45 thousand more people in work
In the period of November 2018–January 2019, the average number of employed people was 4,481 thousand, 45 thousand more than a year earlier. The employment rate of people aged 15–64 increased to 69.5%. There was an improvement both among men and women, but men were characterized by a higher level of employment than women.
In November 2018–January 2019, compared to a year before:
The number of employed people increased by 1.0% to 4,481 thousand. The increment in the domestic primary labour market was 80 thousand and that for those working at local units abroad was 12 thousand, while the number of people declaring to work in public employment decreased by 47 thousand.
Number of employed people aged 15–74, November 2018– January 2019
| Denomination | Number, thousand persons | Change in headcounta) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| thousand persons | % | ||
| Work in the domestic primary labour market | 4 242.8 | 80.3 | 1.9 |
| Consider themselves public worker | 127.9 | –47.3 | –27.0 |
| Work at local units abroad | 110.0 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
| Total | 4 480.7 | 44.8 | 1.0 |
a) Compared to the same period of the previous year.
4,413 thousand of employed people were aged 15–64, and the employment rate of this age group grew by 0.9 percentage point to 69.5%. The number of the employed among men aged 15–64 increased by 12 thousand (0.5%) to 2,414 thousand, and their employment rate rose by 0.6 percentage point to 76.6%. Regarding 15–64 year-old women, the number of the employed grew by 17 thousand (0.9%) to 1,999 thousand, and their employment rate by 1.1 percentage points to 62.6%.
Among young people aged 15–24 years, the employment essentially didn’t change, the number of the employed was 294 thousand and the employment rate was 28.9%. In the ‘best working age’, i.e. the age group 25–54 years, the number of employed people increased by 24 thousand to 3,418 and the employment rate rose to 84.0%. In the older, 55–64 age group, the number of the employed was 701 thousand, their employment rate grew by 2.3 percentage points to 55.6%.
The employment rate of people aged 20–64 – the coverage regarding the development of employment objectives defined in the Europe 2020 Strategy – grew by 0.9 percentage point to 74.7%. The European Union targeted to raise the average employment rate to 75% by 2020; in Hungary, the employment rate of this age group is currently 82.3% for men and 67.2% for women.
Employment among 15–64 year-olds by age groups, November 2018–January 2019
| Age group, year-old | Number | Employment rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand persons | change, thousand personsa) | % | change, percentage pointa) | |
| 15–24 | 294.3 | –0.5 | 28.9 | 0.4 |
| 25–54 | 3 417.9 | 23.8 | 84.0 | 0.2 |
| 55–64 | 700.9 | 5.4 | 55.6 | 2.3 |
| Total | 4 413.2 | 28.7 | 69.5 | 0.9 |
| Of which: 20–64 | 4 383.9 | 24.5 | 74.7 | 0.9 |
a) Compared to the same period of the previous year.