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Friday, 26.04.2024, 12:01
Unemployment rate in Latvia unchanged at 8.2% in October
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A total of 79,104 unemployed persons were registered at the State Employment Agency at the beginning of October; at the end of the month – 79,183. Meanwhile, 4,751 persons managed to find a regular job during the month.
The lowest unemployment rate in October was registered in Riga Region – 5.2%, the highest – 17.6% – in Latgale province. The unemployment rate in Kurzeme was 9.8% in October, in Vidzeme – 9.4%, in Zemgale – 7.7%.
Among the cities, Riga recorded the lowest unemployment rate – 4.9%, followed by Jurmala – 5.8%, Jelgava – 6.2%, Valmiera – 6.5%, Ventspils – 6.9%, Jekabpils – 8.5%, Daugavpils – 9%, Liepaja – 11.9%, and Rezekne – 14.9%.
The State Employment Agency currently offers 6,094 job openings. The most popular ones are for truck drivers, cooks, salespersons, fish processors, cashiers, tailors, ship mechanics, auxiliary workers, and manual metal arc welders. The highest demand is still for various kinds of IT specialists.
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