Employed Labour Force by Industry Group, (Quarterly) 2010 to 2026 Q2

	2026		2025				2024				2023				2022				2021				2020				2019				2018				2017				2016				2015				2014				2013				2012				2011				2010
Industrial Group	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct- Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	8,013	6,671	8,095	7,215	8,306	7,720	5,806	6,646	8,183	9,793	..	7130	8,933	9,646	11,644	7,794	8,968	8,180	6,007	9,599	..	8,985	6,597	6,290	4,255	7,736	7,803	7,777	6314	9,744	8,631	9,222	8,845	8,560	8,105	6,785	9,021	8,538	8,407	8,499	7,570	9,127	6,518	8,646	9,371	9,571	6,257	7,823	6,965	8,699	6,947	7,669	9,047	5,724	8,186	7,289	6,566	7,767	..	..	7,369	8,000	10,439	..	..	..
Mining and quarrying	165	..	..	6,756	68	168	104	..	402	..	..	..	..	208	98	145	98	..	96	..	..	48	287	86	320	-	..	282	72	271	88	143	191	156	301	523	252	166	232	432	73	166	253	138	75	154	118	353	231	243	150	266	113	261	134	171	179	222	..	..	73	460	..	..	..	..
Manufacturing	6,037	5,677	6,066	..	6,095	5,708	4,748	4,810	4,751	4,625	..	4,874	2,990	4,888	6,321	5,454	3,682	6,196	3,928	5,171	..	4,949	5,867	3,241	2,974	3,889	3,860	5,368	1432	4,517	4,482	4,241	3,785	5,039	4,354	4,600	5,194	3,864	5,246	4,724	4,850	3,789	5,320	5,588	3,739	5,100	3,678	2,314	5,061	5,387	3,884	3,582	3,532	3,285	3,406	3,367	3,778	3,876	..	..	4,490	4,491	4,073	..	..	..
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	293	451	782	398	289	914	647	273	508	1,072	..	270	334	338	142	118	326	..	206	538	..	55	135	89	98	256	361	281	219	..	220	369	109	146	409	212	91	128	316	432	301	286	184	382	311	127	364	1,106	424	198	382	478	675	316	582	572	718	268	..	..	409	256	346	..	..	..
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	760	661	824	1,423	1,036	612	397	909	1,225	670	..	992	1,214	524	807	478	591	1,001	..	201	..	875	348	322	472	278	74	534	857	522	440	254	272	570	417	433	570	233	399	749	612	568	201	103	139	343	332	678	735	317	367	469	662	719	390	62	241	589	..	..	314	451	..	..	..	..
Construction	8,176	9,324	7,595	9,798	9,238	8,169	10,820	10,366	9,296	7,337	..	8,301	9,154	8,898	7,764	5,809	9,119	10,247	7,711	4,919	..	7,951	7,770	5,426	4,934	293	7,104	5,472	6399	7,861	6,760	6,411	5,909	6,927	7,292	6,075	8,424	7,223	6,791	7,009	7,419	7,343	5,627	5,598	6,034	7,680	5,931	4,514	4,559	4,641	5,263	5,979	6,029	5,586	5,836	5,677	6,805	5,954	..	..	6,044	5,416	7,707	..	..	..
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	14,936	14,154	14,050	13,936	16,195	18,316	16,919	16,703	16,439	14,877	..	14,491	17,399	17,082	10,722	11,558	14,598	13,242	14,178	11,161	..	13,794	14,568	13,588	9,028	11,944	16,200	10,218	5204	13,573	10,648	14,536	12,977	15,435	10,790	11,531	13,233	11,479	12,407	13,088	15,302	12,083	11,466	11,399	11,866	12,160	12,153	11,328	10,987	13,309	11,276	10,265	11,764	13,396	10,527	10,501	10,581	12,020	..	..	9,714	11,143	10,639	..	..	..
Transportation and storage	5,242	4,708	4,916	4,787	4,741	5,092	4,249	4,232	5,672	6,922	..	4,238	4,936	5,844	3,772	3,495	2,980	4,298	3,828	5,643	..	2,270	3,736	4,486	4,097	3,931	4,975	2,927	3834	4,396	3,644	2,835	3,839	5,302	3,619	5,365	4,288	3,220	3,555	4,509	4,322	3,893	3,929	3,963	5,069	4,047	5,239	5,404	3,760	3,303	3,649	4,167	4,925	3,896	4,276	3,429	3,601	4,289	..	..	3,505	4,168	3,822	..	..	..
Accommodation and food service activities	18,360	16,355	16,059	16,629	17,025	15,388	15,517	14,176	13,871	14,222	..	12,072	13,512	14,587	12,973	13,854	16,049	14,396	10,272	9,524	..	12,214	13,280	11,923	10,187	10,592	14,995	13,874	6865	13,615	12,403	12,004	11,490	13,070	14,362	12,785	14,822	11,693	13,911	12,095	13,223	12,648	10,976	10,237	10,674	10,563	10,241	9,545	10,872	9,597	10,286	7,979	9,218	10,967	10,794	9,846	10,493	9,877	..	..	8,378	10,130	9,058	..	..	..
Information and communication	969	704	922	1,206	1,013	777	1,026	672	352	1,525	..	644	596	781	343	241	675	1,085	1,589	1,347	..	767	450	719	1,736	327	1,002	982	571	1,028	1,072	1,001	856	1,014	570	1,585	606	903	2,020	775	1,019	1,016	848	855	865	1,358	926	1,840	658	1,107	693	1,654	912	1,001	852	448	1,456	661	..	..	768	1,600	1,005	..	..	..
Financial and insurance activities	2,565	2,617	1,763	1,969	2,600	1,963	2,051	1,926	988	2,652	..	1,135	1,233	1,549	1,730	1,827	1,263	1,301	2,458	1,410	..	1,603	747	1,847	1,196	1,158	1,257	1,364	415	2,347	2,124	1,969	1,931	2,550	1,680	1,193	2,008	1,629	1,023	1,364	1,475	1,103	1,159	1,096	1,225	1,235	1,389	1,350	1,801	1,210	1,065	2,488	1,222	1,741	2,387	1,140	1,412	1,415	..	..	2,416	778	2,026	..	..	..
Real estate activities	403	371	431	177	226	491	223	323	469	266	..	178	289	162	147	313	255	247	122	370	..	293	145	186	404	115	290	355	200	..	706	129	358	351	627	398	417	341	428	68	233	92	69	397	168	305	117	..	225	..	104	227	258	135	74	168	85	..	..	..	385	..	80	..	..	..
Professional, scientific and technical activities	1,401	1,979	1,265	720	1,568	2,397	991	2,268	1,468	1,072	..	1,579	1,942	1,431	1,479	1,030	1,522	1,084	1,370	1,764	..	1,209	285	960	718	1,056	1,096	840	970	1,557	982	695	840	809	1,260	1,249	759	1,243	1,631	771	874	1,201	1,208	1,119	1,172	1,478	327	735	1,402	1,764	814	1,459	973	1,107	839	541	607	1,320	..	..	788	930	601	..	..	..
Administrative and support service activities	5,787	7,816	9,088	7,313	8,313	7,902	7,004	7,724	9,148	9,526	..	7,845	8,312	6,460	5,741	6,793	5,316	7,062	4,922	4,611	..	7,035	5,644	6,296	4,161	3,729	5,476	5,266	2780	5,548	4,875	3,479	4,361	5,134	5,691	5,358	4,366	4,628	5,200	3,867	4,075	4,345	3,050	3,748	3,912	3,037	3,048	3,523	2,987	3,773	3,549	3,305	3,302	4,338	3,309	2,020	2,659	3,177	..	..	2,841	2,443	3,372	..	..	..
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	8,842	8,668	7,641	8,058	8,021	10,248	8,948	8,031	7,950	8,053	..	7,845	9,631	7,441	7,959	10,509	8,179	10,050	7,266	6,134	..	7,211	8,482	6,742	6,441	7,054	7,987	8,322	3646	6,272	6,697	8,302	9,488	7,494	6,105	7,802	5,667	5,486	7,913	6,396	6,860	6,133	6,951	6,305	7,621	7,648	9,565	6,459	6,624	6,536	6,728	7,679	7,343	8,291	5,389	5,204	6,770	7,217	..	..	6,719	7,794	8,349	..	..	..
Education	4,986	4,996	5,290	3,165	4,203	5,165	5,195	4,671	4,784	5,118	..	3,325	4,817	3,591	2,714	5,040	4,266	4,623	3,142	6,066	..	3,509	1,912	3,556	3,866	4,247	3,694	4,472	1038	3,473	4,979	4,162	4,215	3,596	5,572	4,331	5,678	3,590	3,922	5,164	3,965	4,973	6,400	4,269	4,983	4,502	4,743	5,371	4,921	4,164	4,275	5,229	4,381	4,470	3,884	4,588	4,179	4,859	..	..	3,067	3,268	1,280	..	..	..
Human health and social work activities	3,956	3,849	4,211	3,090	3,407	3,589	4,776	4,321	3,969	4,200	..	3,911	4,176	4,071	3,184	3,044	2,458	3,047	2,647	3,359	..	3,139	2,714	2,455	4,641	1,018	2,012	3,780	286	3,854	3,144	1,862	2,030	2,306	2,300	2,172	3,268	2,329	3,294	2,983	2,503	1,770	1,635	1,995	2,052	2,256	1,547	1,954	2,120	1,817	1,961	1,428	1,814	2,150	1,645	944	1,532	1,834	..	..	1,669	1,811	592	..	..	..
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1,254	1,096	1,487	633	2,142	1,628	602	1,244	444	648	..	1,269	740	1,235	1,007	821	1,256	1,134	962	127	..	375	739	689	1,032	537	1,140	1,095	590	314	1,035	648	272	1,027	911	1,158	949	939	1,166	814	862	1,743	1,088	220	754	511	940	1,015	1,182	634	1,399	580	585	702	1,105	1,404	1,216	994	..	..	736	1,299	532	..	..	..
Other service activities	2,200	2,571	2,427	4,180	3,501	2,276	2,438	2,414	2,029	2,561	..	3,045	1,381	1,681	2,517	2,566	2,624	2,075	1,189	1,461	..	2,970	1,541	1,505	2,521	2,292	2,879	1,464	1555	2,162	2,181	1,223	2,286	1,760	1,635	2,485	1,502	1,835	1,256	1,563	1,781	2,434	1,395	1,358	1,976	1,482	2,299	1,551	1,898	2,125	1,493	1,718	1,903	2,110	1,459	1,520	1,703	1,115	..	..	1,020	1,593	1,199	..	..	..
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use	2,081	2,790	2,546	2,752	2,755	2,504	2,526	2,931	3,123	2,974	..	3,371	3,077	2,113	1,187	1,576	4,337	4,435	2,833	3,138	..	1,913	1,795	3,032	2,025	1,458	2,197	2,756	167	3,074	2,286	1,934	2,833	1,598	2,435	1,985	2,289	3,271	2,156	2,753	3,787	3,438	3,041	2,922	2,801	2,321	1,894	2,687	1,970	2,508	2,843	2,703	2,183	2,104	2,253	2,277	2,579	2,838	..	..	2,282	2,852	1,774	..	..	..
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	174	118	230	269	374	252	260	565	257	243	..	163	498	78	74	67	336	225	313	261	..	151	..	51	35	345	177	309	1544	157	88	..	361	60	57	155	..	..	67	185	602	83	106	266	..	137	138	317	238	402	173	222	136	67	294	75	85	268	..	..	660	283	..	..	..	..
Not Stated	2,237	3,951	1,346	3,375	2,100	1,730	1,187	1,135	1,860	1,098	..	5,046	2,533	3,153	5,103	6,814	1,892	3,589	1,328	1,248	..	2,078	3,070	1,820	9,291	7,953	1,689	2,654	3084	2,888	4,518	4,402	1,518	2,171	2,338	4,805	4,642	2,272	1,613	2,345	2,195	3,841	3,415	4,227	3,572	4,407	2,717	3,084	5,563	3,467	4,887	4,684	4,311	4,197	5,995	11,984	8,940	5,550	..	..	5,036	4,182	1,925	..	..	..
Total	98,837	99,528	97,033	97,851	103,214	103,009	96,434	96,342	97,187	99,453	..	91,725	95,166	95,759	87,428	89,346	90,790	97,516	76,370	78,054	..	83,393	80,112	75,310	74,432	70,211	86,269	80,392	82,076	87,173	82,004	79,823	78,764	85,074	80,831	82,985	88,046	75,011	82,954	80,584	83,902	82,075	74,839	74,832	78,378	80,423	73,964	72,951	75,184	75,202	72,189	74,229	75,288	76,564	73,616	73,226	76,185	76,109	..	..	68,683	73,349	68,821	..	..	..
	..not available for a specific period
	Note: Labour Force Survey not available for the period 2010 to 2nd Quarter 2011 due to the 2010 Population and Housing Census conducted during that time period
	Note: Industrial classification catageories changed in 2010
	Source: Central Statistical Office, Labour Force Survey
	Last updated:10/9/2026

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