Labour Day
1 May, Labour Day
Last year, there were 944,008 persons in employment in Slovenia, which was the highest number ever. Compared to the year before, there were 14% fewer job vacancies. At the end of last year, about 510,000 persons in employment worked in another municipality.
The highest number of persons in employment ever
Last year, there were 944,008 persons in employment in Slovenia, which was the highest number since 1991, or 27% more than in 1997, when it was the lowest. The structure of persons in employment has been changing in recent years. In 2010, 92.6% of persons in employment in Slovenia were Slovenian citizens; last year this share fell to 84.3%. The share of persons in employment with citizenship of another EU Member State has varied between 0.5% and 2.1% in all these years, while the share of persons in employment with citizenship of other countries has been increasing. Last year, they accounted for 13.7% of all persons in employment.
Most persons in employment worked in manufacturing
Last year, the largest number of persons in employment, more than 209,000 (or 22.3% of all), worked in manufacturing, followed by wholesale and retail trade with almost 116,000 (12.3%) and education with 81,000 (8.6%).
What about persons in employment by occupation? The largest number, 220,558 (or 23.5% of all), were professionals (of whom the largest number, 55,270, were teaching professionals). Almost 140,000 (14.9%) were technicians and associate professionals, and just over 138,000 (14.8%) were craft and related trades workers.
The highest earnings in the occupational group managers
The highest average monthly gross earnings (EUR 3,731) for October 2023 were paid in the occupational group managers, and the lowest (EUR 1,477) in the occupational group elementary occupations.
But what about average monthly gross earnings according to the Standard Classification of Activities? For October 2023, they were the highest in financial and insurance activities, EUR 3,183, and lowest in accommodation and food service activities, EUR 1,569.
In the same period, average monthly gross earnings of employed Slovenian citizens were 5.2% higher than the average, while earnings of EU citizens were 10.8% lower and those of non-EU citizens 29.1% lower than the average.
Slovenia among the countries with the most evenly distributed income
Income concentration is measured by the Gini coefficient. Its value ranges between 0% and 100%. If its value were 0%, income would be completely evenly distributed among the population (everyone would have exactly the same equivalent income). If, however, the value were 100%, income distribution would be completely unequal (all income would be in the hands of one person).
In 2023, the coefficient in Slovenia was 23.4%. As regards EU Member States, income was more evenly distributed only in Slovakia, where the value was 21.6%. The average value in the EU was 29.6%. The highest value was recorded in Bulgaria, 37.2%, meaning that income was distributed most unequally in this country.
Fewer job vacancies
The number of job vacancies has been falling for almost two years. In the 4th quarter of last year, about 17,900 job vacancies were registered, or 7.5% fewer than in the previous quarter. The year-on-year comparison also shows a 14% lower demand for new labour, which means about 2,900 fewer job vacancies.
In the 4th quarter of last year, the demand was the greatest in construction, where employers were looking for almost 3,200 new employees. The demand in manufacturing was slightly lower (around 3,100). Employers in professional, scientific and technical activities were also more active than usual in looking for new employees (around 1,200), which is almost a quarter more jobs than in the previous quarter.
More than half a million labour migrants between municipalities
At the end of 2024, around 510,000 persons in employment commuted to work in another municipality, meaning that one in two persons in employment was a labour migrant between municipalities. Among all municipalities, only 34 had a surplus of workplaces over the number of persons in employment living in them (so-called labour-oriented municipalities). Among the very labour-oriented municipalities, municipality Trzin stood out in particular, with about three and a half times as many workplaces as persons in employment living in it.
Municipality Ljubljana is the most burdened by labour migration in both directions, as almost 141,500 persons from other municipalities commute to work there daily (or at different intervals), while around 25,400 of its employed residents commute to work in other municipalities.
Noticeable centralization of workplaces in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region
At the end of last year, there were around 207,300 labour migrants between statistical regions, or 22.5% of the persons in employment. Centralization of workplaces in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region has been noticeable, which in the last eight years has been the only region with more workplaces than the number of persons in employment living in it.
Last year, there were 944,008 persons in employment in Slovenia, which was the highest number since 1991, or 27% more than in 1997, when it was the lowest. The structure of persons in employment has been changing in recent years. In 2010, 92.6% of persons in employment in Slovenia were Slovenian citizens; last year this share fell to 84.3%. The share of persons in employment with citizenship of another EU Member State has varied between 0.5% and 2.1% in all these years, while the share of persons in employment with citizenship of other countries has been increasing. Last year, they accounted for 13.7% of all persons in employment.
Most persons in employment worked in manufacturing
Last year, the largest number of persons in employment, more than 209,000 (or 22.3% of all), worked in manufacturing, followed by wholesale and retail trade with almost 116,000 (12.3%) and education with 81,000 (8.6%).
What about persons in employment by occupation? The largest number, 220,558 (or 23.5% of all), were professionals (of whom the largest number, 55,270, were teaching professionals). Almost 140,000 (14.9%) were technicians and associate professionals, and just over 138,000 (14.8%) were craft and related trades workers.
The highest earnings in the occupational group managers
The highest average monthly gross earnings (EUR 3,731) for October 2023 were paid in the occupational group managers, and the lowest (EUR 1,477) in the occupational group elementary occupations.
But what about average monthly gross earnings according to the Standard Classification of Activities? For October 2023, they were the highest in financial and insurance activities, EUR 3,183, and lowest in accommodation and food service activities, EUR 1,569.
In the same period, average monthly gross earnings of employed Slovenian citizens were 5.2% higher than the average, while earnings of EU citizens were 10.8% lower and those of non-EU citizens 29.1% lower than the average.
Slovenia among the countries with the most evenly distributed income
Income concentration is measured by the Gini coefficient. Its value ranges between 0% and 100%. If its value were 0%, income would be completely evenly distributed among the population (everyone would have exactly the same equivalent income). If, however, the value were 100%, income distribution would be completely unequal (all income would be in the hands of one person).
In 2023, the coefficient in Slovenia was 23.4%. As regards EU Member States, income was more evenly distributed only in Slovakia, where the value was 21.6%. The average value in the EU was 29.6%. The highest value was recorded in Bulgaria, 37.2%, meaning that income was distributed most unequally in this country.
Fewer job vacancies
The number of job vacancies has been falling for almost two years. In the 4th quarter of last year, about 17,900 job vacancies were registered, or 7.5% fewer than in the previous quarter. The year-on-year comparison also shows a 14% lower demand for new labour, which means about 2,900 fewer job vacancies.
In the 4th quarter of last year, the demand was the greatest in construction, where employers were looking for almost 3,200 new employees. The demand in manufacturing was slightly lower (around 3,100). Employers in professional, scientific and technical activities were also more active than usual in looking for new employees (around 1,200), which is almost a quarter more jobs than in the previous quarter.
More than half a million labour migrants between municipalities
At the end of 2024, around 510,000 persons in employment commuted to work in another municipality, meaning that one in two persons in employment was a labour migrant between municipalities. Among all municipalities, only 34 had a surplus of workplaces over the number of persons in employment living in them (so-called labour-oriented municipalities). Among the very labour-oriented municipalities, municipality Trzin stood out in particular, with about three and a half times as many workplaces as persons in employment living in it.
Municipality Ljubljana is the most burdened by labour migration in both directions, as almost 141,500 persons from other municipalities commute to work there daily (or at different intervals), while around 25,400 of its employed residents commute to work in other municipalities.
Noticeable centralization of workplaces in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region
At the end of last year, there were around 207,300 labour migrants between statistical regions, or 22.5% of the persons in employment. Centralization of workplaces in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region has been noticeable, which in the last eight years has been the only region with more workplaces than the number of persons in employment living in it.
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