Ulaanbaatar
Number of jobless decreases
EconomyUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In August of 2016, about 29,932 people were registered as unemployed. Compared with July records, the number of unemployed decreased by 612 (2%). Against 2015, unemployment fell by 492 (1.6%).
In the second quarter of 2016, a total of 576.5 thousand employees of 37.2 thousand business entities are reported to have paid social and health insurance fees, according to the social insurance payment report by the General Health and Social Insurance Authority.
In the second quarter of 2016, an average monthly salary per employee was MNT 888.0 thousand which shows increase by MNT 34.1 thousand or 4.0 percent compared with the same period of the previous year and by MNT 16.6 thousand or 1.9 percent compared with the preceding quarter.
