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TÜİK: Paid employee count in Turkey nears 16 million
TÜİK's May data shows the number of paid employees rose 0.5% annually to 15,970,000. The industrial sector continued to shrink, while trade and services supported employment.
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) released the Paid Employee Statistics for May 2026. According to the data, the number of paid employees in the industrial, construction, and trade-service sectors increased by 0.5% year-on-year, approaching 16 million.
Total number nears 16 million
The number of paid employees, which was 15,892,187 in May 2025, reached 15,970,105 in the same month of 2026. This represents a 0.5% year-on-year increase.
Mixed performance across sectors
The number of paid employees in the industrial sector fell by 3.2% year-on-year. In contrast, the construction sector saw a 1.2% increase, while the trade-service sector recorded a 2.3% rise.
Limited monthly decline
In May, the total number of paid employees decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month. The industrial sector fell by 0.1%, construction by 1.2%, while the number of employees in the trade-service sector remained unchanged.
The data revealed that employment growth was mainly driven by the trade and service sector, the weak outlook in industry persisted, and the construction sector continued to see limited annual growth.
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