According to information for the first quarter of 2019, among the unemployed with work experience (76% of the total), 16.1% left their previous jobs due to downsizing, liquidation of an enterprise or their own business. Of their own will, 26.6% quit.

A little more than 6% finished working due to the expiration of the fixed-term contract or a civil law contract. 0.3% did not work due to dismissal from the Armed Forces.

About a quarter of Russians (26.8%) referred to other reasons.

Earlier, the most popular professions among men and women in Russia in 2018 were named.

Most women worked as sellers. Men in most cases worked as drivers and operators of mobile equipment.