Human resources of the Saratov Region amount to 61,7% of the total number of residents. The number of economically active people is 1287,5 thousand persons or 48,7% of the total number of residents. 89,7% of the economically active people is engaged in economy. Average age of people engaged in economy is 39,6 years. 53,4 % of those mentioned has higher education and vocational training, about 8,5 % is citizens advanced in years and pensioners and only 10,4 % is young people aged under 24. 66,2% is engaged in production of material values, 33,8% in non-industrial fields. The majority of working people are engaged in large and middle-scale enterprises (56,4% of the total number of working people). 37% of working people is employed in state and municipal enterprises, about 4% in organizations of mixed ownership and more than 55 % in the private sector. By January 1, 2004 18,1 thousand persons were officially registered unemployed in employment services (1,4 % of economically active population).

Readings	Thousand persons
Human resources, in total	1 631,5
including:
Engaged in economy	1 176,7
Students (work being discontinued)	152,7
Employable people, not engaged in economy	302,1

Readings	Thousand persons
Human resources, in total	1 631,5
Employable people	1 563,6
Retired employees	65,2
Teenagers engaged in economy	2,1
Foreign labours	0,6

 

 

Readings	Thousand persons
Engaged in economy	1 176,7
including:      At enterprises and organizations of state and municipal property	433,6
In private sector	648,3
including:           At farms (including salaried employees)	59,0
At registered private enterprises	325,7
People engaged in individual enterprises and hired people           including housekeeping, goods and services production	263,6
In public associations and organizations	9,3
In joint ventures (without foreign participation)	50,8
In joint ventures with foreign participation	34,8

 

Working Population by Secors of Economy(01.01.2004)