Average Earnings
6) average earnings - the average amount of wages, other payments and remuneration paid by the insurer to the insured person during the calculation period, based on which, in accordance with this Federal Law, benefits for temporary incapacity for work, maternity and childbirth, monthly allowance for child care are calculated, and for persons who have voluntarily entered into legal relations under compulsory social insurance against temporary incapacity for work and in connection with motherhood - the minimum wage established by federal law on the day of occurrence of the insured event
Source: Federal Law No. 255-FZ dated December 29, 2006 (as amended on December 3, 2011) "On Compulsory Social Insurance against Temporary Incapacity for Work and in Connection with Motherhood"