Belarusian companies hired more people than they dismissed in September, according to data from Belstat. The report does not include information on micro and small enterprises that are not subordinate to government agencies.
A total of 72,300 people were hired in September, while 64,800 were dismissed. The number of new hires exceeded the number of dismissals by 7,474.
Compared with September 2025, the number of people hired increased by 0.4%, while the number of dismissals rose by 1.8%.
In January-September, Belarusian companies hired 611,860 people and dismissed 644,570. The overall balance favoured dismissals, which exceeded new hires by 32,700.
During the first nine months of the year, the number of new hires increased by 5.3%, while dismissals rose by 7.4%.
In September, dismissals outnumbered new hires in information and communications (-227), agriculture, forestry and fishing (-1,100), manufacturing (-542), transport and logistics (-301), and professional, scientific and technical activities (-555).
New hires outnumbered dismissals in September in construction (+212), trade (+769), public administration (+60), healthcare (+58) and education (+9,792).
Over the first nine months of the year, dismissals exceeded new hires in manufacturing (-11,114), healthcare (-2,912), transport and logistics (-5,577), information and communications (-1,587), trade (-482), education (-13,592), and professional, scientific and technical activities (-1,010).
In January-September, new hires outnumbered dismissals in agriculture, forestry and fishing (+2,419), construction (+5,901) and public administration (+269).