07.03.2023

9.6% IS UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE TERRITORY OF VIDIN, VRATSA AND MONTANA REGIONS IN JANUARY 2023

On the basis of the NSI census of the economically active population from 2011, which the Employment Agency uses until now for the purposes of its statistics, the level of registered unemployment in the three regions - Vidin, Vratsa and Montana in January was 9.6%. Thus, in the dynamics on an annual basis, a decline is observed, which for this January is 0.6 points. NSI data from the new census of the economically active population from 2021 introduce a change in the level of registered unemployment. Thus, for the month of January, it changed by 2.6 percentage points – up to 12.2%.

The total number of unemployed in the labor offices at the end of January was 16,654, which is an increase of 176 compared to the number in December. The newly registered unemployed in January were 1,759. They are 1,156 less than the previous month. Another 55 people from the groups of jobseekers employed, students and pensioners also registered with the employment offices during the month.

The number of unemployed people who started work in January was 988. 19 persons from the groups of pensioners, students and the employed also found work through the employment offices. During the month, the largest share of those who started working in the public administration sector - 22.5%, followed by those in the processing industry - 13.1%, trade - 10.3%, human health care and social work - 9.3%, construction - 4.5%, hotels and restaurants – 4.3% and others.

173 unemployed persons from the risk groups were appointed to subsidized jobs during the month - 11 under employment programs and measures and 162 - under schemes of the Operational Program "Human Resources Development".

During the month, 3 unemployed persons completed the training started in previous months, having acquired a new professional qualification.

Claimed jobs on the primary labor market in January were 812. The most vacancies in the real economy were claimed in government (29.9%), followed by manufacturing (27.5%), education and human health and social work (8.1%) ), trade (7.3%) and transport (4.8%).

The most sought-after professions during the month are: tailors and ironers; installers; seller-consultants; nurses, doctors, laboratory workers; laborers; machine operators; teachers; operators, automotive component manufacturing; drivers; personal assistants and social workers; production line operators; valets; packers; accountants, etc.