The Russian economy will need an additional 2 million workers by 2030. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova at the forum “National Qualification System of Russia”. TASS.
According to him, structural unemployment in the labor market must be overcome by taking demographic trends into account. Of the total number of workers, 800 thousand will be needed in manufacturing and 400 thousand in transportation and logistics.
Golikova noted that regional estimates for in-demand professions vary. “The labor market has changed rapidly in the last year and a half. “We are having to rebuild the education system quickly,” said the Deputy Prime Minister.
Formerly Minister of Labor Anton Kotyakov guess The economy’s personnel need will be more than 73 million by 2030. According to the Ministry, the need for scientists, researchers and IT experts will increase by 430 thousand people, and in the field of transportation and storage by 400 thousand people.
Previously Golikova reported About the sharp decline in unemployment in Russia since the 2000s.