Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 1st Quarter 2023
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 March 2023
Table 2: Public sector employment by devolved and reserved sector; Scotland, Headcount and Full-time equivalent
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Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Quarter [4] | Headcount | Full-time Equivalent | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Public Sector | Devolved Public Sector [2] | Reserved Public Sector [3] | Total Public Sector | Devolved Public Sector [2] | Reserved Public Sector [3] | ||
| Q1 1999 | 545,500 | 471,000 | 74,400 | 455,200 | 384,000 | 71,200 | |
| Q1 2017 | r | 558,200 | 502,100 | 56,100 | 477,900 | 425,300 | 52,700 |
| Q1 2018 | r | 559,100 | 503,100 | 56,000 | 479,800 | 427,200 | 52,600 |
| Q1 2019 | r | 554,200 | 499,100 | 55,000 | 473,700 | 421,900 | 51,800 |
| Q1 2020 | r | 561,800 | 508,000 | 53,900 | 480,500 | 429,700 | 50,700 |
| Q1 2021 | r | 579,300 | 523,900 | 55,400 | 499,100 | 446,700 | 52,400 |
| Q1 2022 | r | 595,400 | 539,300 | 56,100 | 513,500 | 460,300 | 53,200 |
| Q1 2023 | 598,600 | 542,200 | 56,400 | 516,900 | 463,200 | 53,600 | |
| Change on year to Q1 2023 | 3,210 | 2,880 | 330 | 3,330 | 2,910 | 420 | |
| % change on year Q1 2023 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |
r - revision
1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.
2. Devolved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Other Public Bodies, NHS, Further Education Colleges, Local Government and Public Corporations (as shown in Table 3).
3. Reserved Public Sector consists of the following staff groups: Civil Service, Armed Forces, Other Public Sector (as shown in Table 4)
4. There have been minor revisions to this data since the Q1 data was published a year ago. The revisions are mostly in the Devolved Public Sector. There have been historic revisions in Local Government figures. The Scottish National Investment Bank and the 2023 World Cycling Championships Ltd have been added to the data within the last year, including a backseries. Q1 2022 is affected by a larger amendment made to include temporary census workers at NRS
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