The employment of migrant workers is generally stable (Rui Finance)

　　As the beginning of summer is approaching, Dingshanhe Village, Tangqi Town, Linping District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province held a "traditional folk custom to welcome the beginning of summer" activity.

The picture shows employees of a traditional pastry factory in Tangqi Town making "Lixia Cakes" on May 3.

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu

　　Under the impact of the epidemic, how is the employment situation of migrant workers?

How is the income?

The National Bureau of Statistics recently released a monitoring survey report on migrant workers, showing that in 2021, the total number of migrant workers in the country will be 292.51 million, an increase of 6.91 million or 2.4% over 2020; the average monthly income of migrant workers is 4,432 yuan, an increase of 360 yuan over the previous year. , an increase of 8.8%.

The employment of migrant workers was generally stable, and their incomes increased steadily.

Employment of migrant workers in the central region increased the most

　　According to the relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2021, all regions and departments will do a solid job of "six stability" and "six guarantees", actively implement the employment priority policy, and the employment of migrant workers will be generally stable.

　　The total amount increased, and the growth rate of local migrant workers was higher than that of migrant workers.

In 2021, there will be 171.72 million migrant workers across the country, an increase of 2.13 million or 1.3% over the previous year; local migrant workers will be 120.79 million, an increase of 4.78 million or 4.1% over the previous year.

At the end of the year, there were 133.09 million migrant workers living in cities and towns, an increase of 2.08 million or 1.6% over the previous year.

　　The number of migrant workers employed in the central region increased the most.

From the perspective of input areas, 154.38 million migrant workers were employed in the eastern region, an increase of 3.06 million or 2.0% over the previous year.

The number of migrant workers employed in the central region was 65.71 million, an increase of 3.44 million or 5.5% over the previous year.

The number of migrant workers employed in the western region was 62.8 million, which was basically the same as the previous year.

There were 8.94 million migrant workers employed in the Northeast, an increase of 410,000 or 4.8% over the previous year.

The increase of migrant workers employed in the central region accounted for 49.8% of the increase of migrant workers nationwide.

　　The average age of migrant workers continued to rise.

The average age of migrant workers is 41.7 years, an increase of 0.3 years over the previous year.

In terms of age structure, the proportion of migrant workers aged 40 and below was 48.2%, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points over the previous year; the proportion of migrant workers over the age of 50 was 27.3%, an increase of 0.9 percentage points over the previous year.

　　The proportion of migrant workers with a college degree or above has increased.

Among all migrant workers, 56.0% have a junior high school education, 17.0% have a high school education, and 12.6% have a college degree or above.

The proportion of migrant workers with a college degree or above increased by 0.4 percentage points over the previous year.

　The average monthly income of migrant workers in the manufacturing industry has the fastest growth rate

　　At present, wage income accounts for more than 40% of farmers' income.

The report shows that in 2021, the average monthly income of migrant workers will be 4,432 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%.

Among them, the average monthly income of migrant workers who went out was 5,013 yuan, an increase of 464 yuan or 10.2% over the previous year; the average monthly income of local migrant workers was 3,878 yuan, an increase of 272 yuan or 7.5% over the previous year.

　　In terms of sub-regions, the average monthly income of migrant workers employed in the eastern region grew the fastest.

In 2021, the average monthly income of migrant workers employed in the eastern region will be 4,787 yuan, an increase of 436 yuan or 10.0% over the previous year; the average monthly income of migrant workers employed in the central region will be 4,205 yuan, an increase of 339 yuan or 8.8% over the previous year. The average monthly income of migrant workers employed in the western region was 4,078 yuan, an increase of 270 yuan or 7.1% over the previous year; the average monthly income of migrant workers employed in the northeastern region was 3,813 yuan, an increase of 239 yuan over the previous year, an increase of 6.7%.

　　In terms of different industries, the average monthly income of the six major industries where the employment of migrant workers is concentrated continued to increase.

Among them, the average monthly income of migrant workers engaged in manufacturing was 4,508 yuan, an increase of 412 yuan or 10.1% over the previous year; the average monthly income of migrant workers engaged in residential service repair and other service industries was 3,710 yuan, an increase of 323 yuan over the previous year, an increase of 9.5% ; The average monthly income of migrant workers in the construction industry is 5,141 yuan, an increase of 442 yuan or 9.4% over the previous year; the average monthly income of migrant workers in the accommodation and catering industry is 3,638 yuan, an increase of 280 yuan over the previous year, an increase of 8.3%; engaged in wholesale and retail The average monthly income of migrant workers in the industry was 3,796 yuan, an increase of 264 yuan or 7.5% over the previous year; the average monthly income of migrant workers engaged in transportation, storage and postal industries was 5,151 yuan, an increase of 337 yuan or 7.0% over the previous year.

Taking multiple measures to promote the employment of migrant workers

　　The employment of migrant workers is generally stable, but they also face challenges.

Recently, the world situation has been complicated and evolving, the domestic epidemic has spread in many places, the new downward pressure has further increased, and employment has been greatly affected.

Next, how to better promote the employment of migrant workers?

　　The executive meeting of the State Council held a few days ago proposed to start a number of farmland water conservancy projects, rural roads and other projects, to promote food-for-work, and to increase the employment of migrant workers.

At the same time, it is required to provide temporary living allowances to unemployed migrant workers who have participated in unemployment insurance for less than one year.

　　"The spread of the epidemic will have a certain impact on the employment of farmers going out to work. The next step will be to promote local employment, promote the construction of projects such as advantageous and characteristic industrial clusters, strong agricultural towns, farmland water conservancy, and improvement of rural living environment, so as to attract farmers' employment. We will use some public welfare positions to guide the labor force out of poverty to achieve flexible employment." Zeng Yande, chief agronomist and director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said, "In the first quarter of this year, the total number of rural migrant laborers reached 178 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%. We will work with relevant departments to increase skills training for migrant workers, especially poverty-stricken laborers, strengthen employment guidance services, give full play to the role of the east-west labor service cooperation, private enterprises' '10,000 enterprises and 10,000 villages' and other support systems, so as to improve migrant workers' going out The quality of work, stable employment, and continuous income growth.”

　　Chen Yongjia, deputy director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has strengthened policy support for employment assistance for monitoring objects to prevent returning to poverty.

"The next step is to stabilize the scale of migrant workers, especially those who have been lifted out of poverty, and implement employment assistance actions in key rural revitalization counties and large resettlement areas relocated to different places. Strengthen employment assistance for groups in difficulty, and develop a number of public welfare jobs to support the resettlement. "Chen Yongjia said.

　　Qiu Haifeng