October 6, 2014. 49.2% of Yekaterinburg residents who applied to Sverdlovsk Region Labor Department in January-September 2014 looking for a suitable job found a position, the agency’s website states.

18,598 people tried to find a suitable position through the employment center over these nine months, and 66,483 people requested some information on the labor market situation.

As of October 1, 2014, the number of the unemployed stood at 3,398 (0.47% of the city’s working-age population).