19.07.2024

UNEMPLOYMENT IN BULGARIA FELL TO 5.3% IN JUNE

Registered unemployment in the country decreased to 5.3% in June. Its level is 0.1 percentage points lower than in May, according to the statistics of the Employment Agency. At the end of last month, there were 150,990 unemployed people registered in the labor offices. Their number decreased by 3,281 people on a monthly basis.

The Agency reports that unemployed persons who started work in June were, however, 2,423 fewer than in May. Their number has decreased to 14,964. 428 pensioners, students and employed people have also started work with the support of the labor offices.

In the labor offices in June, the number of new unemployed persons was 19,796 and grew by 7.7% compared to May. Another 2,820 people from the groups of jobseekers - employed, students and pensioners - have also registered at the labor offices. With this group, there was a decrease compared to May in the demand for the Agency's services by 596 people, the department stated.

The occupations most in demand by businesses in June are: staff caring for people; personnel employed in the field of personal services; machine operators of stationary machinery and equipment; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; workers in the mining and processing industries, construction and transport; sellers; teachers; waste collection and related workers; skilled workers in the production of food, clothing, wood products and related; cleaners and helpers etc.