Employers' demand for construction workers
at year-end
Employers reported demand for construction sector personnel to employment services from 2017 to 2023. The rows show the total number of vacancies across various categories, revealing the scale of the labor shortage. The indicator is measured in thousands of people at year-end; data is collected nationwide and presented annually for monitoring purposes
Demand for construction workers from 2017 to 2023, in thousands
Demand for construction workers – total, thousand —
- total
- skilled workers employed in construction and related occupations
- unskilled workers employed in construction and repair of roads, dams and similar civil structures
- unskilled workers employed in building construction
See also
- Housing commissioning in Russia by year long time series by year
- Prices of new-build housing in Russia by year long time series by year
Set in numbers
4 series are published here in at year-end, from 2017 to 2023, 7 reporting periods. 28 values in total.
“Demand for construction workers – total, thousand” declined by 24% between 2017 and 2023, from 181 to 138. The highest value in the series is 191 in 2020.
All table numbers are series: 4
| Series | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Потребность в работниках строительных профессий – всего, тыс. | 181,30 | 180,30 | 145,50 | 191,30 | 187,30 | 119,10 | 137,80 |
| Потребность в работниках строительных профессий – всего, тыс. — квалифицированные рабочие, занятые в строительстве, и рабочие родственных профессий | 179,90 | 178,10 | 144,20 | 189,80 | 185,00 | 117,80 | 137,00 |
| Потребность в работниках строительных профессий – всего, тыс. — неквалифицированные рабочие, занятые на строительстве и ремонте дорог, плотин и аналогичных гражданских сооружений | 1,40 | 2,10 | 1,30 | 1,50 | 2,30 | 1,30 | 0,70 |
| Потребность в работниках строительных профессий – всего, тыс. — неквалифицированные рабочие, занятые на строительстве зданий | 0,10 | 0,10 | 0,04 | 0,03 | 0,10 | 0,02 | 0,01 |
How to read this table
The list presents various vacancy groups to allow comparison between total demand for construction workers and specific sub-sectors. Comparing rows helps identify which professional groups place the highest demand on the labor market. All values are in thousands of people and reflect the situation at year-end
What is visible in these numbers
“Demand for construction workers – total, thousand” leads the table with 138 at year-end, “Demand for construction workers – total, thousand — unskilled workers employed in building construction” closes it with 0.01 at year-end. The gap between them is 13,780-fold.
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Period and application
The statistics cover the period from 2017 to 2023 and are published annually by Rosstat. This information is useful for HR specialists, construction company representatives, and labor market analysts assessing the industry's human resource potential
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