Number of unemployed falls in RS entity in July, rises in Federation

(Patria) - Unemployment in July compared to the previous month decreased in the Republic of Srpska by 338 persons or 0.6 percent and in Brčko District by 59 persons or 0.58 percent, while it increased in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by 3,513 persons or 1.36 percent, the Agency for Labor and Employment of BiH announced.

At the end of July, the records of employment bureaus and services in BiH listed 328,674 unemployed persons, which is an increase of 3,106 or 0.95 percent compared to the previous month, and a decrease of 21,787 or 6.22 percent compared to July last year.

In July, the records showed the highest number of skilled workers – 102,242 or 31.11 percent of the total, followed by unskilled workers, 95,652 or 29.10 percent, and persons with secondary education, 92,536 or 28.15 percent.

Jobs were also sought by 27,599 persons with higher education or 8.4 percent of the total, 5,243 or 1.6 percent with associate degrees, 4,660 or 1.42 percent with lower education, and 742 or 0.23 percent were highly skilled workers.

Of the total number of registered unemployed persons in BiH in July, 18,034 were newly registered job seekers, of which 9,853 were women.

In July, 15,025 persons were removed from the records of employment services, of whom 6,366 were employed.

At the same time, 9,521 persons had their employment terminated, while employers in this period reported needs for hiring 4,127 new workers.

According to data from the Agency for Statistics of BiH, in June the number of employed persons in BiH was 854,865, the same as in the previous month.

The registered unemployment rate for June was 27.6 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point compared to the previous month.