Employment in manufacturing

Plovdiv is the top region by employment in manufacturing in Bulgaria. As of 2017, employment in manufacturing in Plovdiv was 87.1 thousand persons that accounts for 14.15% of Bulgaria's employment in manufacturing. The top 5 regions (others are Sofia (stolitsa), Stara Zagora, Blagoevgrad, and Ruse) account for 44.41% of it. Bulgaria's total employment in manufacturing was estimated at 615.2 thousand persons in 2017.