In 2022, nationwide, total labor input, measured in terms of the number of people employed, increased by 1.7 percent. According to data from ISTAT, the most dynamic area in terms of employment growth is the Northeast, where the number of employed rose by 2.4 percent. The Center showed a slightly higher increase than the national average (+1.9 percent), while in the Northwest and the South the increases were smaller, 1.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively. The largest increase in the Northeast was mainly due to the dynamics of the Construction and Services sectors, which recorded growths in the number of employed people of 6.7 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
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