Russia sets new record for labour shortage despite high wages
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Tue, 13 May 2025 11:20:40 +0300
As of the end of 2024, Russian companies faced a shortage of 2.6 million workers, a 17 increase compared to the previous year, setting a new record.
Source The Moscow Times, citing a report by Russias Higher School of Economics Details The most acute shortages are in manufacturing 391,000 workers, trade 347,000 and transport 219,000.
Employers in these sectors are offering salaries above RUB 100,000 approx.
US 717, around one and a half times higher than the national average.
The study attributes the growing number of job openings in manual labour professions to a decline in migrant workers, the depreciation of the rouble, and the impact of a series of economic shocks.
The outlet notes that the deepening labour crisis is directly linked to the consequences of Russias fullscale war against Ukraine.
In 2022, around 300,000 workingage men were mobilised.
Meanwhile, between 650,000 and 1.1 million people left the country, protesting Kremlin policies and fleeing mobilisation.
Further army recruitment has only worsened the labour shortage.
At the same time, sanctions have weakened the economy and triggered a sharp fall in the rouble.
This, along with tighter migration laws, has led to a significant outflow of citizens from Central Asian countries.
Background In the first quarter of 2025, domestic sales of Russian agricultural machinery dropped sharply.
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