The number of persons in employment remained similar in September to previous months (seasonally adjusted) and was 0.4% lower year-on-year. The number of employees was lower year-on-year (–0.6%), while the number of self-employed increased (1.5%). The sharpest year-on-year decline in the number of persons in employment was recorded in administrative and support service activities (–4.3%), mainly due to a decrease in employment agencies, followed by manufacturing (–1.7%), and construction (–1.6%). Year-on-year growth in the number of persons in employment continued in public service activities, namely in human health and social work activities (up 3.5%) and in public administration (up 1.5%). The number of foreign citizens in employment increased by 1.7% year-on-year in September, while the number of Slovenian nationals in employment declined by 0.7%. According to the Statistical Register of Employment (SRDAP), the number of persons in employment fell by 0.4% year-on-year in the first nine months.
 

Year-on-year nominal growth in the average gross wage was higher in September (7%) than in the preceding two months. Wage growth in the public sector, which was robust at the beginning of the year, moderated in July and August before strengthening again in September (reaching 9%). The higher growth is largely the result of wage increases in education, which, in our assessment, is related to payments of supplements for teaching time and pedagogical obligations. Growth in the private sector also remains relatively strong (5.8 %) amid still considerable labour shortages. 
In the first nine months, the overall average gross wage increased by 4.5% in real terms (by 6.9% in nominal terms) – by 7.1% in the public sector and by 2.9% in the private sector (by 9.6% and 5.3% in nominal terms respectively). 

Slovenian industrial producer prices edged up slightly on a monthly basis in October (0.1%), while year-on-year growth almost doubled due to the lower base. Year-on-year price growth on the domestic market (1.7%) was higher than price growth on foreign markets (0.9%). This was mainly the result of modest (0.6%) price growth on euro area markets, while price growth on non-euro area markets is comparable to that on the domestic market. Among main industrial groups, consumer goods continued to record the highest year-on-year growth (3.8%), largely driven by rising prices of non-durable consumer goods (4.4%), within which price growth strengthened in the manufacture of food products (5.5%) and beverages (5.8%). Price growth in the intermediate goods category remained moderate (0.5%), while prices of energy and capital goods were lower year-on-year (by 0.5% and 0.1% respectively).