Salaries of construction workers and laborers in Russia in 2024 grew faster than those of IT specialists. This is stated in the Superjob study “2024 results in the labor market”, to which RB.RU has access.
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In November 2024, compared to the same month in 2023, the average salary of an engineer and technician 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 manual sectors to the high base effect.
The labor shortage is greatest in the labor and IT areas. The top three areas with the highest demand for employees included industry and manufacturing (19% year-on-year growth), 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 trade, warehouse staff and couriers.
According to Superjob forecasts, labor shortages in the industry will intensify in 2025 and wage growth in nominal terms will be greater than inflation. Companies will make “maximum efforts” to attract and retain workers, in addition, production workers will pay even more attention to the career guidance of schoolchildren, cooperation with educational institutions and the adaptation of young professionals, according to the study.
Experts conducted surveys from November 1 to 18 in 201 localities in all Russian districts. The sample size was 1,000 respondents.
Author:
Bogdan Muzychenko
Source: RB
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