According to the State Statistical Office data, the index of the number of employees in industry in January 2018, in comparison with January 2017, was 106.0.
The number of employees in industry in the section Mining and quarrying in January 2018, in comparison with January 2017, increased by 0.2%, in the section Manufacturing it increased by 6.8% and in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it decreased by 0.9%.
The number of employees in industry by Main Industrial Groupings in January 2018, in comparison with January 2017, was higher in Intermediate goods, except energy by 13.2%, Capital goods by 18.0%, Durable consumer goods by 3.6% and Non-durable consumer goods by 0.3%. but lower in Energy by 1.1% .
