| Labour market
Population:
2004: 227,677
2005: 227,613
Population change (as compared to the previous year): - 0.3%
Demographic structure:
- pre-working age: 20.52%
- working age: 64.64%
- retired age: 14.84%
Employment in total:
2002: 48,858
2003: 49,582
2004: 48,859
Employment in specific economic sectors:
- agriculture: 110 people
- processing: 13,513 people
- producing and supplying electricity, gas, water: 1,647 people
- construction: 3,349 people
- trade: 6,592 people
- transport, communications: 39,080 people
- administration: 3,485 people
- education: 6,815 people
- health care and welfare work: 6,219 people
- services: 1,311 people
Employment in the private sector:
2002: 19,968*
2003: 20,790*
2004: 24,001
* businesses of natural persons only; partnerships, joint stock and cooperatives not included
Average monthly pay (PLN):
2002: 2,069
2003: 2,145
2004: 2,210
Unemployment rate:
2002: 28.2%
2003: 28.4%
2004: 27.7%
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