September 16 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria’s jobless rate stood at 5.3% at the end of August, unchanged month-on-month, the Employment Agency said on Monday.
On an annual comparison basis, the unemployment rate edged down by 0.3 pp at the end of August, the government agency said in a statement.
There were 21,645 unemployed people newly-registered with labour offices countrywide during the month. The number of people who found a job in August totalled 14,512.
There were 17,244 registered job vacancies in August. Most of the vacancies were registered in the manufacturing sector, 24.7% of the total number.