The total number of job seekers registered at the Servei d’Ocupació in December 2017 stood at 300, which represents 12.8% less than the previous month (344), and 0.3% less than last December (301), according to the Government of Andorra. This is the lowest number in 9 years.
The total number of wage-earners last October was 36,040, with an increase of 2.8% compared to last year (35,049 wage-earners registered). This is the highest number of employees in the last 7 years, for October. The average number of employees during the last twelve months was 37,481, with a positive variation of 2.9% compared to the same period last year.
The total wage bill for the month of October 2017 was 71.75 million euros, with a positive variation of 4.5% compared to the same month the previous year. With respect to the average salary, this was 1,990.92 euros, (+1.6% comparing to the average salary in October 2016, which was 1,959.10 euros).
