(ANSA) - ROME, DECEMBER 02 - In October 2021 the employed were 22 million 985 thousand with an increase of 35 thousand units in September and of 390 thousand units on October 2020. The Istats notes that the growth in employment per month concerns only men (+ 36 thousand).
Even on a trend basis, growth mainly concerns men with 271,000 more employees (+ 118,000 women).
The employment rate is 58.6%.
Compared to January 2021, the increase exceeds 600,000 employed and is due exclusively to the resumption of employee work.
Compared to the pre-pandemic levels (February 2020), the number of employees is almost 200 thousand lower.
The unemployment rate in October rose by 0.2 points over the month, settling at 9.4%.
Compared to October 2020, it drops by 0.6 points.
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