Workers From Tajikistan Are Promised Up To $1,200 A Month In Belarus
11- 27.10.2026, 9:17
Where are they planning to place them?
Companies in the Grodno Region have agreed to hire workers from Tajikistan. Foreign workers are being offered salaries ranging from $750 to $1,200 per month, housing, and partially free meals. Agreements have been signed with more than ten companies, according to the Ministry of Labor, Migration, and Employment of Tajikistan.
The agreements were reached during a working visit to the Grodno Region by representatives of the Tajik Agency for Overseas Employment.
Workers from Tajikistan are expected to be recruited for construction, agriculture, the textile and heavy industries, the service sector, and transportation.
Among the companies that have signed agreements are “Gronitex,” “Belcard,” the “Skidelsky” Agricultural Complex, “Grodnopromstroy,” “Grodnooblavtotrans,” “Tsvetlit,” the Grodno Poultry Farm, and the Grodno Bus Fleet. In addition, foreigners are being offered jobs on farms and at the “Grodno Garden” enterprise, where workers are needed to grow and harvest apples, as well as for work in greenhouses.
The Grodno Bus Fleet intends to hire citizens of Tajikistan as bus and trolleybus drivers. Some Tajik nationals are already working at the company.
Depending on the company and position, new employees are promised salaries ranging from $750 to $1,200 per month. Employers are also prepared to provide housing, work clothes, and partial meal coverage. The main requirements for candidates are knowledge of Russian, no criminal record, and good health.
The agency did not specify exactly how many workers they plan to recruit for the Grodno Region or when they will be able to start work.
Labor Shortage and the Situation with Migrants
As a reminder, the authorities are concerned about the labor shortage and regularly point to the labor market’s need for foreign workers. The Ministry of Labor also cited record-low unemployment rates and the fact that the economy creates tens of thousands of new jobs every year as reasons for this.
Alexander Lukashenko had previously attempted to negotiate with Pakistani authorities to organize a mass influx of people from Pakistan to Belarus—up to 150,000 people. However, nothing came of this idea. In May 2026, Interior Minister Ivan Kubrakov reported that there were 324 Pakistanis in our country.
On July 9, 2026, during a meeting with Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Belarusian dictator proposed that migrant workers from Uzbekistan move to our country with their families.
That same month, approximately 250 residents of Uzbekistan’s Andijan Region arrived in Belarus on a charter flight to work in agriculture and livestock farming. Initially, the authorities planned to employ 1,100 Uzbeks at 13 enterprises in the Vitebsk and other regions. They intended to increase this number to 5,000 in the future.
However, shortly after their arrival, some of the workers complained about the proposed working and living conditions. The men claimed that they had been promised a salary of $500, from which they would have to pay for their own housing and food. They stated that under such conditions, they were ready to return home.
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