Ljubljana, 16 April (STA) - The Slovenian job market grew by 0.4% to around 884,700 persons in employment in February over January and by 3.3% over February 2018, Statistics Office data released on Tuesday showed.
At the monthly level, both the number of those in paid employment and the number of self-employed increased, by 0.4% and 0.1%, respectively.
The number of jobs increased in all regions in February over January, but most notably in central Slovenia (+0.4% to some 308,000).
The number of persons in employment rose in all 20 industries at the monthly level.
At the annual level, it rose in 16 industries and dropped in four.
The biggest annual rise was recorded in manufacturing, which had some 207,300 workers in February, followed by construction.