Total number of employed in the second quarter of 2019 amounted to 2 161 533 persons. Relative to the same quarter of the previous year, total registered employment increased by 1.6%, i.e. by 34 936 persons.
Observed by the modalities of employment, there were 2 017 835 employed in “long-term employment”, in “temporary and occasional employment” there were 71 046 persons, while the number of registered individual agricultural producers was 72 653.
Employment was primarily increased in the category of “long-term employment”, where growth of 2.1% (41 887 persons) was recorded, relative to the same quarter of the previous year.
Territorially observed, increased employment prevailed in Beogradski region and in Region Šumadije i Zapadne Srbije.
The sections of activity with the largest increase in the number of the employed are Manufacturing (growth of 11 717 persons), Construction (growth of 8 553 persons), Professional, scientific and technical activities (growth of 7 075 persons), Education (growth of 4 648 persons) and Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (growth of 4 287 persons).
In the mentioned period, number of the employed in public sector was decreased by 7 429.