29.12.2023

UNEMPLOYMENT IN TWO OF THE NORTHWESTERN DISTRICTS - MONTANA AND VRATSA - WAS UNCHANGED IN NOVEMBER, AND IN THE THIRD - VIDIN, IT SLIGHTLY DECREASED

In November, unemployment in the Vidin district decreased from 15.4 to 15.1 percent compared to the end of October, in the Montana district it remained at 12.7 percent, and in the Vratsa district it remained at 10.7 percent, reported The Montana Regional Employment Office.

The lowest level of unemployment in November was reported in the municipalities of Vratsa - 4.6 percent, Montana - 4.6 percent, Mezdra - 5.3 percent, Vidin - 7.3 percent, Kozloduy - 8.9 percent hundred etc. The municipalities with the highest unemployment rate are Dimovo - 65.8 percent, Makresh - 64.3 percent, Ruzhintsi - 45.8 percent, Yakimovo - 37.0 percent, Hairedin - 34.7 percent, Chuprene – 31.6 percent, Borovan – 30.1 percent, etc.

The number of unemployed people who started work in the three districts of Montana, Vratsa and Vidin in November was 1,229, which is an increase of 32.6 percent compared to October. Most of them found a new job in the state administration - 38.2%, followed by manufacturing industry - 11.3%, trade - 7.6%, health care - 7.2%, etc.

The Montana Regional Employment Office reported that in the past month in the three Northwest districts, the occupations most in demand by businesses were tailors, ironers, machine operators, general laborers, human care personnel, installers, sales consultants, electricians, welders, doctors and nurses, cooks and kitchen workers, waiters.