Public sector employment in Scotland: statistics for third quarter 2019
A snapshot of public sector employment as at September 2019.
Table 1: Number of people employed by public and private sector; Scotland, Headcount
Not Seasonally Adjusted
| Total Employment6 | Private Sector2 | Public Sector | Estimated Private Sector including major reclassifications3, 4 | Estimated Public Sector excluding major reclassifications3, 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level | Level | Percentage of total employment | Level | Percentage of total employment | Level | Percentage of total employment | Level | Percentage of total employment | |
| Q3 1999 | 2,293,000 | 1,746,100 | 76.2% | 546,500 | 23.8% | 1,765,000 | 77.0% | 528,000 | 23.0% |
| Q3 2013 | 2,556,000 | 1,958,200 | 76.6% | 597,800 | 23.4% | 2,023,000 | 79.1% | 533,000 | 20.9% |
| Q3 2014 | 2,593,000 | 2,032,300 | 78.4% | 560,500 | 21.6% | 2,061,000 | 79.5% | 532,000 | 20.5% |
| Q3 2015 | 2,620,000 | 2,059,600 | 78.6% | 560,200 | 21.4% | 2,088,000 | 79.7% | 531,000 | 20.3% |
| Q3 2016 | 2,600,000 | 2,041,900 | 78.5% | 558,100 | 21.5% | 2,071,000 | 79.6% | 529,000 | 20.4% |
| Q3 2017 r | 2,666,000 | 2,106,000 | 79.0% | 559,600 | 21.0% | 2,134,000 | 80.1% | 531,000 | 19.9% |
| Q3 2018 | 2,662,000 | 2,117,000 | 79.5% | 545,000 | 20.5% | 2,129,000 | 80.0% | 533,000 | 20.0% |
| Q3 2019 | 2,616,000 | 2,054,700 | 78.5% | 561,500 | 21.5% | 2,070,000 | 79.1% | 546,000 | 20.9% |
| Change on year to: | |||||||||
| Q3 2019 | -45,840 | -62,260 | -1 p.p. | 16,420 | 1 p.p. | -59,000 | -0.9 p.p. | 13,000 | 0.9 p.p. |
| % change on year: | |||||||||
| Q3 2019 | -1.7% | -2.9% | 3.0% | -2.8% | 2.5% | ||||
r = revision due to inclusion of newly classified organisation
Notes:
p.p. - percentage points
1. Employment figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, unless otherwise stated. Change on year rounded to the nearest ten. Totals may not equal the sum of individual parts due to rounding.
2. Private sector is derived as the difference between the Labour Force Survey 'Total employment' workforce based estimate for the whole of Scotland (not seasonally adjusted) and the public sector estimate (derived from individual organisation statistical returns).
3. Major reclassifications include: Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Lloyds Banking Group plc, Northern Rock plc, Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance, Lloyds Bank Asset Finance, Scottish Widows, Direct Line, Royal Mail Group plc, Post Office Ltd (until Q2 2006), Network Rail and Registered Social Landlords.
4. Private sector including major reclassifications includes the figures for the above organisations in the private sector series when they were part of the public sector and are rounded to the nearest thousand.
5. Public sector excluding major reclassifications excludes the figures for the above organisations from the public sector series when they were part of the public sector and are rounded to the nearest thousand.
6. Total employment figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.
7. Public sector employment includes the following additional series: Community Justice Scotland from Q2 2017, Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry from Q2 2019.
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