By November 2024, relative to the same month in 2023, the average salary of an engineer and technical worker in construction increased by 12.5%, a skilled worker in industry – by 12.3%, and an IT specialist – by 11.9%. Analysts attributed the growth rate in blue-collar sectors to the high base effect.
The workforce shortage is greatest in blue-collar and IT sectors. The top 3 areas with the highest demand for employees included industry and manufacturing (growth by 19% year-on-year), construction, design and real estate (+17%), as well as retail (+10%).
The most in-demand categories of workers in 2024 were skilled workers, truck drivers, special equipment operators, line employees in retail, warehouse personnel and couriers.
According to Superjob forecasts, the labor shortage in industry will intensify in 2025, and wage growth in nominal terms will be higher than inflation. Enterprises will make “maximum efforts” to attract and retain workers, in addition, production workers will pay even more attention to career guidance for schoolchildren, cooperation with educational institutions and adaptation of young professionals, the study says.
Experts conducted surveys from November 1 to November 18 in 201 settlements in all Russian districts. The sample size was 1 thousand respondents.
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Source: rb.ru
