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At present, the assessment of the standard of living of the working segments of the population is of particular relevance. The purpose of the study is to adapt the traditional methodology of the HDI approach to assessing the standard of living of the working population in the regions of the Volga Federal District (PFD). The methodology proposed by the authors for calculating the human development index (HDI) of the working population, called “HDI-labor”, includes the following components: 1) the index of median wages, correlated with the cost of a fixed set of consumer goods and services (salary purchasing power index); 2) the index of viability of the working-age population; 3) the index of education, based on the number of students of secondary specialized and higher educational institutions per 10 thousand people of the population. A rating of the regions of the Russian Federation supported by calculations of the new HDI-labor indicator based on data for 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 indicates that the Republic of Bashkortostan in 2021 dropped two positions compared to 2013, taking 35th place. The article also provides comparisons of HDI-labor with HDI-region as a whole and by their components. In 2021, the value of HDI-labor in the Republic of Bashkortostan was 0.375, including the purchasing power index of the median wage - 0.359, the vitality index - 0.311, the education index - 0.454. The value of obtained results is to complement the methodology for assessing the standard of living of the working population based on the HDI approach. This methodology for assessing the standard of living of the working population based on an integral indicator is suggested for use while developing recommendations for improving the standard of living of the working population in the regions of the Russian Federation.