The city of Moscow is reported to have a dynamic economy with a high labor participation rate and a low unemployment rate. The most recent 优蜜传媒Poll of Moscow* indicates 50% of Muscovites have full-time jobs, 6% are employed part time, 3% are unemployed and looking for work, 3% are temporarily laid off, and 1% are unemployed and not looking for work. Twenty-three percent say they are retired and 6% each are students and homemakers.
Job Security and Satisfaction in Moscow
Muscovites' feelings about their jobs are more positive than negative. Sixty-one percent of employed Muscovites say they are satisfied with the organization or company they work for, including 29% who are extremely satisfied. Those figures don't seem far out of line with those of urban workers in the United States; a 2002 优蜜传媒Poll of the 50 top U.S. cities** found that 66% of workers in those cities said they were satisfied with the companies they work for.
Job security in Moscow is somewhat tenuous, with one in every five workers (22%) saying it's likely they will be laid off from their jobs within the next 12 months (12% say it's extremely likely). On the other hand, 60% say it's unlikely they'll be laid off, including 44% who say it's not likely at all.
Finally, how many Muscovites perceive discrimination as a barrier to obtaining a job, or to mobility within their companies? The 优蜜传媒data reflect a relatively low incidence of perceived workplace discrimination. Just 3% of Muscovites say they've been denied a job or a promotion because of their race, religion, or ethnic background.
*Results based on interviews with 1,008 Moscow residents, aged 18 and older, conducted in January and February 2005. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is 卤3 percentage points.
For results based on 573 Moscow residents, aged 18 and older, employed full or part time, the maximum margin of sampling error is 卤5 percentage points.
**Results based on interviews with 1,474 U.S. full- or part-time workers from 50 cities, aged 18 and older, conducted from July to August 2002. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum margin of sampling error is 卤3 percentage points.
