The study of the labor market in the Republic of Tyva is a planned work of the research laboratory “Research of the labor market” at the Faculty of Economics of the Tuva State University. The main objective of the laboratory is to analyze the demanded professions requiring higher education in the Republic of Tyva for the employment of university graduates, taking into account the scope of their activities. The purpose of this study is to analyze the professions in demand in Russia and the Republic of Tyva. The results of many years of work on the employment of graduate students of Tuva State University, observation and comparison of the needs of republican employers during meetings related to the employment of university graduates, analysis of statistical materials of the Ministry of Labor of Russia, All-Russian Research Institute of Labor of the Ministry of Labor of Russia, the All-Russian database of vacancies and resumes were used as research sources. “Employment in Russia”, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of the Republic of Tuva and other open sources providing a reliable assessment of the ongoing processes in the Russian and regional labor market. The novelty of the study lies in the definition of practical recommendations for the employment of graduates of secondary and higher educational institutions, when in modern conditions in the country the labor market is dynamically changing in accordance with external and internal factors. The results of the study represent an analysis of professions in demand that are of interest to specialists in the field of education, economics, sociology, and psychology.