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Employment rate jumps 2.4% in Q1

Students visit the CU Job & Higher Education Fair at Sala Phra Kieo, Chulalongkorn University, in March. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

About 39.6 million people have been employed in the first quarter of this year, marking an employment rate increase of 2.4%, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said on Saturday.

Citing information from the Office of the National Economics and Social Development Council, about 39.6 million workers were employed in the first quarter between January and March, a 2.4% increase from the same period of last year, in the agriculture, hospitality and industry sectors.

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