Public Sector Employment In Scotland Statistics For 3rd Quarter 2021

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 September 2021.


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

Footnote 1

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3 Total Public Sector Devolved Public Sector2 Reserved Public Sector3
Q3 1999 r 546,400 471,600 74,700 457,600 386,300 71,200
Q3 2015 r 560,100 502,800 57,200 479,700 426,000 53,600
Q3 2016 r 558,000 501,000 57,000 478,100 424,600 53,500
Q3 2017 r 558,000 501,700 56,300 479,200 426,300 52,900
Q3 2018 r 543,500 488,300 55,200 466,000 414,100 51,900
Q3 2019 r 559,900 502,900 57,000 479,700 426,000 53,600
Q3 2020 r 569,800 515,600 54,200 489,700 438,500 51,100
Q3 2021 585,400 529,800 55,600 504,700 452,000 52,700
Change on year to: Q3 2021 15,590 14,230 1,360 15,010 13,470 1,540
% change on year: Q3 2021 2.7% 2.8% 2.5% 3.1% 3.1% 3.0%

r = minor reclassification and revisions to data 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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