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 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 Sector2
Q2 1999 71,300 32,000 14,900 24,300
Q2 2016 54,400 23,300 10,000 21,200
Q2 2017 53,300 23,600 9,800 20,000
Q2 2018 52,100 22,800 9,700 19,600
Q2 2019 54,000 22,600 9,700 21,700
Q2 2020 51,200 22,000 9,800 19,500
Q2 2021 52,700 23,200 10,100 19,400
Q2 2022 52,300 22,300 10,500 19,500
Change on year to Q2 2022 -450 -860 330 80
% change on year Q2 2022 -0.9% -3.7% 3.3% 0.4%

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. 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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