MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/. Total wage arrears in Russia as of November 1, 2022, amounted to 883.5 mln rubles ($14.5 mln), according to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

The overall debts moved down by 6.2% or by 58.9 mln rubles ($0.97 mln) against the level as at October 1, 2022, the statistical service says.

Debts generated in 2022 amount to 474.6 mln rubles ($7.8 mln) or 53.7%, in 2021 - 115.3 mln rubles ($1.9 mln) or 13.1%, and in 2020 and earlier - 293.6 mln rubles ($5.6 mln) or 45.9% of total debts.

Processing industries account for 46.3% in the total volume of wage arrears, construction accounts for 10.8%, agriculture, hunting and related services and lumbering for 8.7%, electricity, gas and steam supply and air conditioning by 7.4%, mineral resources mining for 6.8%, water supply, drainage, waste gathering and disposal and pollution response for 6.4%, research and developments for 5.6%, and transport for 4.4%.