Truck drivers become leaders in salary expectations in 2024

According to the company, truck drivers indicated on average in their resumes an amount of 150 thousand rubles per month, 50% more than in 2024. Excavator drivers were also looking for vacant positions with salaries starting from 150 thousand rubles, and excavator operators cranes, from 140 thousand rubles. Over the year, their salary expectations increased by 25% and 40%, respectively.

Installation and construction managers, cooks and drillers shared fourth place in terms of salary expectations. They wanted to receive an average of 120,000 rubles (a 20% year-on-year increase). In fifth place were the installers, whose desired salary increased by 43%, up to 100 thousand rubles.

Analysts also named the professions that have become leaders in the growth of salary expectations over the past year. It turned out to be a handyman (an increase of 75%, up to 35 thousand rubles), a plumber (+50%, up to 60 thousand rubles), an installer (+43%, up to 100 thousand rubles), a painter (+40 %, up to 70 thousand rubles), procurement specialist (+39%, up to 50 thousand rubles) and accountant (+33%, up to 40 thousand rubles).

Between January and August 2024, demand for truck drivers increased by 58% year-on-year, while the number of applicants increased by only 6%, Kommersant wrote, citing data from HeadHunter. The shortage of workers has worsened due to the increase in the fleets of transport companies and the slowdown in the growth rate of cargo supply, explained the experts interviewed by the newspaper.

In October, Yandex Taxi’s Director of Corporate and Government Relations, Anton Petrakov, warned that by the end of 2024 the shortage of taxi drivers would grow to 130,000 people, causing the cost of trips to increase “by tens of percent.” He explained the shortage of personnel due to the tightening of immigration policy and the regulation of taxi activity, which is why drivers move towards other professions.