Human Resources

Karaganda region - the country's largest industrial region and a powerful industrial center. Almost 1.4 million people live in the region. The employed population is 658 427 people with an average salary of 172 884 tenge.

Number of higher education institutions: 9

Number of students of higher educational institutions:44 549 (of them women – 22 998)

Number of graduates of higher educational institutions: 10 215 (of them women – 5 501)

The population of the Karaganda region as of October 1, 2024 is 1,134,300 people. The share of the urban population in the region is 81.9%, which corresponds to 929,000 people, and the rural population is 18.1%, or 205,300 people.

The average monthly nominal wage accrued to employees (excluding small businesses engaged in entrepreneurial activity) in the third quarter of 2024 was $735, which is 13.7% more than in the third quarter of 2023. The real wage index for this period was 103.7%.

Key indicators of the labor market by districts of the Karaganda region

Labor force (economically active population)


thousand people

Karaganda region

851513

Karaganda city

520 467

Balkhash g.a.

58314

city ​​of Priozersk

8376

Saransk city a.

32799

Temirtau city

132980

Shakhtinsk city district

43657

Abaysky district

44063

Aktogay district

11721

Bukhar-Zhyrau district

39724

Karkaralinsk district

22752

Nurinsky district

16456

Osakarovsky district

22354

Shetsky district

27961

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