The number of the employed as of the state on 31 March 2015, amounted to 8628.9 thousand persons and was by 1.1% higher than last year (the last year a drop by 0.7% was observed). The share of the employed in the private sector amounted to 65.1% (the last year it was 64.7%).

Average employment in the first quarter of 2015 amounted to 8252.8 thousand persons and was by 0.8% higher than at the same time last year (the last year a drop by 0.3% was observed). A relatively high increase in average employment was observed in sections: information and communication (by 3.4%), manufacturing (by 2.9%), trade; repair of motor vehicles (by 2.2%), transportation and storage (by 2.0%), and administrative and support service activities (by 1.8%), while a slight growth was observed in sections: public administration and defence; compulsory social security (by 0.3%) due to employment in the frame of intervention, water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (by 0.6%), professional, scientific and technical activities (by 0.9%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing and education (by 1.1% in each. A drop in employment was observed in other sections; the highest decrease was observed in: construction (by 6.1%), mining and quarrying (by 5.9%), electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (by 5.3%), and accommodation and catering (by 4.9%).