Labour Cost Survey
Economic activity | Total (Full-time and part-time)* | Full-time | Part-time* | |||
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Employees | Average annual wages and salaries | Employees | Average annual wages and salaries | Employees | Average annual wages and salaries | |
Number | BGN | Number | BGN | Number | BGN | |
Total | 2 245 479 | 11 021 | 2 064 533 | 11 645 | 180 946 | 3 906 |
Mining and quarrying | 23 673 | 16 610 | 23 439 | 16 731 | 234 | 4 499 |
Manufacturing | 514 211 | 9 859 | 494 422 | 10 123 | 19 789 | 3 279 |
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 30 560 | 19 941 | 30 137 | 20 113 | 423 | 7 706 |
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 36 324 | 9 680 | 35 423 | 9 750 | 901 | 6 916 |
Construction | 127 399 | 8 975 | 117 714 | 9 435 | 9 685 | 3 375 |
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 383 758 | 9 803 | 341 415 | 10 535 | 42 343 | 3 905 |
Transportation and storage | 150 449 | 10 015 | 138 345 | 10 586 | 12 104 | 3 492 |
Accommodation and food service activities | 121 961 | 6 209 | 102 552 | 6 858 | 19 409 | 2 778 |
Information and communication | 83 915 | 27 004 | 80 523 | 27 847 | 3 392 | 6 998 |
Financial and insurance activities | 55 548 | 19 478 | 52 004 | 20 347 | 3 544 | 6 737 |
Real estate activities | 24 250 | 10 211 | 21 125 | 11 120 | 3 125 | 4 064 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 77 622 | 15 529 | 69 760 | 16 749 | 7 862 | 4 711 |
Administrative and support service activities | 118 200 | 8 410 | 103 733 | 9 126 | 14 467 | 3 275 |
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | 111 116 | 12 700 | 106 741 | 13 060 | 4 375 | 3 932 |
Education | 166 266 | 10 500 | 157 236 | 10 873 | 9 030 | 4 006 |
Human health and social work activities | 144 293 | 11 080 | 126 235 | 11 873 | 18 058 | 5 543 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 36 392 | 9 213 | 32 811 | 9 860 | 3 581 | 3 277 |
Other service activities | 39 542 | 6 777 | 30 918 | 7 789 | 8 624 | 3 152 |
* Part-time employees are not converted into full-time equivalents |
Labour Costs components | Total | Economic activity | |||||||
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Mining and quarrying | Manufacturing | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | Construction | Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | ||||
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||
Wages and salaries costs | 81.62 | 70.35 | 82.01 | 68.64 | 78.28 | 83.91 | 84.24 | ||
of which: | Basic wages and salaries for days worked | 58.16 | 39.91 | 59.41 | 40.62 | 54.39 | 65.64 | 65.19 | |
Bonuses | 8.36 | 9.23 | 7.97 | 6.75 | 5.39 | 7.08 | 8.30 | ||
Payments for days not worked | 6.36 | 7.27 | 5.87 | 7.64 | 6.97 | 5.35 | 5.05 | ||
Additional remunerations according to the Labour Code, State Officials Act or other legislative acts | 8.74 | 13.94 | 8.76 | 13.63 | 11.53 | 5.84 | 5.70 | ||
Employers' actual social contributions | 14.54 | 18.45 | 14.56 | 16.27 | 15.01 | 14.28 | 13.85 | ||
of which: | Statutory social-security contributions | 14.39 | 17.78 | 14.46 | 15.09 | 14.94 | 14.24 | 13.72 | |
Collectively agreed, contractual and voluntary social-security contributions payable by the employer | 0.15 | 0.67 | 0.10 | 1.18 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.13 | ||
Employers’ imputed social contributions | 1.62 | 2.25 | 1.36 | 2.39 | 1.95 | 1.28 | 1.15 | ||
Other social expenses and benefits | 1.88 | 6.05 | 1.78 | 10.53 | 4.55 | 0.45 | 0.69 | ||
Taxes regarded as labour costs | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
Vocational training costs | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.05 | ||
Other labour costs | 0.20 | 2.78 | 0.19 | 1.94 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
Labour Costs components | Total | Economic activity | |||||||
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Transportation and storage | Accommodation and food service activities | Information and communication | Financial and insurance activities | Real estate activities | Professional, scientific and technical activities | ||||
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||
Wages and salaries costs | 81.62 | 76.13 | 83.14 | 86.38 | 83.25 | 84.60 | 85.44 | ||
of which: | Basic wages and salaries for days worked | 58.16 | 51.85 | 71.18 | 62.93 | 58.28 | 67.94 | 64.95 | |
Bonuses | 8.36 | 7.89 | 3.33 | 12.28 | 12.04 | 5.82 | 9.07 | ||
Payments for days not worked | 6.36 | 5.62 | 4.22 | 5.80 | 5.88 | 5.26 | 5.68 | ||
Additional remunerations according to the Labour Code, State Officials Act or other legislative acts | 8.74 | 10.78 | 4.40 | 5.37 | 7.05 | 5.58 | 5.73 | ||
Employers' actual social contributions | 14.54 | 15.28 | 14.65 | 11.02 | 12.42 | 13.34 | 12.11 | ||
of which: | Statutory social-security contributions | 14.39 | 15.01 | 14.60 | 10.95 | 12.02 | 13.31 | 11.98 | |
Collectively agreed, contractual and voluntary social-security contributions payable by the employer | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.13 | ||
Employers’ imputed social contributions | 1.62 | 1.97 | 1.59 | 1.33 | 1.75 | 1.15 | 1.37 | ||
Other social expenses and benefits | 1.88 | 6.00 | 0.58 | 0.80 | 1.93 | 0.89 | 0.96 | ||
Taxes regarded as labour costs | 0.03 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||
Vocational training costs | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 0.62 | 0.00 | 0.10 | ||
Other labour costs | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Labour Costs components | Total | Economic activity | |||||||
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Administrative and support service activities | Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | Education | Human health and social work activities | Arts, entertainment and recreation | Other service activities | ||||
Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||
Wages and salaries costs | 81.62 | 83.60 | 75.80 | 78.88 | 83.44 | 84.08 | 83.56 | ||
of which: | Basic wages and salaries for days worked | 58.16 | 64.53 | 54.07 | 45.05 | 46.96 | 60.39 | 68.56 | |
Bonuses | 8.36 | 8.38 | 6.41 | 7.29 | 10.22 | 10.17 | 3.65 | ||
Payments for days not worked | 6.36 | 4.93 | 7.70 | 11.95 | 7.51 | 6.14 | 5.75 | ||
Additional remunerations according to the Labour Code, State Officials Act or other legislative acts | 8.74 | 5.76 | 7.62 | 14.59 | 18.75 | 7.38 | 5.60 | ||
Employers' actual social contributions | 14.54 | 13.98 | 20.42 | 16.32 | 14.33 | 13.67 | 14.85 | ||
of which: | Statutory social-security contributions | 14.39 | 13.89 | 20.42 | 16.30 | 14.32 | 13.65 | 14.76 | |
Collectively agreed, contractual and voluntary social-security contributions payable by the employer | 0.15 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.10 | ||
Employers’ imputed social contributions | 1.62 | 1.39 | 2.05 | 3.10 | 1.52 | 1.57 | 0.96 | ||
Other social expenses and benefits | 1.88 | 1.01 | 1.57 | 1.43 | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.58 | ||
Taxes regarded as labour costs | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | ||
Vocational training costs | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 | ||
Other labour costs | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Labour Statistics" Department |
Contact name | Todor Davidkov |
Contact person function | Head of department |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 568 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 14 August 2018 |
Metadata last posted | 14 August 2018 |
Metadata last update | 14 August 2018 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | The Labour Cost Survey is aimed to give detailed and comparable at European Union level information on distribution of employers' labour costs incurred on behalf of their employees. Objects of the survey are: characteristics of employer (enterprise, local unit) - number of employees in the local unit, type of ownership, size of the enterprise, employees distribution by gender and mode of employment (full-time/part-time), paid days, wages and salaries costs, social security costs, employers' imputed social contributions, payments in kind, vocational training costs and other labour costs. |
Classification system | · National Classification of Economic Activities (NCEA-2003, for international use NACE.BG 2003); · Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008). |
Sector coverage | Covered are enterprises (local units) from all economic activities except "Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing". |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Employees are all persons who have a labour contract (fixed or permanent; full-time or part-time) with their employer by virtue of the Labour Code or the Civil Servants Act and who receive remuneration in cash or in kind for certain quality and quantity of work done. Number of employees excludes:
Full-time employees are those whose regular working hours are the same as collectively agreed or customary hours worked in the observed local unit or for certain occupational groups. Part-time employees (half-day, half-week, half-month) are those whose regular working hours (daily, weekly, monthly) is less then collectively agreed or customary hours for the observed local unit or occupational group. Days worked - the total number of days worked by all employees under labour contract during the reference year. For a day worked is considered every day spent on work irrespective of the number of actual hours spent. Days not worked but nevertheless paid by the employer - the number of days not worked due to annual holydays/vacation, absence due to sickness (if it is paid by the employer), public holydays and other paid but not work days. Hour actually worked - the total number of hours worked by all employees during the year. Hours actually worked are defined as the sum of all periods spent on direct and ancillary activities to produce goods and services. Total Labour Costs includes wages and salaries paid by the employer in cash or in kind, employers' actual and imputed social contribution, taxes regarded as labour costs, vocational training costs and other labour costs. Gross annual wages and salaries are the remunerations paid regularly to the employees by the employers before the deduction of any tax and social security contributions payable by the employees and withheld by the employers. Gross wages and salaries comprise of: - basic wages and salaries for time worked or work done; - payments for statutory, contractual or voluntary leave; - payments for overtime; - additional payments for shift work, extreme working conditions, length of service etc.; - monthly, quarterly and annual bonuses. Employers' statutory social-security contributions. These consist of payments made compulsory by law and payable by employers for the benefit of their employees to social-security institutions. They include contributions to insurance schemes for retirement pension, sickness, maternity and disability, to unemployment insurance schemes, to insurance schemes for occupational accidents and diseases etc. Collectively agreed, contractual and voluntary social-security contributions payable by the employer - these are all contributions paid by the employer to social-security schemes which are supplementary to those which are compulsory by law. They include supplementary pension sickness and unemployment insurance schemes. Employers' imputed social contributions these are payments made directly by employers to their employees or former employees without involving a social-security fund. Instead, the benefits are paid out of the own resources of the employers. Examples for such payments are: guaranteed remuneration in the event of sickness (for the first three days), payments to employees leaving the enterprise, payments made to employees on retirement etc. Social expenses and benefits (payments in kind) - this variable refers to an estimate of the value of all goods and services made available to employees through the employer. It includes, meal vouchers, company products, staff housing, covering transport expenses between home and work place, company cars, etc. Vocational training costs paid by the employer - these include: expenditure on vocational-training services and facilities small repairs and maintenance of buildings and installations, excluding staff costs; expenditure on participation in courses; the fees of instructors from outside the enterprise; expenditure on teaching aids and tools used for training; sums paid by the enterprise to vocational-training organizations, etc. Other expenditure paid by the employer - this includes in particular: recruitment costs (these are the sums paid to recruitment agencies, expenditure on job advertisements in the press, travel expenses paid to candidates called for interview, installation allowances paid to newly recruited staff, and working clothes provided by the employer. |
Statistical unit | The observation units are enterprises - companies, ministries, departments, political, religious, public and other organizations, that perform economical activities in Republic of Bulgaria during the reference year. |
Statistical population | The labour costs statistics is based on the survey on the employees, wages and salaries and other labour costs, which is an exhaustive for all public and private sector enterprises irrespective of their economic activity and the legislation according to which they are founded. |
Reference area | The whole country is covered. |
Time coverage | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
Numbers, percent, BGN | |
Reference period | |
Calendar year | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | · Law on Statistics; · National Statistical Programme; · Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs;
· Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 of 21 October 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1726/1999 as regards the definition and transmission of information on labour costs. |
Data sharing | Not applicable. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (provision 24 and Article 20 (4)) (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the necessity to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data are not disseminated following the rules set in Article 25 from the Law on Statistics. The dissemination of individual data is done only under Article 26 from the same law. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | The actual date of data publication is set in the National Statistical Institute Release Calendar. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | The data are published on the NSI website, section Labour Market in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Every four years. | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Not applicable. |
Publications | |
On-line database | Detailed results are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Labour Market - Annual statistics on employment and labour cost - Labour Costs: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6463 |
Micro-data access | Access to anonymised micro-data can be granted for research and scientific purposes upon request and following the Rules for granting access to anonymised micro-data for scientific and research purposes set by NSI. |
Other | Not applicable. |
Documentation on methodology | |
Quality documentation | |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | According to Article 2, point 3 from the Law on Statistics the statistical information shall be produced in compliance with the following criteria for quality: adequacy, accuracy, timeliness, punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability and logical consistency. According to Article 10 from Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs the national authorities shall ensure that the results reflect the true situation of the total population of units with a sufficient degree of representativity. The national authorities shall forward to Eurostat at its request after each reference period a report containing all relevant information relating to the implementation of the Regulation in the Member State concerned, to enable the quality of the statistics to be evaluated. |
Quality assessment | According to Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings each Member State shall prepare a quality report for the labour cost survey 24 months after the reference period. |
Relevance | |
User needs | The users groups are defined on the basis of the received data requests. They can be classified in the following main groups:
Internal users: Structural Business Statistics, National Accounts. |
User satisfaction | No information available. |
Completeness | All mandatory variables according to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 are covered. As regards the size class of enterprise and economic activity coverage, the small enterprises (with less than 10 employees) are included in the survey as well all economic activities from NACE.BG 2008 section B to S. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The overall accuracy of the survey results depends of:
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Sampling error | Not applicable - the survey is exhaustive. |
Non-sampling error | After the consolidation of regional databases into national one additional checks are done for identification of duplicate cases, which are deleted from the database. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The survey results are published 18 months after the reference period. |
Punctuality | The survey results are presented at the actual date set in the National Statistical Institute Release Calendar or with minimal delay. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | The national and regional statistical data on employees, wages and salaries and labour costs are in compliance with the acting Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
Comparability - over time | The comparability over time is disturbed by the changes of the Classification of Economic Activities. |
Coherence - cross domain | All indicators are internal coherent. |
Coherence - internal | There are other statistical surveys that produce information on number of employees, wages and salaries and labour costs:
The results from Labour Cost Survey are relatively comparable with the above mentioned surveys due to the following main methodological differences: purpose of the survey; statistical unit, definition of variables, reference period, methods of data classification by economic activity, methods of data collection and calculation of weights.
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Cost and burden | |
No information is available for the respondents' burden. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | The data source is the annual survey on Number of employees, wages and salaries and other labour costs as every four years additional variable are added to the survey to collect more detailed information on labour costs and comply with EU legislation in the field. |
Frequency of data collection | Four-yearly |
Data collection | The survey is exhaustive for all public and private sector enterprises. |
Data validation | The data validation goes through three stages:
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Data compilation | The data processing goes through the following stages:
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Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | "Labour Statistics" Department |
Contact name | Todor Davidkov |
Contact person function | Head of department |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 568 |
Contact fax number | |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | The Labour Cost Survey is aimed to give detailed and comparable at European Union level information on distribution of employers' labour costs incurred on behalf of their employees. Objects of the survey are: characteristics of employer (enterprise, local unit) - number of employees in the local unit, type of ownership, size of the enterprise, employees distribution by gender and mode of employment (full-time/part-time), paid days, wages and salaries costs, social security costs, employers' imputed social contributions, payments in kind, vocational training costs and other labour costs. |
Classification system | · National Classification of Economic Activities (NCEA-2003, for international use NACE.BG 2003); · Classification of Economic Activities (CEA-2008, for international use NACE.BG 2008). |
Sector coverage | Covered are enterprises (local units) from all economic activities except "Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing". |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Employees are all persons who have a labour contract (fixed or permanent; full-time or part-time) with their employer by virtue of the Labour Code or the Civil Servants Act and who receive remuneration in cash or in kind for certain quality and quantity of work done. Number of employees excludes:
Full-time employees are those whose regular working hours are the same as collectively agreed or customary hours worked in the observed local unit or for certain occupational groups. Part-time employees (half-day, half-week, half-month) are those whose regular working hours (daily, weekly, monthly) is less then collectively agreed or customary hours for the observed local unit or occupational group. Days worked - the total number of days worked by all employees under labour contract during the reference year. For a day worked is considered every day spent on work irrespective of the number of actual hours spent. Days not worked but nevertheless paid by the employer - the number of days not worked due to annual holydays/vacation, absence due to sickness (if it is paid by the employer), public holydays and other paid but not work days. Hour actually worked - the total number of hours worked by all employees during the year. Hours actually worked are defined as the sum of all periods spent on direct and ancillary activities to produce goods and services. Total Labour Costs includes wages and salaries paid by the employer in cash or in kind, employers' actual and imputed social contribution, taxes regarded as labour costs, vocational training costs and other labour costs. Gross annual wages and salaries are the remunerations paid regularly to the employees by the employers before the deduction of any tax and social security contributions payable by the employees and withheld by the employers. Gross wages and salaries comprise of: - basic wages and salaries for time worked or work done; - payments for statutory, contractual or voluntary leave; - payments for overtime; - additional payments for shift work, extreme working conditions, length of service etc.; - monthly, quarterly and annual bonuses. Employers' statutory social-security contributions. These consist of payments made compulsory by law and payable by employers for the benefit of their employees to social-security institutions. They include contributions to insurance schemes for retirement pension, sickness, maternity and disability, to unemployment insurance schemes, to insurance schemes for occupational accidents and diseases etc. Collectively agreed, contractual and voluntary social-security contributions payable by the employer - these are all contributions paid by the employer to social-security schemes which are supplementary to those which are compulsory by law. They include supplementary pension sickness and unemployment insurance schemes. Employers' imputed social contributions these are payments made directly by employers to their employees or former employees without involving a social-security fund. Instead, the benefits are paid out of the own resources of the employers. Examples for such payments are: guaranteed remuneration in the event of sickness (for the first three days), payments to employees leaving the enterprise, payments made to employees on retirement etc. Social expenses and benefits (payments in kind) - this variable refers to an estimate of the value of all goods and services made available to employees through the employer. It includes, meal vouchers, company products, staff housing, covering transport expenses between home and work place, company cars, etc. Vocational training costs paid by the employer - these include: expenditure on vocational-training services and facilities small repairs and maintenance of buildings and installations, excluding staff costs; expenditure on participation in courses; the fees of instructors from outside the enterprise; expenditure on teaching aids and tools used for training; sums paid by the enterprise to vocational-training organizations, etc. Other expenditure paid by the employer - this includes in particular: recruitment costs (these are the sums paid to recruitment agencies, expenditure on job advertisements in the press, travel expenses paid to candidates called for interview, installation allowances paid to newly recruited staff, and working clothes provided by the employer. |
Statistical unit | The observation units are enterprises - companies, ministries, departments, political, religious, public and other organizations, that perform economical activities in Republic of Bulgaria during the reference year. |
Statistical population | The labour costs statistics is based on the survey on the employees, wages and salaries and other labour costs, which is an exhaustive for all public and private sector enterprises irrespective of their economic activity and the legislation according to which they are founded. |
Reference area | The whole country is covered. |
Time coverage | 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | The data source is the annual survey on Number of employees, wages and salaries and other labour costs as every four years additional variable are added to the survey to collect more detailed information on labour costs and comply with EU legislation in the field. |
Frequency of data collection | Four-yearly |
Data collection | The survey is exhaustive for all public and private sector enterprises. |
Data validation | The data validation goes through three stages:
|
Data compilation | The data processing goes through the following stages:
|
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | According to Article 2, point 3 from the Law on Statistics the statistical information shall be produced in compliance with the following criteria for quality: adequacy, accuracy, timeliness, punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability and logical consistency. According to Article 10 from Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 of 9 March 1999 concerning structural statistics on earnings and on labour costs the national authorities shall ensure that the results reflect the true situation of the total population of units with a sufficient degree of representativity. The national authorities shall forward to Eurostat at its request after each reference period a report containing all relevant information relating to the implementation of the Regulation in the Member State concerned, to enable the quality of the statistics to be evaluated. |
Quality assessment | According to Commission Regulation (EC) No 698/2006 of 5 May 2006 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 530/1999 as regards quality evaluation of structural statistics on labour costs and earnings each Member State shall prepare a quality report for the labour cost survey 24 months after the reference period. |
Relevance | |
User needs | The users groups are defined on the basis of the received data requests. They can be classified in the following main groups:
Internal users: Structural Business Statistics, National Accounts. |
User satisfaction | No information available. |
Completeness | All mandatory variables according to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2005 are covered. As regards the size class of enterprise and economic activity coverage, the small enterprises (with less than 10 employees) are included in the survey as well all economic activities from NACE.BG 2008 section B to S. |
Data completeness - rate | |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | The overall accuracy of the survey results depends of:
|
Sampling error | Not applicable - the survey is exhaustive. |
Sampling errors - indicators | |
Non-sampling error | After the consolidation of regional databases into national one additional checks are done for identification of duplicate cases, which are deleted from the database. |
Coverage error | |
Over-coverage - rate | |
Common units - proportion | |
Measurement error | |
Non response error | |
Unit non-response - rate | |
Item non-response - rate | |
Processing error | |
Imputation - rate | |
Model assumption error | |
Seasonal adjustment | |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Data revision - average size | |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | The survey results are published 18 months after the reference period. |
Time lag - first results | |
Time lag - final results | |
Punctuality | The survey results are presented at the actual date set in the National Statistical Institute Release Calendar or with minimal delay. |
Punctuality - delivery and publication | |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | The national and regional statistical data on employees, wages and salaries and labour costs are in compliance with the acting Classification of territorial units for statistical purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS). |
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | |
Comparability - over time | The comparability over time is disturbed by the changes of the Classification of Economic Activities. |
Length of comparable time series | |
Coherence - cross domain | All indicators are internal coherent. |
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | |
Coherence - National Accounts | |
Coherence - internal | There are other statistical surveys that produce information on number of employees, wages and salaries and labour costs:
The results from Labour Cost Survey are relatively comparable with the above mentioned surveys due to the following main methodological differences: purpose of the survey; statistical unit, definition of variables, reference period, methods of data classification by economic activity, methods of data collection and calculation of weights.
|
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | Not applicable. |
Publications | |
On-line database | Detailed results are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Labour Market - Annual statistics on employment and labour cost - Labour Costs: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6463 |
Data tables - consultations | |
Micro-data access | Access to anonymised micro-data can be granted for research and scientific purposes upon request and following the Rules for granting access to anonymised micro-data for scientific and research purposes set by NSI. |
Other | Not applicable. |
Metadata - consultations | |
Documentation on methodology | |
Metadata completeness – rate | |
Quality documentation | |
Cost and burden | |
No information is available for the respondents' burden. | |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (provision 24 and Article 20 (4)) (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the necessity to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
Confidentiality – data treatment | Individual data are not disseminated following the rules set in Article 25 from the Law on Statistics. The dissemination of individual data is done only under Article 26 from the same law. |
Comment |
Main Labour Force Survey Results, First Quarter of 2022
In the first quarter of 2022 the unemployment rate was 4.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.7%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2022
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2022 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 0.4% as compared to the end of December 2021 and reached 2.27 million.
In the first quarter of 2022 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2021 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 1.2% getting 1 593 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2021
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2020.
Labour Force Survey 2021, Main Results
In 2021 the unemployment rate was 5.3%.
The employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 years was 73.2%.
Main Labour Force Survey Results, Fourth Quarter of 2021
In the fourth quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 4.5%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.6%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2021
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2021 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 0.7% as compared to the end of September 2021 and reached 2.27 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2021 in comparison with the third quarter of 2021 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 6.1% getting 1 612 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2021
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 13.8% compared to the third quarter of 2020.
Main Labour Force Survey Results, Third Quarter of 2021
In the third quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 4.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 74.5%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2021
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2021 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of June 2021 and reached 2.28 million.
In the third quarter of 2021 in comparison with the second quarter of 2021 the average gross monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.3% - getting to 1 520 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2021
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.7% compared to the second quarter of 2020.
Main Labour Force Survey Results, Second Quarter of 2021
In the second quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 5.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.7%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2021
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2021, the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.9% as compared to the end of March 2021 and reached 2.31 million.
In the second quarter of 2021, in comparison with the first quarter of 2021 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.3% getting 1 525 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2021
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2021 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 4.9% compared to the first quarter of 2020.
Main Labour Force Survey Results, First Quarter of 2021
In the first quarter of 2021 the unemployment rate was 6.3%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 71.7%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2021
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2021 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of December 2020 and reached 2.26 million.
In the first quarter of 2021 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.7% getting 1 462 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2020
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.
Labour Force Survey 2020, Main Results
In 2020 the unemployment rate achieved 5.1%, by 0.9 percentage points higher in comparison with 2019.
The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years was 73.4%, by 1.6 percentage points lower compared to 2019.
Main Labour Force Survey Results, Fourth Quarter of 2020
In the fourth quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 5.2%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.8%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Forth Quarter of 2020
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2020 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 0.9% as compared to the end of September 2020 and reached 2.23 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2020 in comparison with the third quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.7% getting 1 437 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2020
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.5% compared to the third quarter of 2019.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2020
In the third quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 4.8%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 74.6%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2020
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2020 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 0.4% as compared to the end of June 2020 and reached 2.25 million.
In the third quarter of 2020 in comparison with the second quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 2.7% getting 1 373 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2020
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 9.9% compared to the second quarter of 2019.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2020
In the second quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 5.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.2%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2020
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2020 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of March 2020 and reached 2.24 million.
In the second quarter of 2020 in comparison with the first quarter of 2020 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.5% getting 1 337 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2020
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2020 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.2% compared to the first quarter of 2019.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2020
In the first quarter of 2020 the unemployment rate was 4.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.0%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2020
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2020 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.1% as compared to the end of December 2019 and reached 2.26 million.
In the first quarter of 2020 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 0.3% getting 1 317 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2019
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 11.9% compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.
Labour Force Survey 2019, Main Results
In 2019 the unemployment rate was 4.2% by 1.0 percentage point lower in comparison with 2018.
The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years achieved 75.0%, by 2.6 percentage points higher compared to 2018.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2019
In the fourth quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 4.1%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 74.9%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Forth Quarter of 2019
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2019 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.0% as compared to the end of September 2019 and reached 2.29 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2019 in comparison with the third quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 5.1% getting 1 313 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2019
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.0% compared to the third quarter of 2018.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2019
In the third quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 3.7%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 76.3%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2019
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2019 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of June 2019 and reached 2.31 million.
In the third quarter of 2019 in comparison with the second quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.9% getting 1 249 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2019
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 11.0% compared to the second quarter of 2018.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2019
In the second quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 4.2% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 75.7%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2019
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2019 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of March 2019 and reached 2.35 million.
In the second quarter of 2019 in comparison with the first quarter of 2019 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.3% getting 1 260 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2019
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.9% compared to the first quarter of 2018.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2019
In the first quarter of 2019 the unemployment rate was 5.0%, by 0.7 percentage points lower in comparison with the first quarter or 2018.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2019
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2019 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.1% as compared to the end of December 2018 and reached 2.32 million.
In the first quarter of 2019 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 3.2% getting 1 208 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2018
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 5.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2017.
Labour Force Survey 2018, Main Results
In 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.2% by 1.0 percentage point lower in comparison with 2017.
The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years achieved 72.4%, by 1.1 percentage points higher compared to 2017.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2018
In the fourth quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 4.7% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.5%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2018
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2018 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.1% as compared to the end of September 2018 and reached 2.29 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2018 in comparison with the third quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.8% getting 1 171 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2018
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.9% compared to the third quarter of 2017.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2018
In the third quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.0% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.5%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2018
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2018 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.6% as compared to the end of June 2018 and reached 2.32 million.
In the third quarter of 2018 in comparison with the second quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.7% getting 1 117 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2018
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.5% compared to the second quarter of 2017.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2018
In the second quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.5% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.6%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2018
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2018 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.8% as compared to the end of March 2018 and reached 2.35 million.
In the second quarter of 2018 in comparison with the first quarter of 2018 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.5% getting 1 125 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2018
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2018 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the first quarter of 2017.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2018
In the first quarter of 2018 the unemployment rate was 5.7% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 71.1%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2018
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2018 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.5% as compared to the end of December 2017 and reached 2.31 million.
In the first quarter of 2018 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 1.6% getting 1 077 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2017
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 12.2% compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
Labour Force Survey 2017, Main Results
In 2017 the unemployment rate was 6.2%, 6.4% for men and 5.9% for women.
The employment rate for the age group 20 - 64 years achieved 71.3%, 75.3% for men and 67.3% for women.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2017
In the fourth quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 5.6% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 72.1%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2017
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2017 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.5% as compared to the end of September 2017 and reached 2.28 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2017 in comparison with the third quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 5.6% getting 1 095BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2017
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.7% compared to the third quarter of 2016.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2017
In the third quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 5.8% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 73.0%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2017
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2017 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.3% as compared to the end of June 2017 and reached 2.31 million.
In the third quarter of 2017 in comparison with the second quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.3% getting 1 037 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2017
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 11.0% compared to the second quarter of 2016.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2017
In the second quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 6.3% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 71.7%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2017
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2017 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 2.8% as compared to the end of March 2017 and reached 2.34 million.
In the second quarter of 2017 in comparison with the first quarter of 2017 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 3.4% getting 1 040 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2017
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2017 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 10.1% compared to the first quarter of 2016.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2017
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2017 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 0.3% as compared to the end of December 2016 and reached 2.28 million.
In the first quarter of 2017 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.6% getting 1 006 BGN.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2017
In the first quarter of 2017 the unemployment rate was 6.9% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.6%.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2016
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.0% compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.
Labour Force Survey 2016, Main Results
In 2016 the unemployment rate was 7.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 67.7%.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2016
In the fourth quarter of 2016 the unemployment rate was 6.7% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 67.7%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2016
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2016 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of September 2016 and reached 2.27 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2016 in comparison with the third quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 5.2% getting 990 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2016
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 8.4% compared to the third quarter of 2015.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2016
In the third quarter of 2016 the unemployment rate was 7.0% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.5%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2016
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2016 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.9% as compared to the end of June 2016 and reached 2.31 million.
In the third quarter of 2016 in comparison with the second quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.5% getting 941 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2016
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.3% compared to the second quarter of 2015.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2016
In the second quarter of 2016 the unemployment rate was 8.0% and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.0%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2016
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2016 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 3.4% as compared to the end of March 2016 and reached 2.36 million.
In the second quarter of 2016 in comparison with the first quarter of 2016 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 2.6% getting 946 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2016
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2016 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.7% compared to the first quarter of 2015.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2016
In the first quarter of 2016 the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 66.5% and the unemployment rate was 8.6%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2016
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2016 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 2.6% as compared to the end of December 2015 and reached 2.28 million.
In the first quarter of 2016 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.7% getting 931 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2015
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 5.8% compared to the fourth quarter of 2014.
Labour Force Survey 2015, Main Results
In 2015 the unemployment rate was 9.1%, and the employment rate of population aged 15 - 64 was 62.9%.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2015
In the fourth quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 7.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.1%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2015
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of December 2015 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 2.2% as compared to the end of September 2015 and reached 2.22 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2015 in comparison with the third quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.7% getting 915 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2015
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 7.4% compared to the third quarter of 2014.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Third Quarter of 2015
In the third quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 8.3%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 68.8%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Average Wages and Salaries, Third Quarter of 2015
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of September 2015 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 1.7% as compared to the end of June 2015 and reached 2.27 million.
In the third quarter of 2015 in comparison with the second quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries decreased by 0.6% getting 874 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Second Quarter of 2015
Preliminary data of the NSI for the second quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.8% compared to the second quarter of 2014.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Second Quarter of 2015
In the second quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 9.9%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 66.6%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Second Quarter of 2015
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of June 2015 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 3.6% as compared to the end of March 2015 and reached 2.31 millions.
In the second quarter of 2015 in comparison with the first quarter of 2015 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 2.3% getting 879 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, First Quarter of 2015
Preliminary data of the NSI for the first quarter of 2015 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 6.9% compared to the first quarter of 2014.
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the First Quarter of 2015
In the first quarter of 2015 the unemployment rate was 10.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 20 - 64 was 65.0%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, First Quarter of 2015
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of March 2015 the number of employees under labour contract increased by 1.2% as compared to the end of December 2014 and reached 2.23 millions.
In the first quarter of 2015 in comparison with the fourth quarter of 2014 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 1.4% getting 859 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Fourth Quarter of 2014
Preliminary data of the NSI for the fourth quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2013.
Labour Force Survey 2014, Main Results
Main Labour Force Survey Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2014
In the fourth quarter of 2014 the unemployment rate was 10.6%, and the employment rate of population aged 15 - 64 was 61.4%.
Employees under Labour Contract and Gross Average Wages and Salaries, Fourth Quarter of 2014
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) at the end of December 2014 the number of employees under labour contract decreased by 2.1% as compared to the end of September 2014 and reached 2.20 millions.
In the fourth quarter of 2014 in comparison with the third quarter of 2014 the average monthly wages and salaries increased by 4.7% getting 847 BGN.
Quarterly Labour Cost Index, Third Quarter of 2014
Preliminary data of the NSI for the third quarter of 2014 indicate that the total hourly labour cost rose by 3.2% compared to the third quarter of 2013.
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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2020
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The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.
Statistical Reference Book 2021
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The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry,
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Statistical Reference Book 2021 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2016 - 2020 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agri
Statistical Yearbook 2020
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Structure of Earnings 2018
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Bulgaria presents to the users of statistical information the publication ‘Structure of Earnings 2018’. It contains data from the representative Structure of Earnings Survey for 2018 (SES 2018) carried out by the NSI. The SES 2018 is the fifth of a series of four-yearly surveys to be conducted under the Council Regulation (EC) No. 530/1999, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1916/2000 (amended) and the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1738/2005. The objective of this legislation is to provide accurate and harmonized data on earnings in EU Member Sta
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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2019
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Statistical Reference Book 2020
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Statistical Reference Book 2020 (Bulgarian version)
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The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture,
Statistical Yearbook 2019
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According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National
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The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.
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Statistical Yearbook 2018 in infographics
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Statistical Reference Book 2019
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Statistical Reference Book 2019 (Bulgarian version)
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Statistical Yearbook 2018
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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2017
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The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.
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Statistical Reference Book 2018
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Statistical Yearbook 2017 in infographics
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We believe that the
Statistical Reference Book 2018 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2014 - 2017 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp
Statistical Yearbook 2017
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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.04.2018)
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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2016
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The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.
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Statistical Reference Book 2017
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The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, f
Statistical Reference Book 2017 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2013 - 2016 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp
Statistical Yearbook 2016
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Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2017)
Structure of Earnings 2014
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Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2015
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The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.
Labour Force Survey Leaflet
It provides information of economic activity of the population - employment and unemployment, according to the internationally adopted concepts and definitions. Some of t
Statistical Reference Book 2016
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2012 - 2015 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transpor
Statistical Reference Book 2016 (Bulgarian version)
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2012 - 2015 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transp
Statistical Yearbook 2015
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2010 - 2014 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 06.04.2016)
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2015)
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 05.10.2015)
Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2014
The National Statistical Institute presents to users the annual electronic publication Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2014.
The bilingual (Bulgarian-English) issue includes annual average data from the Labour Force Survey. This survey is a sample statistical survey on households for examination of the economic activity of the population aged 15 years and over.
The methodology of the survey has been developed according to ILO and Eurostat recommendations.
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2015)
Statistical Reference Book 2015
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in English.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2010 - 2014 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transport, c
Statistical Reference Book 2015 (Bulgarian version)
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2015 in Bulgarian.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2010 - 2014 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transport,
Statistical Yearbook 2014
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 82nd edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2009 - 2013 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the National Sta
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.04.2015)
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 30.12.2014)
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 01.10.2014)
Employment and Unemployment - annual data 2013
Key Indicators for Bulgaria (as of 02.07.2014)
Statistical Reference Book 2014
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in English.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2009 - 2013 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, transport, c
Statistical Reference Book 2014 (Bulgarian version)
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2014 in Bulgarian.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2009 - 2013 period.
The publication presents data on main macroeconomic indicators of the national economy - gross domestic product, investments and finance; and economic activity groupings - industry, agriculture, forestry, tr
Statistical Yearbook 2013
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 81st edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2008 - 2012 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
According to the Law on Statistics, official source of information in the Republic of Bulgaria is the Nati