Balgarianovinite.com The Employment Agency reported Tuesday stable labour market developments in October 2025, with the registered unemployment rate remaining low at 5.15%, down 0.08 percentage points compared to the same month of the previous year. The total number of individuals who became employed during the month reached 15,916, of whom 14,525 found work with the support of labour offices. A total of 146,055 people were registered as unemployed.
An additional 1,391 employed people, students and pensioners sought support for new career opportunities. More than 6,080 economically inactive persons were encouraged to take their first steps towards entering the labour market. This outcome was achieved thanks to the active efforts of labour office teams, as well as Roma and youth mediators across the country.
A total of 3,507 people from vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, inexperienced young people, individuals over 55, and the long-term unemployed, took up jobs under subsidized employment programmes. Of these, 1,683 were included in projects funded under the Human Resources Development Programme 2021–2027, co-financed by the European Social Fund+.
The Employment Agency continued to invest in skills development. In October, more than 12,500 training vouchers were issued to unemployed and employed persons to help them adapt to the demands of a modern economy undergoing rapid digitalization and technological transformation.
Employers declared 8,479 job vacancies on the primary labour market during the month. The largest share of openings was in manufacturing (26.1%) and education (13.2%), followed by wholesale and retail trade and motor vehicle repair (11.7%), public administration (11.2%), accommodation and food service activities (6.9%), and administrative and support service activities (5.9%).
Among the most in-demand occupations in October were care workers; machine and equipment operators; shop assistants; personal services staff; workers in mining, manufacturing, construction and transport; metal workers, machine builders and related tradespeople; teachers; waste collection workers; business and administrative professionals; drivers of motor vehicles and mobile equipment; cleaners and helpers; and workers in food, clothing and wood-processing industries. Nearly 16,000 People Start Work in October with Employment Agency’s Support 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-18 09:51:29 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law