More than 300,000 Saratov residents were informally employed

The Saratov region entered the top 15 regions of Russia in terms of the number of residents working in the informal sector: there are more than 306 thousand 567 people. Statistics for the second quarter of 2026 are provided by the audit and consulting network FinExpertiza.

At the same time, informal employment in the region continues to grow: over the year, the number of such workers increased by 12.4 thousand people, or 4.2%. The total number of Russians employed in the informal sector amounted to 15.24 million people, which is the maximum value since 2019.