Estonia: Job vacancies down 11% on year in Q2/2024: statistics

The number of job vacancies listed in Estonia totalled 9,908 in the second quarter of 2024, which was 11% less than a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. The total number of vacant and occupied jobs amounted to just over 609,000, with vacancies accounting for 1.6% of all employment positions. The number of vacancies was highest in education (1,742), public administration (1,415), and manufacturing (1,209). Altogether 50,365 people were hired to new jobs in the second quarter of 2024. Meanwhile, 48,204 people quit their job, including 6,027 people (13%) who were laid off.