Employees under labour contract and gross average monthly wages and salaries, fourth quarter of 2021
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, at the end of December 2021 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 0.7% as compared to the end of September 2021 and reached 2.27 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2021 in comparison with the third quarter of 2021, the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 6.1% reaching BGN 1 612.
The highest increase in wages and salaries was reported in “Human health and social work activities” - by 15.1%, “Education” - by 14.6% and in “Mining and quarrying” - by 7.4%.
In the structure of employees by economic activities the biggest relative share of employees was in “Manufacturing” - 20.8% and “Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” - 17.0%.