Labor Market in Bulgaria: Drastic Decline in Job Listings in July 2025

04.08.2025 | Career

The monthly analysis by JobTiger reveals alarming trends in personnel recruitment, with a 12% decline in job postings and a reduction in opportunities in key economic sectors.

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Official data from a large-scale survey by the leading HR platform JobTiger reveal significant challenges in the national labor market in July 2025. Experts note a noticeable contraction of job positions, affecting multiple economic sectors.

Statistics show a dramatic 12% drop in the number of job postings compared to the previous month, which equates to over 5,000 fewer employment opportunities. On an annual basis, the decline reaches 7% or around 3,000 postings, marking the sixth consecutive month of downward dynamics.

The most heavily affected sectors include hospitality and restaurants with an impressive decline of 27% (approximately 2,000 postings), followed by manufacturing (-12%), trade and sales (-10%), logistics and transportation (-11%).

Sectors with less pronounced but still noticeable reduction are administrative activities (-8%), marketing and advertising (-10%), healthcare and pharmacy (-6%), financial services (-5%), and information technology (-3%).

Only the construction sector demonstrates a positive annual dynamic with growth of 5%. Remote employment maintains a relative share of around 9%, with over half of these positions (55%) concentrated in the IT sphere.

Experts link the current market conditions to complex factors: summer season, economic stagnation, increasing automation, and trends towards labor import, which temporarily slow down the processes of hiring new employees.