Overview of labour market situation on 31 May 2012

On 31 May 2012 536,520 persons were registered as unemployed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As compared to the previous month, the number of the unemployed was down by 1,815 persons or 0.71%.

In occupational structure of job seekers as on 31 May 2012 there were 161,412  unskilled workers or 30,08%, 11,320 semi-skilled workers or 2.11%, 186,810 skilled workers or 34.82%, 3,874 highly skilled workers or 0.72%, 1,890 workers with primary education or 0.35%, 134,209 with secondary education or 25.01%, 7,423 with higher non-university education or 1.38% and 29,582  with university education or 5.51%.

The total outflow from PES registers in April amounted to 13, 854 persons, out of which 8,046 persons were employed.

At the same time, there were 5,065 persons whose employment terminated while employers registered with PES 2,237 vacancies in this period.

According to data of the BiH Agency for Statistics, in April 2012 the number of persons in paid employment in legal entities in BiH amounted to 689,985 persons, out of which 282,991 were women. As compared to March 2012, the total number of persons in paid employment in legal entities was increased by 0.2%.