The labor market is living and growing. In 2024, the number of employees increased 352 thousand units (+1.5 % compared to the previous year), with unemployment (-283 thousand, -14.6 %) decreased and increased by 15-64 years (+56 thousand,+0.5 %). Istat talks to him.
Rate of Employment It has grown in the 15-64-year-old ancient range 62,2 % (+0.7 % points compared to 2023), while the unemployment rate fell to 6.5 % (-1.1 points) and the inactivity rate (15-64 years) was 33.4 % (+0.1 points).
Salaries increase
With the renewal of many contracts in 2024 and the resulting increase SalaryThe cost of labor has also increased: Due to the growth of the annual compensation component (+3.1 %) and contribution (+3.5 %), the contract was particularly affected by the renewal. During the fourth quarter 2024, 2 contracts (port services and textile services were included, while no one has expired in the same period. But there are 28 Waiting Renewed at the end of December 2024, including 6.6 million employees and 50.8 % of employees.
Given the individual sectors, industry employees record a tandal increase of 4.8 %, while private services increase by 3.6 %. On the contrary, the public administration highlights the contraction of 14.1 %.
In the most additional fields, they stand:
- Metal Working (+6.4 %);
- Wood, paper and printing (+5.3 %);
- Food (+5.1 %).
Increased 352 thousand workers as compared to 2023
With the latter increase, in 2024, employees arrived on average 23 million 932 thousand unitsWith an increase of 352 thousand compared to 2023. This increase is mainly linked to the following factors:
- Permanent work growth (+508 thousand, +3.3 %);
- The term decrease (-203 thousand, -6.8 %).
- Increase in independent (+47 thousand, +0.3 %).
The unemployment in 2024 was 1 million 664 thousand, which was 283 thousand units as compared to 2023. The unemployment rate is 6.5 %, which has decreased by 1.1 points over the previous year.
Employment increases, but young and women are still slowly
Instead, by analyzing the fourth quarter data of 2024, the number of jobs was substantially stable compared to the third quarter 2024, thanks to the development of stable work, which compensated for a fixed period and a reduction in independent work. 170,000 jobs have increased compared to the same period of 2023 (+0.7 %).
The number of jobs maintains the number of jobs to detect the work of the weather effects Stable The third quarter reached 24 million 37 thousand, compared to 2024. This balance is due to:
- Permanent employees’ growth (+118 thousand, +0.7 % in three months);
- Deficiency in period employees (-86 thousand, -3.1 %);
- Independent (-36 thousand, -0.7 %) decreased.
The employment rate is stable at 62.4 %, but increases for men in the south and over 50, while it has changed in the north and between the ages of 35-49. On the contrary, it has been reduced DoniIn the center and between 15-34enni. The unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, with a decrease of 0.1 points compared to the third quarter of 2024, while the inactivity rate increases by 0.1 points, up 33.5 percent.
The rate of vacant posts is equivalent to 2.1 %, increases 0.1 percent points over the previous quarter and decreases 0.2 percent points compared to the same quarter of 2023.
