Economy
Ethiopian Statistics Service Releases Employment Data and Wage Disparities
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AI SUMMARY
A new study by the Ethiopian Statistics Service reveals that 22.9 percent of employed Ethiopians are in salaried positions, while highlighting a significant gender pay gap and widespread economic inactivity.
- Approximately 22.9 percent of economically active Ethiopians are employed in salaried positions.
- Private institutions account for 85.9 percent of the salaried workforce, while government employment makes up 6.7 percent and NGOs account for 5 percent.
- 62.5 percent of the working population are self-employed and 13.6 percent work as unpaid family laborers.
- The average monthly salary for employees is 6,704 Birr.
- Male employees earn an average of 7,534 Birr per month, compared to 5,473 Birr for female employees.
- More than 28 million Ethiopians, or 32.1 percent of the community, are categorized as outside the labor force due to illness, retirement, education, or stay-at-home parenting.
- Gambella holds the highest regional percentage of people outside the labor force at 47.2 percent, followed by Dire Dawa at 43.5 percent and the Somali region at 42.4 percent.
- There are over 5.2 million unemployed people in the country according to the study covering the period from 2023/24 to 2024/25.
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