site.btaNearly 15,000 Hired in October 2024, Unemployment Rate Remains at 5.2%

According to data released by the National Employment Agency on Monday, 14,852 previously unemployed Bulgarians found jobs in October 2024, an increase of 830 or 5.9% compared to the previous month. Bulgaria's registered unemployment rate, defined as the share of registered unemployed persons in the economically active population aged 15-64, as established by the 2021 census, remained at 5.2%. It is. The number of unemployed was 148,463 at the end of the month.

As a result of the work of Roma and youth mediators, as well as labour intermediaries, more than 4,500 people inactive on the labour market were activated during the month.

The number of job vacancies on the primary market reported to the labour offices was 8,860. In the real economy, vacancies were highest in manufacturing at 26.3%, followed by trade with 14.1%, education with 12%, public administration with 10.5%, administrative and support activities with 7%, hotels and restaurants with 6.8%.

The number of people from at-risk groups who found employment last month through subsidized jobs was 2,882. Of them, 2219 started working under employment programmes and measures financed by the state budget and 663 started under projects of the Human Resources Development Programme 2021-2027, co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus. In October, more than 14,900 training vouchers were issued to both employed and unemployed.

The most in-demand occupations by businesses in October were machine operators of stationary machinery and equipment; personal care workers; salespersons; personal service workers; mining, manufacturing, construction, and transportation workers; refuse collection and related workers; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment, business and administrative professionals; skilled food, apparel, wood products, and related workers; metal workers.