43 thousand more people in work
In the period of March–May 2019, the average number of employed people was 4,500 thousand, 43 thousand more than a year earlier. The employment rate of people aged 15–64 increased to 69.9%. The level of employment was higher among men than among women, and the rate of improvement was also higher for men.
In March–May 2019, compared to a year before:
The number of employed people increased by 1.0% to 4,500 thousand. The increment in the domestic primary labour market was 84 thousand and that for those working at local units abroad was 8 thousand, while the number of people declaring to work in public employment decreased by 48 thousand.
Number of employed people aged 15–74, March–May 2019
| Denomination | Number, thousand persons | Change in headcounta) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| thousand persons | % | ||
| Work in the domestic primary labour market | 4 271.2 | 83.7 | 2.0 |
| Consider themselves public worker | 113.6 | –48.0 | –29.7 |
| Work at local units abroad | 115.5 | 7.6 | 7.0 |
| Total | 4 500.4 | 43.3 | 1.0 |
a) Compared to the same period of the previous year.
4,426 thousand of employed people were aged 15–64, and their employment rate grew by 0.8 percentage point to 69.9%. The number of the employed among men aged 15–64 increased by 26 thousand (1.1%) to 2,432 thousand, and their employment rate rose by 1.1 percentage points to 77.2%. Regarding 15–64 year-old women, the number of the employed grew to 1,994 thousand, and their employment rate changed to 62.6%.
The number of employed among young people aged 15–24 years decreased by 10 thousand to 282 thousand, their employment rate was 27.8%. In the ‘best working age’, i.e. the age group 25–54 years, the number of employed people increased by 23 thousand to 3,445 thousand and the employment rate rose to 84.5%. In the older, 55–64 age group, the number of the employed was 699 thousand, their employment rate grew by 2.6 percentage points to 56.1%.
The employment rate of people aged 20–64 – the coverage regarding the development of employment objectives defined in the Europe 2020 Strategy – grew by 0.8 percentage point to 75.0%, which is the European Union’s target for 2020. In Hungary, the employment rate of this age group is currently 83.0% for men and 67.2% for women.
Employment among 15–64 year-olds by age groups, March–May 2019
| Age group, year-old | Number | Employment rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousand persons | change, thousand personsa) | % | change, percentage pointa) | |
| 15–24 | 282.1 | –10.1 | 27.8 | –0.5 |
| 25–54 | 3 445.5 | 22.5 | 84.5 | 0.2 |
| 55–64 | 698.7 | 8.7 | 56.1 | 2.6 |
| Total | 4 426.3 | 21.0 | 69.9 | 0.8 |
| Of which: 20–64 | 4 396.4 | 16.6 | 75.0 | 0.8 |
a) Compared to the same period of the previous year.