Employment statistics by February

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The number of unemployed reached 33.8 thousand at the end of February, showing an increase of three hundred people or 0.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and a decrease of two thousand people or 5.6 percent against the previous month, reports the National Statistics Office. In the report of the social security contributions by the fourth quarter of 2014, the average wages of employees was at 844 thousand Togrog, of which women’s -- 782.8 thousand Togrog and men's -- 905.1 thousand Togrog. In the first two months of 2015, the revenue of Social Insurance Fund amounted to MNT 190 billion, reflecting an increase of 1.1 billion Togrog or 0.6 percent, and the expenditure of the fund reached MNT 231.2 billion, reflecting an increase of 38.1 billion Togrog or 19.7 percent compared to same period of the previous year.