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 4: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount1,3

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quarter Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Armed Forces Other Public Sector2
Q2 1999 74,700 33,800 14,900 25,900
Q2 2016 58,100 25,700 10,000 22,400
Q2 2017 56,700 25,900 9,800 21,100
Q2 2018 55,400 25,100 9,700 20,600
Q2 2019 57,400 24,900 9,700 22,800
Q2 2020 54,400 24,300 9,800 20,400
Q2 2021 55,700 25,300 10,100 20,200
Q2 2022 55,100 24,300 10,500 20,300
Change on year to Q2 2022 -640 -1010 330 40
% change on year Q2 2022 -1.2% -4.0% 3.3% 0.2%

Notes:

1. 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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