Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 3rd Quarter 2022

Statistics based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is a snapshot of employment as at September 2022.


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Key points (based on headcount data) include:

The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is a snapshot of employment as at September 2022.

The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).

The public sector is defined based on UK National Accounts definitions. The statistics in this release were designated National Statistics in December 2009.

Summary Infographic summary of private, public, devolved public and reserved public headcount and annual percentage changes

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Email: LMStats@gov.scot

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