Workers’ average monthly income continues to grow in Q3
The average monthly income of workers in most economic sectors continued to increase and the unemployment rates declined in the third quarter of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Workers at Duc Giang Garment Company Limited in Long Bien District in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The average monthly income of workers in most economicsectors continued to increase and the unemployment rates declined in the thirdquarter of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Figures revealed at a conference on October 6 showed that workers’ averagemonthly income in most economic sectors in the third quarter of this year stoodat 6.5 million VND (272.2 USD), an increase of 143,000 VND compared to theprevious quarter.
This number had a strong growth rate, up to 30.1% or 1.6 million VND (67 USD)compared to the same period last year when the COVID-19 pandemic spread in manylocalities.
The GSO also reported the average income of employees in the first nine monthsof this year was 6.6 million VND (276.4 USD), a sharp increase of 727,000 VND or12.4% compared to the same period in 2021.
The country's economy has continued to record positive signs. The number of employedpeople increased compared to the previous quarter and the same period lastyear.
The number of employed people aged 15 and over reached 50.8 million, anincrease of over 255,000 people compared to the previous quarter and 3.5million people over the same period last year.
The number of underemployed people in the age group was about 871,000, downmore than 10,000 people compared to the previous quarter and over 993,000people compared to the same period last year.
The underemployment situation of workers continued to improve. However, it wasstill higher than the same period before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unemployment continued to have a downward trend compared to the previousquarter and the same period last year. The number of unemployed people ofworking age during this period was over 1.6 million, down nearly 14,000compared to the previous quarter and 658,000 compared to the same period lastyear.
According to the GSO, in the past nine months, Vietnam's economy has witnesseda strong recovery in all economic sectors and workers' lives are improved. Theaverage income of workers increased well in all three economic sectors.
The income of salaried employees was 7.5 million VND (314 USD), an increase of 805,000VND or 12.1% over the same period in 2021. Salaried workers in urban areas hadan average income 1.24 times higher than those in rural areas./.
Salaries of Vietnamese employees in the first quarter of this year surged as compared to those of the previous quarter, according to Nguyen Trung Tien, Deputy General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Workers’ average monthly income stood at 6.5 million VND (278 USD) in the first half of this year, respectively rising 5.3% and 11% from the same period of 2021 and 2020, statistics showed.
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Workers at Duc Giang Garment Company Limited in Long Bien District in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) 
