MOSCOW, August 17 The number of Russians who work more than the standard 40 hours a week decreased to a historic low of 3.25 million people by the end of 2023, according to Rosstat data studied by .
So, last year the total number of employed people in Russia was 73.6 million people, of whom 3.25 million worked more than 40 hours a week. At the same time, a year earlier, 3.34 million people were employed more than the standard working week, and ten years ago — 4.5 million.
Last year, 709 thousand people worked over 51 hours a week against 725 thousand in 2022, and from 41 to 50 hours — 2.54 million against 2.61 million.
The people who overwork the most in Russia are those engaged in trade and repair of vehicles (756 thousand people). In second place is transportation and storage (464 thousand), and the top three is closed by the construction sector (409 thousand).
At the same time, there were 68.4 million Russians who work up to 40 hours a week last year, or almost 93% of all employed people. A year ago, their number was 67.2 million people, and ten years ago — 64.8 million.
The bulk of those employed work from 31 to 40 hours a week — there were 65.4 million of them last year, their number has increased by 2% over the year. Almost three million Russians work up to 30 hours a week.
At the end of the year, on average, one Russian worked 38.2 hours a week — the same amount of time employed in Russia worked in 2014. At the same time, the longest workweek was for operators of production plants and machines, assemblers and drivers — 39.5 hours, managers — 39.1 hours and skilled workers in industry, construction and transport — 39 hours.