THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA Employment Bulletin December 2020 THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 The unemployment increased also in December in the area of ELY Centre for Ostrobothnia Unemployed jobseekers' percentage of the workforce by municipality A total of 11 852 unemployed jobseekers were registered in the Kannus area of ELY Centre for Ostrobothnia at the end of December. 11,0 Luoto 4,3 Kokkola This is 3 997 more than the previous year and 1 591 more than 10,3 Pietarsaari Toholampi 11,4 9,5 the previous month. The big increase in the employment Kruunupyy Pedersören kunta Kaustinen 5,9 7,5 Uusikaarlepyy 6,1 Lestijärvi numbers can be explained with the effects of coronavirus and 6,0 Halsua 9,2 Veteli 10,0 Vöyri 8,5 the measures that have been taken to prevent its spread. These Mustasaari 6,9 Perho 8,1 10,6 measures have influenced the companies in the area. The share Vaasa 14,1 Maalahti of the unemployed jobseekers out of the labour force in the area 6,8 Isokyrö Laihia 10,7 Korsnäs 12,4 of ELY Centre for Ostrobothnia is the lowest (10,3 %) in the 8,9 mainland Finland. In the whole country the respective share out Närpiö 5,2 of the labour force is 13,6 %. Kaskinen 9,0 Kristiinankaupunki 0,0 ­ 4,9 (1) 6,0 5,0 ­ 9,9 (14) Compared with November the unemployment rate increased by 10,0 ­ 14,9 (8) 1,4 % in the area of ELY Centre for Ostrobothnia and by 1,6 % in the whole country. The figures are from the Employment Service Statistics of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Trends: The unemployment in the area of ELY Centre for Ostrobothnia increased as a result of the coronavirus: the amount of unemployed was in December 3 997 more (+ 50,9 %) than the previous year. The effects of the coronavirus can be especially seen in the amount of the people that were laid off. In the end of December, the amount of fulltime laid­off was 3 564 i.e. 2 889 more than the previous year (+ 428,0 %). Also, the youth unemployment rate increased. The amount of unemployed people under 25 years was 383 more compared with the year before (+ 34,4 %). The amount of long­term unemployed increased by 746 persons compared with the year before (+ 44,2 %). The number of new open vacancies in December was 140 more than the previous year. The number of people in employment­promoting services is decreasing. In the end of December the amount of participants in services was in total 4 277 persons. THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Unemployed jobseekers UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS MONTHLY AND TREND Ostrobothnia Persons 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Ostrobothnia, Number of jobseekers on calculation date Trend UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS, MONTH BY MONTH COMPARISON Ostrobothnia Persons 15 000 14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2014 2017 2020 2015 2018 2016 2019 THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Unemployed jobseekers by sub­regional unit UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS by Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY) Uusimaa Southwest Finland Satakunta Häme Pirkanmaa Southeast Finland South Savo North Savo North Karelia Central Finland South Ostrobothnia Ostrobothnia North Ostrobothnia Kainuu Lapland Åland 0 20 000 40 000 60 000 80 000 100 000 120 000 2019 December 2020 December Unemployed jobseekers and jobs vacant in Employment and Economic Development Office by sub­regional unit Change Of the Unemployed Change Dec Nov Dec Dec 2020 unemployed jobseekers' Dec Nov Dec Dec 2020 2020 2020 2019 Dec 2019 jobseekers percentage 2020 2020 2019 Dec 2019 fully of the laid off workforce Sub­regional unit Unemployed jobseekers % % Jobs vacant % Kyrönmaa 671 538 397 274 69 251 11,8 25 24 49 ­24 ­49 Vaasa 5 871 5 146 3 556 2 315 65 1 996 12,0 670 714 928 ­258 ­28 Suupohjan rannikkoseutu 436 363 339 97 29 147 5,7 69 93 42 27 64 Pietarsaari 1 794 1 563 1 108 686 62 634 7,9 281 117 327 ­46 ­14 Kaustinen 573 490 443 130 29 137 8,9 116 110 56 60 107 Kokkola 2 507 2 161 2 012 495 25 399 10,4 956 353 530 426 80 Ostrobothnia 11 852 10 261 7 855 3 997 51 3 564 10,3 2 117 1 411 1 932 185 10 THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Unemployed jobseekers by municipality Unemployed jobseekers and jobs vacant in Employment and Economic Development Office by municipality Change Of the Unemployed Change Dec Nov Dec Dec 2020 unemployed jobseekers' Dec Nov Dec Dec 2020 2020 2020 2019 Dec 2019 jobseekers percentage 2020 2020 2019 Dec 2019 fully of the laid off workforce Municipality Unemployed jobseekers % % Jobs vacant % Halsua 49 42 41 8 20 13 10,0 ... ... 8 ... ... Isokyrö 211 178 142 69 49 68 10,7 11 14 17 ­6 ­35 Kannus 267 201 222 45 20 70 11,0 33 17 11 22 200 Kaskinen 44 37 29 15 52 15 9,0 7 10 ... ... ... Kaustinen 152 114 115 37 32 33 7,5 80 76 24 56 233 Kokkola 2 240 1 960 1 790 450 25 329 10,3 923 336 519 404 78 Korsnäs 88 78 60 28 47 25 8,9 0 0 ... ... ... Kristiinankaupunki 165 131 132 33 25 54 6,0 24 34 16 8 50 Kruunupyy 179 161 116 63 54 59 5,9 5 5 8 ­3 ­37 Laihia 460 360 255 205 80 183 12,4 14 10 32 ­18 ­56 Lestijärvi 26 26 29 ­3 ­10 ... 9,2 ... ... ... ... ... Luoto 103 92 54 49 91 41 4,3 7 10 5 2 40 Maalahti 177 164 140 37 26 60 6,8 6 7 10 ­4 ­40 Mustasaari 763 679 424 339 80 335 8,1 44 40 38 6 16 Närpiö 227 195 178 49 28 78 5,2 38 49 23 15 65 Pedersören kunta 320 260 131 189 144 178 6,1 154 9 164 ­10 ­6 Perho 112 94 86 26 30 32 10,6 6 13 ... ... ... Pietarsaari 985 879 684 301 44 277 11,4 99 84 126 ­27 ­21 Toholampi 119 113 84 35 42 26 9,5 11 ... 9 2 22 Uusikaarlepyy 207 171 123 84 68 79 6,0 16 9 24 ­8 ­33 Vaasa 4 634 4 043 2 812 1 822 65 1 505 14,1 608 656 857 ­249 ­29 Veteli 115 101 88 27 31 30 8,5 15 16 10 5 50 Vöyri 209 182 120 89 74 71 6,9 12 11 21 ­9 ­43 Ostrobothnia 11 852 10 261 7 855 3 997 51 3 564 10,3 2 117 1 411 1 932 185 10 THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Unemployed jobseekers by gender and age­group UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS BY GENDER Ostrobothnia Persons 8 000 7 500 7 000 6 500 6 000 5 500 5 000 4 500 4 000 3 500 3 000 2 500 2019 2020 2020 April 2020 June 2020 August 2020 October 2020 December February Decembe 1 Men 2 Women UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS BY AGE GROUP Ostrobothnia 15­19 yrs. 20­24 yrs. 25­29 yrs. 30­34 yrs. 35­39 yrs. 40­44 yrs. 45­49 yrs. 50­54 yrs. 55­59 yrs. 60­64 yrs. 64+ yrs. 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1 000 1 100 1 200 1 300 1 400 1 500 2019 December 2020 December THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Unemployed jobseekers by levels of education and occupational group UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS BY LEVEL OF EDUCATION Ostrobothnia Primary Education Lower Secondary Education Upper Secondary Level Education Post­secondary non­tertiary education Lowest level tertiary education Lower academic degree Higher academic degree Research qualification Educational level unknown 0 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 6 000 2019 December 2020 December UNEMPLOYED JOBSEEKERS BY OCCUPATIONAL GROUP Ostrobothnia 1 Managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerical support workers 5 Service and sales workers 6 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades workers 8 Plant and machine operators, and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 0 Armed forces X Unknown 0 200 400 600 800 1 000 1 200 1 400 1 600 1 800 2 000 2 200 2 400 2019 December 2020 December LONG­TERM UNEMPLOYED AT THE END OF THE MONTH Ostrobothnia Persons 3 500 3 000 2 500 2 000 1 500 1 000 500 0 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Number of persons unemployed for more than one year Number of persons unemployed for more than two years THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Jobs vacant NEW JOB VACANCIES Ostrobothnia 1 Managers 2 Professionals 3 Technicians and associate professionals 4 Clerical support workers 5 Service and sales workers 6 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 7 Craft and related trades workers 8 Plant and machine operators, and assemblers 9 Elementary occupations 0 Armed forces X Unknown 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 2019 December 2020 December THE AREA OF ELY CENTRE FOR OSTROBOTHNIA December 2020 Services BROAD UNEMPLOYMENT .