On June 10, Euler analysts published a study titled "Regional Labor Markets in Maps and Graphs." After examining Rosstat data for 2024 and 2023, they concluded that the highest concentration of available labor is found in the North Caucasus Federal District.
In Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, and other regions of the North Caucasus Federal District, the concentration of available labor (the ratio of job vacancies to the number of unemployed) is close to zero, indicating a labor surplus. In Ingushetia, for example, there are 128 unemployed people per 1,000 residents—a record high for the country. Dagestan ranks second, with 52 people out of every 1,000 unemployed. North Ossetia and Chechnya follow, with 28 unemployed people each.
The situation is the opposite in the northern, oil and gas-producing regions of the country, where labor shortages are common. Thus, in the Amur Region, there are more than 12 job vacancies per unemployed person, in the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the number of job vacancies per unemployed person approaches 5, and in Khabarovsk Krai, it is 3.
The study's authors also compared labor productivity across regions. The highest productivity (i.e., gross regional product (GRP) per employed person) was recorded in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Arkhangelsk Region) at 22.7 million rubles, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Tyumen Region) at 18.2 million rubles, and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug at 9.5 million rubles. The lowest GRP per employee is in Ingushetia—0.5 million rubles; in Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria—0.7 million rubles each; and in Crimea and Dagestan—0.8 million rubles each.

As for wages, record levels are recorded in Chukotka, where the average salary is 198,300 rubles. At the other end of the scale, Ingushetia has an average salary of 42,700 rubles—the lowest in Russia. However, some experts estimate that Rosstat's data for the Caucasus differs significantly from the actual situation due to shadow employer practices.