How much does an investigator earn in Russia in 2021?

What does investigators' income consist of?

The principle by which the final monthly payment to investigators is determined is similar to the principle by which payments to the Russian military are formed. Payment is made up of:

• Base rate. This is something that is indexed and subject to annual growth.
• Allowances for work in difficult psychological and physical conditions, overtime.
• Coefficient depending on the region.
• Additional payments for rank.
• For length of service - the salary of those who have worked for 10 years is higher than the rates of employees who have just joined the staff.

Even with all the allowances, the income of domestic investigators can hardly be called enviable. Things are no better in the CIS countries. By the way, investigators, like other police officers and military personnel, are prohibited from traveling abroad.

How much does an investigator earn in different positions?

Do you like detective stories with investigations of mysterious crimes? Find out everything about the income of investigators involved in complex and complicated cases in Russia, the CIS and the USA.

Employee income

Investigators work in the FSB, FSNK, the prosecutor's office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Investigative Committee.

Their salaries depend on several factors:

• the region in which the service takes place;
• rank;
• length of service;
• special services to the Motherland;
• having a scientific degree;
• working with classified documentation;
• annual and quarterly bonuses.

The initial salary of an investigator in Russia is between 25,000 ($376) and 33,200 rubles. ($446).

In large cities of the country, specialists are paid:

• Moscow – 34,000 ($511);
• Rostov-on-Don – 32,000 ($481);
• St. Petersburg – 31,000 ($466);
• Krasnodar – 24900 ($374);
• Yekaterinburg – 23,100 ($347).

The average salary in Russia is 24,000 rubles. ($361). The maximum income is received in the Primorsky Territory - 42,000 ($631), and the earnings of investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Khabarovsk Territory do not exceed 11,600 ($174).

For length of service, specialists are paid extra:

• up to 5 years – 21%;
• up to 10 years – 36%;
• up to 20 years – 56%;
• over 20 – 71%.

Incentive system

Motivating measures for law enforcement officers:

The longer the work experience, the more days are added to the vacation:

• in the 11th year – 5 days;
• on the 16th – 10 days;
• 20 or more – 15 days.

1. Reimbursement of transportation costs for a vacation trip.
2. Sanatorium-resort treatment at the expense of the employer.
3. Children of employees have free holidays in summer holiday camps.
4. Employees are compensated for the cost of rent.

Revenue in different structures

Employees of the Investigative Committee earn the most - 45,500 rubles. ($684).

Salary depends on the position held:

• head of the Investigative Committee in Moscow - 83,000 ($1,247);
• junior lieutenant of justice - + 15% of salary;
• senior lieutenant - + 16%;
• General of Justice - + 30%.

Income of employees in other structures:

• At the FSB, an investigator earns 28,200 ($424), and his senior colleague earns 31,500 rubles. ($473).
• The profits of employees of the drug control service (FSKN) in Moscow reach 41 - 62 thousand ($616 - 932). In the regions they receive less than 50,000 ($752).
• The salaries of investigators at the Moscow Prosecutor's Office range between 40,000 ($601) and 70,100 ($1,052). In the regions they receive from 21,000 ($303) to 51,000 ($753). Average earnings correspond to 33,100 rubles. ($496).
• The net salary of a detective of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 22,000 ($331). Revenue reaches 31,500 – 46,300 rubles. ($473 – 696) per month.
• A private investigation employee receives up to 51,000 rubles for each solved case. Average monthly income ranges from 71,000 ($1,067) to 105,000 ($1,578).

In 2021 and 2021, it is planned to increase the salaries of government investigators by 4–5%.

Profits of colleagues from other countries

• An investigator of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in Ukraine earns 30,000 UAH ($1,062) per month.
• Specialists in the SBU receive from 4 to 16 thousand ($142 – 566). The salary of the head of the service reaches 62,300 ($2,205).
• Earnings of Anti-Corruption Committee employees range from 20 to 25 thousand ($708 – 885). For exposing criminal fraud on an especially large scale, they receive large cash bonuses.
• Ordinary investigators of the Financial Police earn 16,000 ($566), and their managers earn 64,000 ($2,265).

In the CIS countries, investigators receive:

The income of American detectives reaches $79,100/year. In Poland, specialists earn 4578 zlotys/month.

A police investigator in Germany, depending on his place of residence, receives:

• Bavaria – 3622 euros/month;
• Bremen - 3305;
• Hesse – 3611;
• Saar - 3198;
• Thuringia – 2722.

Vacancies

1. Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Novosibirsk region. An detective to combat economic crimes is required. Salary – 31,700 rubles. ($476).
2. Investigative Directorate of Russia, Moscow, requires an investigator to investigate criminal cases. Salary – 40,000 ($601).
3. The detective agency Detek AG offers a vacancy for an experienced investigator in the investigation of criminal and economic crimes. Salary - by agreement.

What affects an investigator’s salary?

There are several factors that determine what an investigator's salary will be.

Place of duty

Investigators are needed in various law enforcement agencies. Those who work in the prosecutor's office and the Investigative Committee have higher incomes. In the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB, detectives have lower incomes.

When considering potential salary, it is also necessary to mention the difference in career growth rates. Investigators working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor's Office move up much faster than employees of the Investigative Committee and the FSB.

For private investigators, earnings directly depend on the number of completed orders. For each solved case they can receive up to 50,000 rubles.

The average income of private detectives starts from 40,000 rubles. But to earn a decent salary, you need to get a job in a successful private investigation agency.

The minimum and maximum salaries for investigators vary greatly. In the regions, detectives’ earnings start at 25,000 rubles, and with further career growth they can rise to 80,000 rubles.

Their incomes are growing in accordance with the planned salary increase for representatives of law enforcement agencies. Every year, both salaries and the amount of possible bonuses increase, which ultimately gives an average increase in salary of more than 10–15%.

Rank and length of service

The provision of law enforcement representatives depends on the official salary and other additional payments that are awarded for length of service and assigned rank.

A junior lieutenant receives an increase of 15% of his salary. Lieutenants receive a 16% bonus, senior lieutenants - 17%.

For each subsequent rank an additional 1% is awarded. The highest increase is for generals of justice - 30%.

Career growth involves several main stages:

1. Investigator;
2. Senior investigator;
3. Deputy head of the district investigative department;
4. Head of the Investigation Department.

Additional payments are also provided for length of service:

Important! Separate bonuses are awarded for the employee’s special merits and awards.

Salaries for commanding officers in investigative departments start from 65,000–75,000 rubles.

A detective's salary represents only 30% of total earnings. Most of them come from various types of additional payments.

Detectives' working conditions and schedule are irregular, so they are entitled to many allowances. For service in special conditions, they are charged from 15% to 150%. For work in difficult and stressful conditions, they add about 30–50% of the salary.

Work in the Investigative Committee

So I decided to write my own post, there were attempts, but alas they were not successful, if you are interested, you can look at my news, but there is little interesting there.

And so work in the Investigative Committee is very difficult, since there are no days off, you spend all your time on work, money too, but that’s a different story.

I’ll probably start from the very beginning, I went to work for the Investigative Committee when I was still a student, they need them there because you don’t have to pay, and they help out well, especially if you teach how to work with inspection materials. My first day of work as an assistant was rich in learning new terminology, swearing and how to behave correctly with people, because the last ones, having watched enough TV series, think that everything is decided at the moment.

My investigator to whom I was attached gave me four volumes of a criminal case on the fact of rape, there was some reading, but something in the form of interrogations really delivers, here is one of the examples “I told him to fuck off, for which I got kicked in the fuck” and Everything is written exactly, no asterisks and the like.

In general, after the first day I came back like a squeezed lemon. Having returned to the department again, I was instructed to interrupt explanations to a third party, an integral job, to draw up a resolution to refuse to initiate a criminal case (hereinafter referred to as REFUSAL), as my investigator said, that the text of the refusal should flow like a river, like a story, so that the person who does not delve into I understood everything about the essence of the material. So I read the explanations and notice mistakes of the police officers such as “I ran at a brisk pace,” “I locked myself in the bathhouse and abused it.” Yes, there are so many of these mistakes, sometimes you wonder how they can be made, but after working for 15 hours in a row, you start making worse mistakes. This is how I went through it for about 3 years and I was appointed an investigator, to say that it was not easy is to say nothing. This is where my story begins, although it will probably no longer be a story, but a kind of guide for people who have never been within the walls of our establishment.

I’ll probably end here, since I have little rating, the post will be written once a day if possible.

Law on junior employees in the RF IC

In 2010, Federal Law No. 403-FZ was adopted, regulating the work of the Investigative Committee. Article No. 16 of this Law specifies the requirements that must be presented to citizens wishing to work in the RF IC.

The first and main requirement is the presence of Russian citizenship and higher legal education. The legal program in which the citizen studied must be accredited in a specialty close to investigative work. When hiring, the moral and professional qualities of the future employee, his mental and physical health are taken into account.

The law states that even a law student can become an assistant investigator. It is only important that he does not have any student debts, and that the duration of his education is at least six months.

Paragraph 4 of Article 16 of the Law in question sets out the signs in the presence of which a person cannot be hired to work for the Investigative Committee. Here it is worth noting complete or limited incapacity, an unexpunged conviction, criminal prosecution, the presence of serious illnesses, close relationship with an employee of the RF IC, the presence of a citizenship other than Russian, as well as refusal of the admission procedure. In the latter case, we are talking about failure to provide the relevant documents, according to which the Investigative Committee can hire.

Additional benefits and material incentives

The following benefits and incentives are provided for investigators of all law enforcement agencies:

• annual additional paid leave for long service. If the length of service is 10 years, then 5 calendar days are added to the vacation, 15 years will add 10 days, and a length of service of 20 years will allow you to rest 15 days a year more;
• free travel to and from your holiday destination once a year;
• free treatment and prevention in departmental sanatoriums;
• bonuses based on service results for the quarter and year;
• children of investigative staff receive places in kindergartens, boarding schools, and summer health camps out of turn;
• in case of business trips, investigators have the right to make emergency reservations and accommodation in hotels, as well as to purchase tickets for all types of transport;
• compensation for expenses related to rental housing.

Composition of an investigator's salary

The salary of an average specialist consists of several elements:

1. Salary. This is a fixed amount of payments provided for the time spent at work.
2. Allowances. They are based on length of service - experience, as well as for special service/labor merits.
3. Awards. They are awarded for complex tasks completed.
4. Social benefits and benefits. They rely exclusively on socially vulnerable categories of workers.

The real everyday life of an investigator is presented below.

Salary amount in different government agencies

The incomes of specialists from various government agencies are not the same.

1. Investigators of the prosecutor's office receive an average of 35 thousand rubles. monthly. Active work and merits can significantly increase this amount: in Moscow, the salary of specialists reaches 65 thousand rubles. provided there is no significant misconduct in their history.
2. Police officers receive slightly lower salaries. The average remuneration of a police investigator is 33 thousand rubles; to increase earnings, you need to quickly move up the career ladder. The salary of a military investigator without allowances is 22 thousand rubles.
3. FSB investigators earn 28-31 thousand rubles. depending on the level of competence and status.
4. The salaries of FSKN investigators are usually limited to 40-60 thousand rubles.
5. The best level of detention is provided by the Investigative Committee. The organization is under federal subordination, the average salary here is 79 thousand rubles.

The profession of an investigator makes it possible to obtain a narrow specialization as a criminologist; such employees earn at least 30 thousand rubles, and private laboratories can offer experienced investigators significantly higher salaries.

Retirement

Taking into account the fact that the working conditions of specialists working in investigative agencies are difficult and the level of danger is considered high, the state has provided a benefit in the form of early retirement.

In this regard, an investigator with 20 years of service can count on pension provision from the state. At the same time, employees of detective structures and agencies are offered severance pay, the amount of which is 20 salaries (this is the bonus for receiving a special rank).

On average, the size of a specialist’s pension is 18,000 - 20,000 rubles. If there are benefits and special conditions, it can be large and reach 25,000 - 30,000 rubles.

A description of the “investigator” profession is below.

How much do Russian investigators earn?

The activities of the investigator are aimed at solving the crime, identifying and catching the criminal. An investigator's salary should be a worthy reward for complex and sometimes dangerous work. Is it really? This question worries both those who are still young and thinking about working in bodies subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and those who want Russia to finally become a safe country where you can walk the streets at any time of the day without fear for your life.

The investigator belongs to the preliminary investigation authorities. “Justice” (translated from Latin) means “fairness”, “legality”

Tasks of an assistant investigator

The scope of the intern's powers and tasks is determined by Federal Law. In this case, specific goals are assigned by the assistant’s immediate supervisor. According to the law, junior employees in the system of authorities in question are engaged in providing information, organizational and technical assistance to the investigator. Most of the work is related to the preparation of project documentation.

The duties of an assistant investigator in the police, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation or the prosecutor's office include promptly informing his superiors about problems and unusual circumstances that arise during the course of work. In turn, the employees themselves must calmly and competently explain to the intern all the problematic issues.

The assistant investigator is responsible for his actions. Depending on the damage caused, liability can be disciplinary, financial, administrative or even criminal.

Who is an investigator and what are his job responsibilities?

Simply put, this is a person who organizes evidence and manages the process of proof. After all, it is not enough to find out who committed the crime; you need to prove the person’s guilt and document all the facts related to the case. In some movie, the hero says that the main weapon of an investigator is a pen. And, you know, he's right. Although personally I would add a sharp mind and a lot, a lot of patience. When I first got a job in the internal affairs bodies, I had little idea about who I would work as. And this despite the fact that by that time my mother had already worked as an investigator for ten years. I did not have any special education, but I had a great desire to serve the Motherland. That's exactly how pathetic it is. Serve the Motherland.

Senior Police Lieutenant

As it turns out, investigators are different:

• investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation;
• investigators of internal affairs bodies;
• Federal Security Service investigators;
• investigators from the Federal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation.

Everyone has different specifics of work, different areas of activity, which are regulated by the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. But everyone has the same goals, objectives and job responsibilities. Investigators have broad powers: this includes initiating a criminal case, and general management of the investigation of a crime, and making procedural decisions in the case, and paper, paper, paper. Half of an investigator’s working time is spent on paperwork; this is the most “paperwork” job in all law enforcement agencies.

Required qualities

It is not for nothing that the profession of a forensic scientist is considered one of the most difficult and stressful. Dealing with human pain and injustice every day and reconstructing in detail the process of a crime (and often a murder) - only a completely mentally healthy person with strong nerves can cope with this. But despite these difficulties, forensics is an incredibly interesting and exciting science, and a person with an analytical mind will be able to realize his childhood dreams of becoming a detective.

So, what qualities should a person have to become a criminologist:

• stress resistance, calmness and endurance.
• scrupulousness and pedantry, consistency in one’s actions and decision-making.
• keen attention.
• Responsibility for all your actions.
• easy interaction with other specialists, ability to work in a team.
• mobility and ease of climbing.
• readiness to work at night.
• ability to work with papers and large amounts of information, draw conclusions and competently transfer them to paper.
• learning ability, ability to work with technology and other tools that help in identifying evidence.

A career guidance test will help you check whether you are capable of working in this field of activity.

Salaries, benefits and career growth in law enforcement agencies

Investigator's work

Investigator salary

For all its complexity and tension, the profession can bring extraordinary satisfaction. And now I’m talking about the moral side of the matter, because, despite all the complexity and intensity of the service, the salary of an investigator remains not high enough. The average salary of an investigator is 55 thousand rubles (data for 2015 - editor's note). It consists of the official salary (at the time of my dismissal from the authorities it was 16,500 rubles) and payment for the rank (in my case, 11,500 rubles for the rank of major of justice), as well as bonuses for length of service and the regional coefficient. In total, I received 55,700 rubles. Since I retired, my salary has not been raised.

The higher the rank and the longer the length of service, the higher the salary. With impeccable service, you can achieve career growth. Business career - patience, work, will to win, become a senior investigator, head of an investigation department or investigative department. As you understand, the boss’s salary is higher than that of an ordinary investigator, because the responsibility increases significantly.

Benefits for employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Investigators are entitled to police benefits, there are a lot of them, I will list only the main ones. This includes free travel to a place of rest or treatment during vacation for the employee himself and his family members, sanatorium and resort services in sanatoriums and rest homes, of which the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a sufficient number so that every employee can rest and receive treatment. I think there is no need to mention retirement based on length of service, because everyone knows about it. In case of illness, the employee is paid the full salary, and not some percentage of it, as is the case with civilian workers and employees.

Of course, this profession, worthy in all respects, also has its drawbacks - this is an irregular working day (you can leave work late at night, or you may not leave until the evening of the next day), a large psychological load, a huge pile of work, when there is no time to raise your head , and lack of time for yourself and your family. But when you look at the filed case, ready to be sent to court, you understand that there will be one less unpunished crime, all the hardships and hardships recede into the background. And this is where you realize that in order to be an investigator you need to really love your job.

Up the career ladder

As I already said, in the service in the authorities you can move up the career ladder. First you need to become a senior investigator. This means that you must be a mentor to young people entering the service, investigate cases of increased complexity, and be excellent in combat and physical training. Physical fitness is very important for investigators, and although they do not run around with a pistol or sit in ambushes, like criminal investigation officers, no one has canceled physical and shooting training tests.

Having become a senior investigator, you can count on receiving the next rank, or you can rise to the position of prosecutor of the department for supervision of the investigation, and here you need not only an impeccable track record and solid experience, but also a higher legal education. Although now it is almost impossible to get a job in the internal affairs bodies without a higher legal education.

Legal education can be obtained both in civilian universities and in specialized educational institutions that train specialists specifically for law enforcement agencies. Already working as an investigator, I graduated from law school in absentia. And guess what? It turned out that this was simply necessary, I began to better understand the structure of the legislation that guided me during the investigation of crimes, and it became easier for me to find and apply the necessary rules of law. Whatever one may say, it is better to obtain specialized knowledge at an educational institution.

Still want to be an investigator? Aren't you afraid of the difficulties and hardships of service? Well, that's commendable. Then be patient because it is a long journey. Be sure to enroll in a law school, where you will be given the necessary knowledge in law, logic, communication psychology, and criminology. Take care of your health to pass the medical screening. And, perhaps, the most important thing is to try to love your profession in order to serve with your soul and find advantages in it every day.

How to become an investigator?

To work as an investigator, you must have a higher legal education. There are two options: either immediately after school a person enters a university to study a relevant legal specialty, or he receives a secondary education, goes to work in the police and continues his studies in absentia in order to obtain the required diploma.

Getting a job in law enforcement is not that easy. To do this, you need to graduate from a special educational institution (now they can be called differently, in Soviet times they were called police schools, and their main characteristic is the presence of a specialty in “Law Enforcement”). The rules for admission to such institutions may differ, but usually it is necessary to pass physical training standards, present a school certificate and undergo an interview.

As for the university, it is even more difficult to enter there, since the competition is quite large. And in order to later be able to work as an investigator, not all specialties are suitable, but only some of them - for example, these are such specializations as the above-mentioned “Law Enforcement”, as well as “Forensic Expertise” and “Criminal Procedure”. It can also be any other criminal law specialization, including operational investigative activities.

Most often, to enter a university you need to have high Unified State Examination results in social studies, history and the Russian language. In some universities you also need to pass physical training standards. Other educational institutions require you to take a separate English language exam.

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How much does an investigator earn?

The population of Russia lives in a rule of law state. But, unfortunately, the number of crimes in Russia in recent years has been at a fairly high level. Although every person would like to be protected from the actions of bandits, hooligans, scammers and murderers. Investigators are called upon to prevent various criminal acts and make the lives of law-abiding citizens safe.

They are the ones who are able to solve and prevent dangerous crimes. This profession is associated with great physical and mental stress. Investigators often work under conditions of risk to their own health and even life.

What are the job responsibilities of an investigator? What features of professional activity do specialists in this category encounter? How much does an investigator earn for his dangerous and necessary work? Are there any benefits and allowances for his work? Can an investigator count on preferential retirement conditions? What is the amount of retirement benefits for detectives upon termination of employment?

What influences the salary of an investigator?

The profession of an investigator is always in demand in the labor market and is well paid. The salary of crime fighting specialists is determined by the following indicators:

Place of duty

State law enforcement structure is the place of service of the investigator. Thus, investigators of the Prosecutor's Office earn 40-70 thousand rubles per month.

But in the Internal Affairs bodies, the salaries of this category of employees are lower - about 31-46 thousand rubles. per month. Investigators of the Investigative Committee have the highest incomes, they range between 46-84 thousand.

rub. FSB investigators are less than their colleagues - 29-33 thousand rubles.

Region of Russia in which the investigator lives and serves

The earnings of law enforcement specialists living in large cities are higher than those of lawyers in small towns.

It should be noted that investigators work not only in government law enforcement agencies. A network of private detective agencies has been created and is actively developing in Russia.

Their employees receive a monetary reward for each successfully completed task. The average monthly income of private investigation workers is about 70-100 thousand rubles. per month, which significantly exceeds the salaries of civil servants.

How much do Moscow investigators earn?

An analysis of the investigator vacancy market showed that the need for detective specialists in Moscow today is small.

A total of 25 jobs are waiting for applicants for the positions of investigators in the regional departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a salary from 36 to 62 thousand rubles. monthly. The average salary is 42-53 thousand rubles.

It should be noted that more than 90% of employers are ready to hire a young detective specialist without work experience.

Salaries of investigators in Russian regions

The need for investigators in Russia today is about 200 specialists. Thus, in St. Petersburg, no more than 10 vacancies remain open for investigators today. Today in the northern capital, employers are willing to pay investigators a salary ranging from 33 to 40.4 thousand rubles. Average salaries are 37 thousand rubles.

The Tyndinsky linear transport department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is waiting for an investigator with a salary of 50 thousand rubles. Investigators in Krasnoyarsk earn 35-45 thousand rubles, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur – 40-43 thousand rubles, Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Volgodonsk – 31-34 thousand rubles, Alapaevsk – 29-36 thousand. rub., Veliky Novgorod - from 29.5 thousand rubles.

The average monthly salary in the regions of Russia is 32 thousand rubles. This is 1.1 times higher than the average salary in the country’s economy and lower than in Moscow.

How much do investigators earn in other countries of the world?

American criminal investigators earn an average of 79 thousand dollars (4.7 million rubles) per year, which is approximately 400 thousand rubles per month. per month. This significantly exceeds the income of Russian colleagues.

Income of investigators in various regions of the country

The salary of an investigator in Russia, if we talk about the initial stages of the formation of representatives of the profession, is not the same for everyone. Most of all, it is influenced by regional binding.

Starting salaries in the capital and other regions of the country will differ. For clarity, here is a small table:

What can investigators expect at the beginning of their careers in different cities of the Russian Federation?

Investigators in the capital already earn more at the start than their colleagues in large cities such as St. Petersburg or Krasnodar. If we talk about regions more distant from the center (KBR, Altai, Yakutia, etc.), then in them the starting salary for an investigative agency employee will be even lower.

Table: average salary of investigators in different regions of the Russian Federation

Income of investigators working in various structures

Investigators work not only in the police, as many uninitiated citizens believe. Representatives of the profession are divided into investigators:

• Federal Security Service;
• Russian internal affairs bodies;
• Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation;

Salaries vary across different structures. In 2021, the investigator's salary ranges from 30 to 70 thousand rubles. In 2021, a serious increase in salaries is expected, presumably by 20-30%.

Investigator's income level and career prospects

How much do they earn in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?

Investigators working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Russian regions earn from 25 to 50 thousand rubles. Muscovites are in the lead, with salaries reaching 80,000 rubles.

The average salary of a Russian investigator of the above-mentioned structures is 35 thousand rubles. Investigators in the Primorsky Territory have the highest salaries – up to 50 thousand rubles. The lowest in the Khabarovsk region - 19.5 thousand rubles. The situation is approximately the same in the regions.

Income of employees of the Investigative Committee

Working in the Investigative Committee, you can earn more than in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This department employs the highest paid investigators. The average salary is 60,000 rubles .

Moving up the career ladder, you can earn up to 90,000 rubles. The strict requirements for candidates for the position of investigator of the Investigative Committee can be found here.

Earnings of investigators in various structures

In this section, it is worth mentioning the earnings of public assistants to investigators. On average they receive 20,000 rubles per month.

Earnings of employees of the FSB of Russia

FSB employees receive more than their colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The salary of an investigator of a territorial division of the FSB in 2021 is 39,800 rubles.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, an investigator of the same level will receive 19,500 rubles.

Income of GUNK employees

A separate area is the activity of those who conduct investigations with the aim of exposing criminals involved in the distribution of narcotic drugs.

Previously, this structure was called the Federal Drug Control Service, but now it has become part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The average salary of GUNK employees is 50,000 rubles. Representatives of junior staff receive 40,000 rubles. Employees holding managerial positions – 60,000 rubles.

Watch the following video about the intricacies of the investigator's profession.

What is the salary of an investigator in Russia?

An investigator typically works for government law enforcement agencies. Some provide their services to private individuals. The investigator tries to discover the identity and location of the criminal by examining personal records, possible motives, and collating evidence.

We won’t write about what a complex and responsible job this is, that it requires an analytical mind. Mostly men choose this profession. How much do investigators earn in Moscow and other regions of Russia?

The salary of an investigator directly depends on where the investigator works (Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor's Office, Investigative Committee, Federal Tax Service of Russia, FSB), as well as on the region, rank, length of service and special merits.

At the beginning of your career path, the average monthly salary will be 25–33 thousand rubles. In different cities of Russia, the salary varies:

• in Rostov-on-Don it will be from 30,000 rubles;
• in St. Petersburg – from 30,000 rubles;
• in Yekaterinburg – from 25,000 rubles;
• in Krasnodar – from 25,000 rubles;
• in Moscow – from 33,000 rubles.

What is the salary of an investigator by region of Russia?

Every person wants to be protected from criminals. These are the tasks that investigators perform. These employees work on the basis of current legislation. Many people are interested in what is the salary of an investigator? This depends on the region of work, as well as on many other factors.

Data on the income of investigators in Russian regions is provided by the portal russia.trud.com.

These are the national averages that employers provide when looking for candidates for positions. The difference between regions is quite significant and can differ by 2-3 times.

In Moscow

It is generally accepted that the salaries of all specialists in Moscow are higher than in other cities of the Russian Federation. However, a novice investigator earns only around 32-35 thousand rubles.

In a few years, the salary is guaranteed to become higher (due to length of service, rank and achievements), but in the first years Moscow investigators have a difficult time. For comparison: a novice accountant will work for 38 thousand rubles, and a programmer will work for 50 thousand rubles (russia.trud.com).

The average salary of a more experienced investigator, taking into account all allowances and bonuses, reaches 70-80 thousand rubles.

How much does an investigator earn?

The population of Russia lives in a rule of law state. But, unfortunately, the number of crimes in Russia in recent years has been at a fairly high level. Although every person would like to be protected from the actions of bandits, hooligans, scammers and murderers. Investigators are called upon to prevent various criminal acts and make the lives of law-abiding citizens safe.

They are the ones who are able to solve and prevent dangerous crimes. This profession is associated with great physical and mental stress. Investigators often work under conditions of risk to their own health and even life.

What are the job responsibilities of an investigator? What features of professional activity do specialists in this category encounter? How much does an investigator earn for his dangerous and necessary work? Are there any benefits and allowances for his work? Can an investigator count on preferential retirement conditions? What is the amount of retirement benefits for detectives upon termination of employment?

What does an investigator do?

Of course, the job responsibilities of an investigator largely depend on his place of work. But in general, in most cases it all comes down to the following main points:

1. Initiation of a criminal case in compliance with all legal requirements,
2. Conducting an investigation, which includes examining the scene of the incident, working with witnesses, and analyzing data received from experts. Based on this information, the investigator puts forward different versions of what happened,
3. Searching for evidence against a suspect, conducting interrogation,
4. Document processing, including preparation of investigation reports,
5. Registration of a case for transfer to court.

It is clear that all of the above requires the investigator to have sufficiently high qualifications, which allows him to understand the results of a forensic examination, draw up a psychological portrait of the criminal, etc.

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Salaries of colleagues from other countries

The job responsibilities of investigators in different states may vary significantly, which is due to the specifics of the legal regulations operating in certain territories. However, in general, the activities of employees involved in this area are aimed directly at identifying criminal acts. The salaries of investigators in different countries also differ significantly.

• In the United States, specialists working in the field of criminal law receive about 400,000-450,000 in Russian currency.
• Within Ukraine, the salary of investigators has a lower threshold of 16,000 rubles, the maximum value of which is no more than 55,000 rubles.
• In post-Soviet countries, for example, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, the salary of law enforcement officers varies from 20,000 to 35,000 rubles.

As a rule, employees whose total work experience is no more than three years receive salaries within the minimum values.

Job responsibilities

In order for a specialist to have the opportunity to perform his job duties flawlessly and be able to grow in his career, he will need a higher education in the field of jurisprudence. This will allow you to learn the legal framework and apply its principles in practice.

The main task of the investigator is to solve crimes and detain (arrest) the persons who committed them. The profession requires a large number of skills. They are in the following aspects:

• ability to think analytically;
• ability to make decisions quickly;
• the ability to coordinate the work of services.

Every day, an investigator has to interact with various categories of people, so he is subject to a significant set of requirements in terms of personal qualities:

• good memory;
• well-delivered speech;
• excerpt;
• the ability to instantly find an approach to a person.

Investigators work in various law enforcement agencies, so the specifics of their work may differ. Their main place of service is the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, as well as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB.

Salaries in the Investigative Committee will increase by 20 according to Putin’s secret decree

Vladimir Putin and Alexander Bastrykin. TASS

The fact that salaries will be increased in the Investigative Committee follows from the documents published by the Ministry of Finance for the draft budget for 2020-2022, which were approved at a meeting of the government commission on June 18. The press service of the Ministry of Finance declined to comment.

According to the documents, over three years it is planned to allocate an additional 16.5 billion rubles for salaries in the department, or 5.5 billion rubles per year. This will lead to an increase in the average salary in the department by 20% by 2022.

According to the current law on the federal budget, expenses for payments to IC personnel in 2020-2021 should be 27.4 and 28.4 billion rubles, respectively, but now, taking into account the proposed amendments, these amounts will increase to 33.9 and 34.9 billion rubles .

Who raises salaries for security forces?

Raising salaries for senior civil servants, security forces and judges is the prerogative of the president; this is done according to his decrees.

Thus, by presidential decree in 2012, salaries and additional payments for ranks of investigators in the North Caucasus region were increased by 50%, from 2018 salaries in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were increased by 4%, and from October 2021 the salaries of judges will increase by 4%. In 2015, Putin cut officials’ salaries by 10%; the decree was extended annually until 2021.

This scheme of work is confirmed by FBK partner, director of the Institute of Strategic Analysis Igor Nikolaev. According to him, the possibility of changing salaries and certain coefficients affecting the amount of payments by presidential decrees makes the system of remuneration for officials “quite flexible.”

However, the decree on increasing salaries for ICR employees is not publicly available, and it has not been officially announced.

As a government source told Dozhd, such a decree was actually issued last year, but was labeled “DSP” - for official use, so it is not published or commented on. However, this is what officials are guided by when adjusting the budget for the following years.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov did not answer Rain’s question.

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According to income information for 2021, senior assistants to the chairman of the Investigative Committee on special assignments earn more than others in the central office of the Investigative Committee - their average monthly income was 375 thousand rubles. Deputy chairmen of the Investigative Committee earned an average of 350 thousand rubles per month.

The minimum monthly income of heads of main departments is 260 thousand rubles.

The head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, earlier this year announced an increase in the number of investigators and the staff of the Main Investigation Department, but said that the changes would take place “within the established staffing levels and allocated budgetary allocations.”

The number of law enforcement officers, according to the presidential decree, is 21,126 people. Another 2.5 thousand work in the military corps of the UK. According to Dozhd’s calculations, the average salary of investigators will increase from approximately 110 thousand to 130 thousand rubles a month.

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The press service of the Investigative Committee said that they would respond to Dozhd’s request later.

Increase in salaries in other departments

From the document of the Ministry of Finance it follows that the salary increase in the next three years will affect only employees of the Investigative Committee. The increase in budget allocations to other law enforcement agencies is due to adjustments for the level of inflation, material support, payment of pensions and organizational measures.

A source in law enforcement agencies said that, for example, the wage fund in the prosecutor’s office, which until 2011 included the Investigative Committee, was not increased in a similar way, but was only indexed in connection with inflation. The source notes that this fund is tied to the salaries of judges, and their salaries are also not growing significantly. The TFR has been removed from this “bundle”, and its wage fund can be regulated more freely.

The chairman of the bar association “Man and the Law,” Vladimir Zherebenkov, believes that the decision to increase salaries in the Investigative Committee is due to the “higher priority” status of the department in the eyes of the president.

“They singled him out separately, and it cannot be said that they have started to work better. But this service was created - in fact, it is the child of the president.

Therefore, priority is given to it, although there are no objective reasons for this - the bulk of cases fall on the investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but their wages, as well as technical equipment, are lower,” Zherebenkov explained.

Employees' opinions

Not everyone likes the efforts of the state leadership to improve the situation and find ways to increase salaries. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who feel all the changes themselves, often speak skeptically about innovations. In their opinion, innovations do not bring the changes they deserve. The work is complex, intense, involves risk, takes a lot of energy and health, and monetary compensation does not cover all costs.

According to investigators, additional payments should be formally negotiated, and not given to management for distribution. The increases are too small and do not cover the level of inflation. Prices in stores are rising faster than wages. As the pay increases, the requirements increase and there is more work, since after certification there was a reduction in staff. If earlier this work was performed by several employees, now there is only one, and he receives a salary for one.

Fact! Many investigators noted that they do not quit just because of early retirement. It is also attractive to receive good medical care for free and long annual leave.

It is no coincidence that the country's leadership is increasing the salaries of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Calm within the country is important in today's turbulent times. Salaries for investigators at the beginning of their careers are not very high, but they increase every year, thanks to numerous additions within the department. It is too early to say how much an investigator will earn in Russia in 2021. The government and the President are constantly increasing wages for public sector employees and indexing salaries. Although investigators are not very happy with the salary increase, they are happy with the benefits, such as early retirement. For his sake, they agree to other inconveniences and risks associated with professional activities.

Salaries of investigators in the CIS countries

Employees of the investigative agencies of the CIS countries are not satisfied with their salaries. They earn less than their Russian colleagues. Let us give as an example the rates of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine closest to Russia:

As you can see, the leading position is occupied by the Republic of Belarus. In Ukraine, things are worse. Kazakhstan is in last place among the listed states. However, if we take the salaries of investigators from other CIS countries, there are lower indicators. For example, in Moldova, an investigator earns from 12,000 rubles.

Income of investigators in neighboring countries

The Russians have overtaken their closest neighbors, but if we compare the salaries of Russian investigators with the incomes of their colleagues in Europe and the United States of America, Western investigators earn much more than domestic ones. For example, in the USA, investigators receive an average of 120,000 rubles per month.

Responsibilities of an assistant investigator

Requirements for the work of trainees in the Investigative Committee, the scope of the main tasks and powers - all this is outlined in the general provisions of the Federal Law. What can you tell us about the specific responsibilities of assistant investigators?

The law states that the most important duty of any trainee in the Investigative Committee is the high-quality execution of all legal requirements, orders and requests from superiors. Together with specialists in the field of search, assistants must check materials in criminal cases. Documents come from lower law enforcement authorities. The duties of the Investigative Committee employees include checking materials for violations of the law. “Minor” cases, as a rule, are entrusted to assistant investigators. They also carry out a certain set of activities that have the nature of a pre-investigation check of received applications.

In accordance with the law, assistant investigators are required to implement investigative activities together with their supervisors. The identity of the accused is studied, the reasons and conditions for breaking the law are established, witnesses are interviewed, etc.

Another important responsibility of an investigative assistant is maintaining public relations. This function is very extensive, and sometimes even vague. Interns of the Investigative Committee can report on criminal cases in work collectives, educate the public about the inadmissibility of breaking the law, introduce fellow students to work in law enforcement agencies, etc.

The investigative assistant is strictly prohibited from disclosing information received from superiors in certain criminal cases. During the investigation, you cannot receive any material assets, gifts, services, etc. Finally, the very behavior of a junior employee in the RF IC must comply with the standards of morality, morality and professional ethics.

Thus, the specialist in question has a fairly large number of responsibilities. However, many people have a problem: do investigators have different powers depending on their place of work in the law enforcement system? This question is no longer relevant for all lawyers, including assistant investigators.

The prosecutor's office, the internal affairs department (police), various law enforcement committees and, of course, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation - until recently, all these bodies had small commissions in which detectives worked. Thus, the investigator of the prosecutor's office was significantly different from the same employee, but in the police department. A few years ago, such differentiation disappeared. From now on, all investigators are concentrated only in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.