Jordan employment programme reports 61,580 subsidized contracts
The ministry said women held 51.2% of the contracts recorded since mid-2022.
Event / data period: 2026-10-11
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Jordan’s Ministry of Labour said the National Employment Programme had concluded 61,580 subsidized work contracts since mid-2022. Ministry spokesperson Mohammad Zyoud said 31,565 of those contracts went to women, equal to 51.2% of the total.
The ministry also reported that 2,778 families had left the National Aid Fund’s cash-assistance rolls through jobs secured by family members under the programme. It said 53,190 employees received job-related skills training and another 11,527 received workplace-skills and occupational health and safety training. These are cumulative programme figures supplied by the ministry, not an independent impact evaluation.
Data
Reported employment programme figures
Contracts, families and training totals reported by the ministry for the programme period.
- Subsidized employment contracts
- 61,580 count
- 2026-10-11 · Observed
- Contracts held by women
- 31,565 count
- 2026-10-11 · Observed
- Women’s share of contracts
- 51.2 percent
- 2026-10-11 · Observed
- Families reported to have left cash assistance
- 2,778 count
- 2026-10-11 · Observed
- Employees receiving job-related skills training
- 53,190 people
- 2026-10-11 · Observed
- People receiving workplace and occupational safety training
- 11,527 people
- 2026-10-11 · Observed
Methodology
Figures are cumulative and come from the Labour Ministry spokesperson’s October 11 statement. The reported exits from assistance are not an independently verified impact estimate.
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