Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 2nd 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 June 2022.


Table 2: Public sector employment by devolved and reserved sector; Scotland, Headcount and Full-time equivalent1

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quarter Headcount Full-time equivalent
Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3 Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3
Q2 1999 545,500 470,800 74,700 455,900 384,600 71,300
Q2 2016 560,500 502,500 58,100 479,400 425,000 54,400
Q2 2017 558,300 501,600 56,700 478,700 425,400 53,300
Q2 2018 558,400 503,000 55,400 478,100 426,100 52,100
Q2 2019 557,600 500,200 57,400 476,900 422,900 54,000
Q2 2020 572,000 517,500 54,400 489,500 438,300 51,200
Q2 2021 583,300 527,600 55,700 502,000 449,300 52,700
Q2 2022 594,700 539,600 55,100 511,500 459,300 52,300
Change on year to Q2 2022 11,410 12,060 -640 9,500 9,950 -450
% change on year Q2 2022 2.0% 2.3% -1.2% 1.9% 2.2% -0.9%

Notes:

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)

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