The indicator of employment measures monthly variation in the number of persons employed related to the same set of establishments or firms in the previous month. It is an index number for the urban areas of the country. The indicator measures employment created in firms with 10 or more workers, be it done directly by the firm or indirectly.
Construction is excluded.
The survey is applied to firms with workers under private labor regime, and the firms may be public or private. Public administration and public government organizations are excluded. Before that date, the survey was applied only in Metropolitan Lima. Before that date, the survey included only firms with 100 and more workers. Information by gender is requested in the June survey only.