March 15 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's registered jobless rate remained unchanged month-on-month in February, at 5.8%, the Employment Agency said on Friday.
At the end of last month, there were 165,585 registered unemployed people in the country, or 255 fewer than in January, the government agency said in a monthly report, based on population numbers from the 2021 census.
In February alone, the agency registered 19,910 jobless people, or 25% fewer than in January.
A total of 12,484 unemployed people started work with the help of labour offices in the month under review, up by 1,141 from January. Of them, the largest share, or 15.8%, found jobs in the manufacturing industry, whereas trade followed with 14.6%.
There were 10,494 job vacancies on the primary labour market in February, compared to 10,037 a month earlier, the report added. The highest percentage of vacancies was reported in the manufacturing industry - 23.4%, followed by trade with 13%, hospitality and catering with 12.6%, public administration with 11.7%, agriculture, forestry and fisheries with 7% and administrative and auxiliary activities with 6.8%.