web|last=Полина Путякова.|date=30 August 2016|title=Меряемся бюджетами: Откуда города берут деньги и на что тратят|url=http://zvzda.ru/articles/b3d00a4b81a1|access-date=7 July 2016|publisher=zvzda.ru|archive-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902111230/http://zvzda.ru/articles/b3d00a4b81a1|url-status=dead}}</ref>