Ljubljana, 16 January (STA) - The Slovenian labour market remained robust in November, with the employment total at 887,953 up 0.3% over October and a year-on-year increase of 3.1%, show preliminary Statistics Office figures released on Wednesday. This means the economy added almost 27,000 jobs since November 2017.
The number of employees and the number of the self-employed grew at the same pace in November, by 0.3%, respectively to 792,886 and 95,067.
At the annual level, the number of the self-employed increased slightly more, by 4.1%, than the number of employees, which rose by 3%.
Job gains were broad-based at the annual level, with 17 of the 20 industries tracked recording gains. Manufacturing was the biggest job creator, adding about 8,000 jobs.