Monthly cosmonaut salary in Russia 2021, by experience
In 2021, the average monthly salary of a cosmonaut, a term used in Russia and Central Asia to describe an astronaut, with a least one spaceflight was over 139 thousand Russian rubles. By comparison, the monthly salary of a cosmonaut candidate stood at below 130 thousand Russian rubles. Cosmonaut instructors had the highest salary in the period observed, at nearly 166 thousand Russian rubles.