Latvians are not satisfied with just one job.
In the country, the number of residents who earn extra money beyond their main jobs increased during the year by almost 80%, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CSO) for the third quarter of 2026.
It should also be noted that in the third quarter of 2026, 897 thousand people between the ages of 15 and 74 were employed in Latvia. This is 66.1% of the residents of this age group.
During the year, the number of employees increased by 4.9 thousand people, and the level of employment increased by 0.9 percentage points.
One of the most interesting changes concerns additional employment. In the third quarter, 65.9 thousand residents of Latvia, or 7.3% of all workers aged 15 to 74 years, received additional work or performed one-time paid tasks. During the year, the number of such people increased by 29 thousand, or 78.5%.
Women work part-time more than men. 37.4 thousand women and 28.5 thousand men had additional income.
Remote work is also gaining popularity.
In the third quarter, 112.1 thousand employees, or 14.8% of their total number, regularly worked remotely. A year ago there were 77.4 thousand, or 10.2%. It turns out that during the year the number of remote workers increased by about 34.6 thousand people. At the same time, compared to the second quarter of 2026, there were 15.1 thousand less.
The most common format is hybrid work, where employees spend part of the week at home and part in the office. Of those who work remotely, 42.3% do it one or two days a week. 16.9% work entirely from home.