57,000 pensioners continue to work in the state sector

225,788 Bulgarians with pension for length of service and age continue to work in order to earn additional income. If people with other types of pensions are added to them, their total number exceeds 350,000 people or over 17.5 percent of pensioners.

Over the past 10 years, the number of pensioners who remain working in the budget sector has doubled. In 2015, they were over 20,000, but in 2024 they were more than 56,000. The budget sector includes state and municipal employees, doctors, police officers, military personnel, firefighters, judges, prosecutors, investigators, teachers, and staff in kindergartens and schools, according to the National Social Security Institute.

The most popular professions among working pensioners are - security guards (more than 17,665), salespeople (more than 16,000 people) and medics - 12,840.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov

Publication in English: Alexander Markov

Photo: Ani Petrova