The most in-demand blue-collar workers on part-time jobs with shift pay are special equipment drivers

Avito Podrabotki experts analyzed the dynamics of offers for part-time work on the platform from the beginning of 2026 to mid-March and found out which performers in the blue-collar segment with shift pay were most actively searched for compared to the same period last year. Drivers of special equipment turned out to be the most in demand — offers with shift pay for them over the year increased by almost 2.3 times (+125%), and performers could count on an average of 6,942 rubles per shift. Representatives of this profession operate construction, material handling and municipal equipment such as excavators, truck cranes, loaders and dump trucks.

It is important to consider that the actual income of performers may differ significantly from average values, as it depends on the length of shifts, required experience, region and other factors.

Almost as actively, they were looking for installers — performers who assemble, install and connect equipment, structures and engineering systems. The number of offers for part-time work with shift pay for installers increased 2.2 times (+124%) over the year, and the average remuneration offered was 8,071 rubles per shift.

The top three also included packers, who are most often employed in warehouses and prepare goods for shipment or delivery. Over the year, the number of offers for part-time work with shift pay for them also increased 2.2 times (+122%), and the average remuneration offered from the beginning of 2026 to mid-March reached 4,794 rubles per shift.

Professions with the largest increase in the number of offers for part-time work over the year, January 1 – March 15, 2025/2026

Profession	Dynamics of the number of offers for part-time work with shift pay, %, January 1 – March 15, 2025/2026	Average offered rewards, rub. per shift, part-time work, January 1 – March 15, 2026
Driver of special equipment	+125%	6,942
Installer	+124%	8,071
Packer	+122%	4,794
Cashier	+118%	2 841
Cook	+80%	2 730
Furniture assembler	+72%	7,986
Merchandiser	+39%	2,999

In parallel with the increase in offers from business customers, the interest of the performers themselves in part-time work with shift pay is increasing. At the beginning of 2026, they were especially actively looking for such options as a tiler (+125%), merchandiser (+96%) and sales consultant (+96%).

Since the beginning of the year, we have seen a noticeable increase in companies’ interest in the format of part-time work in the blue-collar segment. Business customers are increasingly turning to it to solve more complex, applied problems — especially in technical, installation and construction areas. This suggests that part-time work is turning into a universal tool: it allows you to flexibly respond to seasonal peaks and quickly strengthen project teams. The largest increase in the number of offers with shift pay for blue collar workers from the beginning of the year to mid-March was recorded in the Samara region — 2.7 times (+174%). The leaders also included Moscow (+115%) and St. Petersburg (+101%)— comments Sergey Yaskindirector of the Avito Podrabotka service.

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