According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) at the end of March 2012 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 27.9 thousands or 1.3% as compared to the end of December 2011 and reached 2.10 million.The highest decrease was observed in economic activity “Administrative and support service activities”- 4.6%, “Accommodation and food service activities”- 4.0% and “Other service activities” - 3.7%. The highest increase of employees was recorded in economic activity “Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities”- 6.6%.

In the structure of employees by economic activities the largest share of employees was in “Manufacturing” - 22.5% and “Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles” - 18.1%.