Labor market

Number of citizens of working age - 2016:

• Male - 65 844
• Female - 63 946
• Employed - 124 729

Education:

• 59 educational institution of which 11 Professional Secondary Schools
• 12 001 students of which 5 080 in the Professional Secondary Schools
• 3 144 high-school graduates of which 1 152 Professional Secondary Schools graduates
• 2 067 university graduates

Burgas prides itself on the system of foreign language secondary schools where after a year of intensive study of a foreign language the students switch to studying main subjects in the respective foreign language.

There are 6 foreign language secondary schools are German, English, Russian, French, Italian and Span ish. 90% of the graduates of German Language school receive Schprachdiplom (Certificate for German Language Proficiency).

98% of the students enrolled in secondary schools in Burgas study a foreign language, 73% study at least two foreign languages.