1.5% of GDP. Accounting for 1.5% of the EU’s GDP, the auto industry employs about 2.4 million people, i.e. “6.5% of the total employed in manufacturing or just over 1% of total employed in the EU economy as a whole.” This level of employment is three times higher if direct service or subcontracting jobs are taken into account. While, over the last decade, employment increased of 23% in the EU, this rate is quite different from one country to the other, with the new Member States recording the highest increases.
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1.5% of GDP. Accounting for 1.5% of the EU’s GDP, the auto industry employs about 2.4 million people, i.e. “6.5% of the total employed in manufacturing or just over 1% of total employed in the EU economy as a whole.” This level of employment is three times higher if direct service or subcontracting jobs are taken into account. While, over the last decade, employment increased of 23% in the EU, this rate is quite different from one country to the other, with the new Member States recording the highest increases.
Skilled workers. These jobs are mostly performed by skilled and semi-skilled workers. They account for 70% of the workforce in Eastern Europe.
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