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 6: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

[1] [3]

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quarter Total Reserved
Public Sector
Civil Service Armed Forces Other Public Sector [2]
Q1 1999   71,200 32,100 14,800 24,300
Q1 2017   52,700 23,300 9,800 19,500
Q1 2018   52,600 23,200 9,700 19,800
Q1 2019   51,800 22,700 9,700 19,500
Q1 2020   50,700 22,000 9,800 18,900
Q1 2021   52,400 22,900 10,100 19,400
Q1 2022 r 53,200 23,300 10,500 19,500
Q1 2023   53,600 22,700 10,500 20,500
Change on year to Q1 2023 420 -560 0 980
% change on year Q1 2023 0.8% -2.4% 0.0% 5.0%

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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. Public corporations, public sector financial institutions and public bodies, have been combined into 'other public sector' to ensure individual organisation figures are not disclosed.

3. For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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