Good news from the labor market at the beginning of the holidays. There is a decline

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Policy presented preliminary data on the unemployment rate in June. It amounted to 5.8 percent, compared to 5.9 percent. a month earlier. In May – for the first time since December last year – the unemployment rate in Poland was below the 6 percent threshold.

Unemployment in Poland is down again

Estimated data from the Ministry of Labor show that in the previous month there were 902.7 thousand registered in labor offices. unemployed, which means a decrease by 13.2 thousand. people on a monthly basis. In June alone, approximately 82.6 thousand people registered at labor offices. unemployed. That’s about 1 thousand. (1.2%) more than in May, and at the same time by 2.7 thousand (3.2%) less than in the same period last year. The most common reason for registering at labor offices was obtaining health insurance and the desire to get help in taking up work (41.4% and 39.5%, respectively).

Preliminary data show that the unemployment rate in June ranged from 3.7 percent. in the Greater Poland Voivodeship to 9.2 percent in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The lowest level of unemployment was recorded in Poznań County (1.4%), as well as in Poznań and Warsaw (1.6% each). On the other side, there are the Szydłowiec and Brzozowski counties, where the unemployment rate in the previous month was 22.4 percent and 22.4 percent, respectively. and 19 percent

The data presented last week show that, according to Eurostat’s methodology, the unemployment rate in Poland was 3.1% in May, which means an increase of 0.1 percentage point. compared to April.

Despite this increase, we remain at the forefront when it comes to the lowest unemployment in the European Union countries. The first place is taken ex aequo by Bulgaria and the Czech Republic with a reading of 2.9%. Poland is second in the ranking along with Cyprus. Malta ranks lowest with 3.5%. The EU average is 5.9%.