The unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of January 2016, reached 45.969 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that shows the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for January 2016 decreased to 41.600 persons in comparison to 42.252 in the previous month. In comparison with January 2015, a decrease of 4.070 persons or 8,1% was recorded which was mainly observed in the sectors of construction (a decrease of 1.170 unemployed persons), public administration (a decrease of 1.009), manufacturing (a decrease of 683), trade (a decrease of 594), financial and insurance activities (a decrease of 398) and information and communication (a decrease of 278).