The labor shortage in Russia has increased sharply in 2022-2023; At the end of this year, there are approximately 4.8 million workers in the country. According to the newspaper, this is stated in a study by Nikolai Akhapkin, a researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, published in the institute’s bulletin. “News”.
Citing Rosstat data, Akhapkin noted that in the middle of this year the number of workers required to fill vacancies made up 6.8% of the payroll (in 2022 the figure was 5.8%).
“If we expand the data presented by Rosstat to the entire working population, the labor shortage in 2023 will be about 4.8 million people,” the scientist emphasized.
Alexander Veterkov, business manager of the “Part Time” service, told the publication that about 91% of companies in the Russian Federation report staff shortages. He noted that they mostly need salesmen, operators, drivers, lathes and welders.
Personnel shortages are most experienced in the manufacturing, construction and transportation sectors. As a result, companies have had to hire temporary workers and increase payroll costs, the document emphasizes.
21 December reportedThat the Ministry of Construction of the Novosibirsk Region plans to invite 2 thousand workers from North Korea.
Previously HSE researchers I learnedThat Russia may need 390 thousand to 1.1 million immigrants per year to maintain its population.