Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th 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 December 2022.


Table 4: Total reserved public sector employment by sector; Scotland, Headcount [note 1] [note 3]

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Not Seasonally Adjusted

Quarter revisions Total Reserved Public Sector Civil Service Armed Forces Other Public Sector [note 2]
Q4 1999 76,700 33,800 15,100 27,800
Q4 2016 56,600 25,700 10,000 20,900
Q4 2017 55,700 25,500 9,800 20,400
Q4 2018 54,800 24,900 9,700 20,300
Q4 2019 56,300 24,300 9,700 22,300
Q4 2020 54,600 24,600 9,800 20,200
Q4 2021 55,200 25,100 10,100 20,000
Q4 2022 55,800 24,600 10,500 20,800
Change on year to Q4 2022 590 -480 330 730
% change on year Q4 2022 1.1% -1.9% 3.3% 3.7%

Notes:

Note 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.

Note 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.

Note 3: For further information on interpreting these series, see the series reclassification guide or background notes of the publication.

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