16,912 new jobs in the primary labor market are announced in the Bulgarian Employment Agency in May 2014. One year ago - in May 2013, the available positions were 3894 less, which is evidence of apparent recovery of the labor market.
Most of the jobs are in the following sectors: manufacturing - 4616; trade - 2592; hotels and restaurants 2214; agriculture, forestry and fisheries - 1318; transport - 1160; real estate - 965; building - 828 and others.
In May 2014 the unemployment rate continues to decline significantly. The number of unemployed, registered in labor offices has decreased with over 31 thousand in the last two months - April and May. The unemployment rate is 11.2%, decreasing by 0.6 percentage points compared to April. In the labor offices are registered 367,499 unemployed. The number of unemployed has decreased by 19,126 people compared to April.