Unemployment is increasing, there are vacancies. What does not converge in a regional calculation?
what happened Russia still has a low unemployment rate. But the regional statistics show that not everything is as good in the labor market as it seems according to average Russian indicators. Where does the information about firewood come from? Vedomosti studied the data of the Ministry of Labor presented at the meeting of the Russian tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations.
▫ All-Russian indicators (as of the end of September - 2026).
0.4% - registered unemployment rate.
276.2 thousand people registered in the employment services. This is 1.9% less than a year ago.
1.91 million vacancies were reported by employers to the employment services. Their number increased by 7.5% from year to year.
▫ Regional indicators.
The number of officially registered unemployed:
An increase in 55 regions (compared to September 2025).
Decreased in 30 regions.
Where are the most unemployed?
Yamalo-Nants Autonomous Okrug +54% (1.1 thousand people).
Mary El +33% (1.1 thousand).
Belgrade region +26% (2.4 thousand).
Ivanovo region +25% (1.4 thousand).
Crimea +21% (4.3 thousand).
Where has the rate dropped significantly?
Ingushetia -68%.
Magdan area -32%.
Dagestan -24%.
Overall: there are more vacancies, fewer registered unemployed throughout the country, but in 55 regions their number has increased. paradox!
Why is this happening?
1 problems in the industry. In some areas the demand for workers is decreasing. For example, experts link the increase in unemployment in some regions with a decrease in industrial production.
2 seasonality and low base effect. Completion of agricultural, construction and road works affects the registration of the unemployed. And where there are initially few of them, even a small increase in absolute numbers gives impressive percentages.
3 Mismatch between supply and demand. There are jobs, but not always where the candidates live, and not always for experts with their skills.