The average monthly income of employees in the first quarter was VND 6.4 million, an increase of VND1 million compared to the previous quarter and an increase of VND110,000 compared to the same period last year.

The General Statistics Office announced the employment situation in the first quarter of 2022. According to the General Statistics Office, the labor market in the first quarter of 2022 has gradually recovered. The labor force, the number of people with jobs in the first quarter of 2022 increased compared to the previous quarter and compared to the same period last year, especially labor in the service industry increased significantly compared to the previous quarter.

The average monthly income of employees increased compared to the previous quarter and compared to the same period last year. The unemployment and underemployment rates of working age decreased compared to the previous quarter, although higher than the same period last year.

The labor force aged 15 and over in the first quarter of 2022 was 51.2 million, an increase of more than 0.4 million people compared to the previous quarter and an increase of about 0.2 million people compared to the same period last year.

The number of people aged 15 and over with jobs was 50.0 million, an increase of 962.6 thousand people compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 132.2 thousand people compared to the same period last year.

General Statistics Office assessed: The program of recovery and socio-economic development under Resolution 11/NQ-CP with specific solutions, such as supporting workers to return to the labor market, workers working at enterprises have made the labor market in the first quarter of 2022 better, this is followed by the recovery recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021.

The number of underemployed people in the first quarter of 2022 was about 1.3 million, down 135.2 thousand people compared to the previous quarter and up 357.5 thousand people compared to the same period last year.

The underemployment rate of workers in the first quarter of 2022 was 3.01%, down 0.36 percentage points from the previous quarter and up 0.81 percentage points compared to the same period last year.

The average monthly income of employees in the first quarter was VND 6.4 million, an increase of VND1 million compared to the previous quarter and an increase of VND110,000 compared to the same period last year.

The unemployment situation in the first quarter of 2022 has improved, instead of the complicated epidemic as before, workers have difficulty finding jobs, now they can participate in the labor market more favorably. The number of unemployed people of working age in the first quarter of 2022 was about 1.1 million, down 489.5 thousand people compared to the previous quarter and up 16.7 thousand people compared to the same period last year.

The unemployment rate among working-age workers in the first quarter of 2022 was 2.46%, down 1.1 percentage points q-o-q and up 0.04 percentage points year-on-year.