In the TRANS-Baikal region has the lowest wages of the rural population among the regions of Russia, reported IA "Baikal 24" with reference to the report of the Deputy head of the Federal service of state statistics of Constantine Likuma "Social situation of rural Russia. Employment of the population".

In 2014, the average unemployment rate in the country amounted to 5.2% for the urban population of 4.3 %, rural - to 7.9 %. Compared with the previous year, the unemployment rate among the urban population decreased by 0.3 %, among the rural population by 0.4 %. According to Konstantin Likuma, the employment rate in rural areas is constantly growing since 2003. It is not affected even the crisis of 2008-2009.

However, in 2000 about 50 % of the rural population worked in agriculture, today it employs only 22.6 percent. The share of employment in rural areas has increased significantly in the field of agro-processing, construction, communication, transport and trade.