📋 Tender Overview
Employment in the formal private sector increased by 4.0% in April 2023, compared to the same month of the previous year, according to figures from the Electronic Payroll of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE). With this result, 25 consecutive months of positive growth are recorded, after the contractions of formal employment as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis.
In absolute terms, 3 million 870 thousand workers were registered, which meant an increase of 148 thousand jobs, compared to the same month of the previous year, according to information reported in the Monthly Report of formal private employment No. 58 How are we doing? of the MTPE.
More growth in women
During this period, the increase in workers was greater in women (5.9%) than in men (2.9%). By age group, employment growth among adults (4.7 per cent) exceeded that of young people (2.3 per cent).
In April 2023, the average monthly remuneration increased in women and men compared to the same month in 2022. In relation to economic activity, the one that increased average remuneration to a greater extent was manufacturing (7.1%). By educational level, unskilled workers saw their average monthly remuneration increase by 2.0%.
In general terms, monthly remuneration in the formal private sector reached an average of S/ 2,710 in April 2023, which meant a positive variation of 5.0% compared to the same month of the previous year. At the national level, the mass of monthly salaries in companies in the formal private sector increased by 9.2%, in response to the greater hiring of jobs.
By size of companies
By company size, formal employment grew to a greater extent in companies with 11 to 100 workers (6.0%) and in those with 1 to 10 workers (4.0%). According to economic activity, there was an increase in education (14.1%), and restaurants and hotels (12.7%).
On the other hand, workers increased mainly in those with fixed-term contracts (4.4%); with respect to the labor regime, it grew in that of small enterprises – D.L. 1086 (19.4%); and in terms of the remuneration range, in those who received incomes greater than S / 2 400 (12.7%).
In April 2023, 205 thousand workers were also registered under the telework and/or remote work modality, the result of a negative variation (-14.2%), compared to the same month of the previous year. According to economic activity, in that month the majority of teleworkers were concentrated in service activities (79.8%), followed to a lesser extent by commerce (9.0%) and manufacturing (6.8%).
As for the number of companies that declare workers on payroll, in April 2023 almost 347 thousand companies declared workers, a figure higher by 4.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. According to economic activity, the positive variation was registered mainly in restaurants and hotels (6.4%) and commerce (3.3%). While, according to company size, the largest increase occurred in those made up of 11 to 100 workers (5.6%).
