Employed Labour Force by Occupation Group and Sex, (Quarterly) 2011 to 2026 Q2

Occupation Group	2026		2025				2024				2023				2022				2021				2020				2019				2018				2017				2016				2015				2014				2013				2012				2011
	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sept	Oct-Dec
Total Both Sexes	98837	99528	97,033	97,851	103,214	103,009	96,434	96,342	97,187	99,453	..	91,725	97,699	95,759	87,428	89,346	90,790	97,516	76,370	78,054	..	83393	80,112	75,310	74,432	70,211	86,269	80,392	82,076	87,175	82,004	79,823	78,764	85,074	80,831	82,984	88,046	75,011	82,955	80,584	83,902	78,401	74,839	74,832	78,377	80,423	73,963	72,951	75,183	75,202	72,189	74,229	75,288	77,669	73,616	73,226	76,185	76,185	..	..	68,683	73,349
Managers	7893	6223	5,011	6,422	7,522	17,768	5,591	6,081	6,182	6,522	..	4,807	6,849	5,305	6716	4,832	6,202	4,973	6281	4,312	..	4439	5,319	3,757	2,521	3,830	6,285	5,812	4,430	4,914	4,215	5,148	3,827	5,358	4,851	4,216	5,549	2,972	5,205	4,631	5,706	3,484	4,527	4,224	4,251	5,332	4,393	5,129	6,889	6,564	4,787	4,967	5,505	6,927	6,738	5,443	6,113	6,113	..	..	5,983	5,135
Professionals	8858	8779	9,278	7,593	9,120	3,650	9,081	10,461	9,363	8,615	..	8,128	9,679	7,242	6726	5,806	8,066	8,965	8602	7,448	..	6535	6,133	5,992	6,769	6,648	6,233	8,416	6,078	6,540	7,931	6,359	5,254	7,038	7,555	8,311	7,408	4,985	8,220	7,166	6,121	6,923	9,037	6,050	7,306	7,695	7,809	8,064	6,664	6,895	5,953	6,782	6,194	7,323	4,847	5,155	5,623	5,623	..	..	6,317	5,307
Technicians and associate professionals	7762	8183	10,409	8,832	9,324	52,058	5,388	8,496	8,264	9,643	..	5,156	6,874	7,444	4771	6,355	5,927	7,887	3848	6,938	..	6160	4,594	5,059	5,536	5,507	5,203	6,349	5,988	7,235	7,632	5,995	6,909	6,359	5,984	6,025	6,088	5,568	7,042	5,217	5,708	6,319	6,053	5,753	4,478	6,145	4,900	4,630	4,504	4,228	2,715	3,567	4,003	5,317	4,114	4,006	5,400	5,400	..	..	4,319	2,200
Clerical support workers	7585	6466	5,754	6,107	8,506	229	8,787	6,520	6,092	9,029	..	7,374	6,862	5,963	5941	6,588	4,916	5,964	6010	6,041	..	3983	3,416	4,472	4,772	4,404	4,720	4,161	5,558	5,313	5,084	5,576	4,429	4,542	5,837	5,320	5,202	4,457	6,222	4,912	4,491	3,769	4,700	4,710	5,003	4,063	4,183	5,237	4,548	4,804	4,552	5,049	4,087	4,849	4,094	3,461	3,574	3,574	..	..	4,583	4,752
Service and sales workers	27775	29627	29,135	29,050	28,281	6,285	29,198	28,574	30,026	27,451	..	27,427	26,196	27,023	21070	26,280	27,285	26,038	23061	21,476	..	26678	25,490	23,928	20,596	18981	23,913	22,214	23,701	24,162	19,545	20,749	24,615	20,945	21,630	23,899	22,300	22,669	22,832	22,598	25,893	22,683	17,616	19,563	21,664	21,279	18,711	19,197	16,950	18,686	18,019	14,068	14,473	17,504	16,548	17,301	13,639	13,639	..	..	14,061	14,892
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	6451	5690	6,680	6,194	7,035	21,226	5,251	6,226	7,398	8,816	..	6,350	8,052	8,057	10053	6,425	8,139	7,561	4976	8,158	..	7780	5,259	5,512	3,521	7,314	6,481	6,248	5,922	8,203	7,010	7,596	6,190	7,413	7,745	5,384	7,784	6,317	7,015	7,109	7,443	7,737	5,199	7,989	8,375	8,129	6,254	7,156	7,278	7,935	6,805	6,006	6,985	4,698	5,176	5,777	4,979	4,979	..	..	5,098	5,345
Craft and related trades workers	10017	11234	11,250	10,677	11,342	168	12,040	11,003	11,938	10,487	..	10,856	9,609	11,295	9767	9,294	9,167	13,367	9465	8,596	..	9283	11,094	8,058	7,626	9,443	11,076	8,091	7,902	10,943	8,243	7,542	8,415	12,879	11,008	9,764	11,398	10,637	9,885	11,092	9,444	9,721	9,722	9,047	9,289	9,623	8,695	6,712	7,448	9,003	8,015	7,844	8,233	7,816	7,276	5,407	6,778	6,778	..	..	6,239	6,679
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	6083	5497	4,399	4,455	6,941	67	5,989	5,688	6,333	5,894	..	6,061	4,936	5,996	5051	4,328	3,395	5,602	4040	5,964	..	3316	4,153	4,542	2,729	3,873	5,550	3,253	6,096	4,690	4,984	4,350	4,095	5,379	4,648	5,071	6,014	3,267	4,175	4,418	4,603	5,426	3,661	3,772	4,917	4,084	3,857	3,645	3,403	4,084	3,406	3,881	2,927	3,702	3,438	2,090	3,818	3,818	..	..	2,666	3,632
Elementary occupations	14198	13941	13,771	15,146	12,924	414	14,016	12,159	9,730	11,898	..	12,830	16,108	14,360	12220	12,846	15,891	13,518	9173	8,117	..	13207	11,672	12,118	11,420	8,490	14,906	13,365	13,472	12,332	12,795	12,182	13,401	13,277	9,275	10,665	11,280	11,866	11,108	10,964	12,633	12,340	8,947	9,393	10,088	9,903	6,773	6,263	7,483	7,298	8,695	7,520	7,723	8,292	9,307	6,056	9,618	9,618	..	..	6,776	7,971
Not stated	2215	3888	1,346	3,375	2,219	1,143	1,094	1,135	1,860	1,098	..	2,736	2,533	3,072	5113	6,591	1,803	3,640	915	1,005	..	2012	2,983	1,873	8,942	1,720	1,902	2,482	2,927	2,843	4,565	4,322	1,629	1,884	2,299	4,331	5,023	2,272	1,251	2,477	1,860	3,674	5,377	4,331	3,006	4,172	8,388	6,917	10,015	5,706	9,243	14,545	15,158	11,241	12,078	18,529	16,641	16,641	..	..	12,641	17,435

Total Male	51546	52628	50,456	49,586	56,798	54,769	53,016	51,527	51,039	55,253	..	50,109	54,557	54,685	48,887	46910	48,414	56,293	39,091	40195	..	44515	45,524	39,621	36610	36,674	46,125	42,543	44,958	45,669	46,246	42,472	36,581	48,101	43,473	43,384	48,204	40,932	47,323	44,599	45,417	43,465	42,276	40,938	44,554	47,714	40,336	40,519	41,599	42,888	37,883	39,322	41,936	41,615	40,108	38,422	41,217	40,896	..	..	36,014	39,425
Managers	3561	2883	2,826	3,976	4,309	6,831	2,991	2,839	3,311	3,669	..	2,989	3,570	2,621	3,348	2,852	2,920	2,762	2,789	1,727	..	2163	2,996	1,486	1,027	1,752	2,782	2,524	1,763	2,077	2,609	3,302	2,081	2,535	2,271	1,988	2,537	1,331	2,628	2,347	2,596	1,344	2,002	2,171	2,227	3,163	1,555	2,274	4,166	3,193	2,091	2,528	3,084	3,319	3,174	2,109	2,875	2,507	..	..	2,960	2,725
Professionals	2678	2984	2,500	2,483	3,150	862	2,727	3,553	2,612	4,070	..	2,673	4,681	2,686	2,190	852	2,534	2,887	3,405	1,827	..	2019	1,488	1,983	2,698	2,560	2,452	3,212	2,085	2,173	2,561	2,027	3,374	2,598	2,451	3,825	2,433	2,488	2,731	2,161	2,211	2,835	3,623	2,541	2,383	2,844	2,744	4,456	2,614	3,287	1,879	2,570	2,390	2,499	1,667	1,792	2,181	2,246	..	..	2,388	2,247
Technicians and associate professionals	3110	3668	4,579	3,564	4,650	27,825	3,117	4,190	5,203	4,224	..	1,763	3,357	4,408	2,175	2,892	3,267	4,029	2,003	4,057	..	2871	2,595	2,543	2,407	2,617	2,530	2,626	3,620	2,849	4,301	3,098	3,772	2,926	3,535	3,629	3,341	2,847	4,182	2,284	2,465	3,048	2,805	3,058	2,086	3,316	2,865	1,962	1,852	1,805	1,459	1,558	2,015	2,828	1,833	2,014	2,429	1,460	..	..	2,163	1,322
Clerical support workers	1747	1351	1,217	1,841	2,358	162	2,939	1,596	1,082	2,130	..	1,611	2,361	1,395	1,106	1,334	1,139	1,836	2,112	1,455	..	1081	416	971	1,725	1,191	1,155	1,123	1,456	1,508	1,510	1,652	3,705	1,232	1,101	1,048	1,528	1,148	1,978	1,050	1,083	1,223	1,492	1,122	1,299	1,263	949	3,233	894	1,674	1,156	1,305	819	1,686	1,227	1,182	1,066	1,009	..	..	966	869
Service and sales workers	9758	11151	11,415	8,491	9,276	4,662	10,967	9,939	9,837	10,299	..	10,375	8,514	10,386	7,922	8,916	9,629	9,141	6,409	6,961	..	9692	8,673	8,299	5,827	5,866	8,178	9,129	8,311	6,671	8,221	6,846	14,811	7,790	6,579	7,855	6,788	7,444	8,915	8,773	9,225	8,179	7,408	6,084	8,533	8,746	7,633	12,149	6,543	6,813	6,355	5,188	6,175	6,427	6,875	6,166	4,436	5,649	..	..	5,510	5,083
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	5632	4747	5,577	4,619	6,091	13,194	4,450	5,238	5,784	7,434	..	5,106	7,383	6,703	8,171	5,820	7,230	6,345	3,889	6,038	..	6052	4,682	4,739	2,887	5,784	5,490	5,538	5,183	7,148	5,920	6,249	755	5,935	6,165	4,403	5,833	5,172	6,177	5,844	6,114	5,903	4,018	7,115	7,260	7,058	4,888	1,157	5,721	7,024	5,185	4,410	5,424	3,472	3,845	4,489	3,919	5,060	..	..	3,945	4,131
Craft and related trades workers	8823	9687	8,994	8,276	10,295	84	10,664	9,837	10,328	9,265	..	9,474	8,209	10,094	8,079	7,867	8,273	12,155	7,683	7,073	..	7796	10,116	6,774	6,376	7,788	9,388	7,146	7,436	9,405	6,797	6,515	1,479	11,629	9,755	8,347	10,045	9,410	9,004	9,868	8,690	9,170	8,657	7,977	8,323	8,643	7,463	668	6,536	7,766	7,224	6,816	7,329	6,780	6,338	4,363	5,529	6,392	..	..	5,187	5,790
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	5580	5115	4,254	4,375	6,495	..	5,076	5,269	5,779	5,418	..	6,061	4,853	5,466	4,685	4,057	3,013	5,524	3,813	5,243	..	3250	4,084	4,542	2,441	3,824	5,260	2,995	5,095	4,545	4,287	4,008	324	5,081	4,365	4,415	5,834	2,963	3,862	4,097	4,338	5,081	3,334	3,566	4,665	3,595	3,327	334	3,038	3,729	3,045	3,409	2,718	3,433	2,994	1,875	3,490	3,263	..	..	2,287	3,208
Elementary occupations	9323	9000	8,397	9,806	9,031	414	9,247	8,557	6,019	8,198	..	8,327	9,908	9,499	8,222	8,572	9,829	9,845	6,520	5,055	..	8680	8,897	6,744	5,971	4,678	7,882	7,146	8,223	7,772	7,274	6,398	5,638	7,387	6,014	5,729	7,054	6,572	7,059	6,833	7,727	6,683	6,201	5,403	6,323	6,246	4,198	2,370	4,412	4,525	4,367	4,433	3,906	4,550	5,583	3,892	5,800	4,969	..	..	3,482	3,899
Not stated	1334	2041	697	2,155	1,143	6,937	837	509	1,084	545	..	1,730	1,720	1,427	2,990	3,746	579	1,770	468	759	..	912	1,577	1,541	5,250	614	1,008	1,105	1,787	1,521	2,764	2,376	643	987	1,238	2,144	2,811	1,557	788	1,341	969	1,974	2,737	1,901	1,455	2,841	4,714	3,827	5,824	3,073	5,122	7,105	8,075	6,620	6,571	10,540	9,492	8,342	..	..	7,127	10,152

Total Female	47291	46900	47,629	48,266	46,416	48,240	43,418	44,815	46,148	44,200	..	41,616	43,142	41,074	38,540	42436	42,376	41,222	37,280	37858	..	38878	34,589	38771	37,821	36,674	40,144	37849	37,118	41,503	35,758	37351	42,183	36,973	37,358	39,601	39,842	34,079	35,631	35,985	38,485	34,937	32,563	33,894	33,823	32,709	33,628	32,432	33,584	32,314	34,306	34,906	33,352	36,055	33,508	34,804	34,967	35,213	..	..	32,669	33,924
Managers	4332	3340	2,184	2,446	3,212	10,937	2,600	3,242	2,872	2,853	..	1,818	3,279	2,684	3,367	1,980	3,282	2,211	3,492	2,584	..	2276	2,324	2,271	1,494	1,752	3,503	3,287	2,667	2,837	1,606	1,847	1,745	2,823	2,580	2,228	3,012	1,641	2,577	2,283	3,110	2,140	2,525	2,053	2,227	3,163	2,838	2,855	2,723	3,371	2,696	2,439	2,421	3,608	3,563	3,334	3,238	2,813	..	..	3,023	2,410
Professionals	6179	5795	6,778	5,110	5,970	2,788	6,354	6,908	6,750	4,545	..	5,455	4,998	4,555	4,536	4,954	5,532	6,078	5,196	5,621	..	4516	4,645	4,009	4,071	2,560	3,781	5,204	3,994	4,367	5,370	4,332	1,880	4,440	5,104	4,486	4,975	2,497	5,489	5,005	3,910	4,088	5,415	3,509	2,383	2,844	5,066	3,608	4,050	3,608	4,074	4,212	3,805	4,824	3,180	3,363	3,442	4,484	..	..	3,929	3,061
Technicians and associate professionals	4652	4515	5,830	5,268	4,674	24,233	2,271	4,307	3,062	5,419	..	3,394	3,517	3,036	2,596	3,462	2,660	3,858	1,845	2,881	..	3289	1,999	2,516	3,129	2,617	2,673	3,724	2,369	4,386	3,332	2,897	3,138	3,433	2,449	2,396	2,747	2,721	2,860	2,932	3,243	3,271	3,248	2,695	2,086	3,316	2,034	2,668	2,653	2,423	1,256	2,009	1,988	2,489	2,281	1,992	2,971	2,172	..	..	2,156	878
Clerical support workers	5837	5115	4,537	4,266	6,149	67	5,848	4,924	5,010	6,899	..	5,763	4,501	4,568	4,835	5,254	3,777	4,128	3,898	4,586	..	2902	3,000	3,500	3,047	1,191	3,565	3,038	4,102	3,806	3,574	3,924	725	3,309	4,737	4,272	3,674	3,309	4,245	3,862	3,407	2,547	3,208	3,588	1,299	1,263	3,234	2,003	3,655	3,130	3,395	3,743	3,269	3,163	2,867	2,278	2,508	3,123	..	..	3,617	3,882
Service and sales workers	18017	18476	17,720	20,558	19,005	1,624	18,230	18,634	20,189	17,151	..	17,052	17,682	16,637	13,148	17,364	17,656	16,897	16,652	14,515	..	16987	16,816	15,628	14,769	5,866	15,735	13,086	15,390	17,491	11,324	13,903	9,804	13,156	15,051	16,044	15,512	15,225	13,917	13,825	16,668	14,504	10,208	13,479	8,533	8,746	11,078	7,048	10,407	11,873	11,663	8,881	8,297	11,077	9,673	11,135	9,203	11,014	..	..	8,552	9,809
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers	819	943	1,103	1,576	944	8,032	801	987	1,615	1,382	..	1,244	669	1,355	1,883	605	909	1,217	1,087	2,119	..	1727	577	773	634	5,784	991	711	739	1,055	1,090	1,348	5,435	1,477	1,580	981	1,951	1,145	839	1,265	1,330	1,833	1,180	873	7,260	7,058	1,366	5,999	1,558	911	1,619	1,596	1,561	1,226	1,331	1,289	1,060	1,765	..	..	1,152	1,215
Craft and related trades workers	1195	1547	2,256	2,401	1,047	84	1,377	1,166	1,610	1,221	..	1,381	1,400	1,201	1,688	1,427	894	1,212	1,782	1,523	..	1486	978	1,285	1,250	7,788	1,688	945	466	1,538	1,445	1,027	6,936	1,250	1,253	1,416	1,353	1,227	881	1,224	754	551	1,065	1,070	8,323	8,643	1,233	6,043	913	1,237	792	1,028	904	1,037	938	1,044	1,250	1,216	..	..	1,052	889
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers	504	382	145	81	446	67	913	419	554	476	..	..	83	530	366	272	381	79	227	721	..	66	70	..	288	3,824	290	258	1,001	146	697	342	3,772	298	283	655	180	305	313	321	265	345	327	206	4,665	3,595	530	3,311	364	356	361	472	209	269	444	215	328	373	..	..	379	424
Elementary occupations	4876	4941	5,374	5,340	3,894	..	4,769	3,602	3,711	3,700	..	4,503	6,200	4,862	3,998	4,274	6,062	3,673	2,653	3,062	..	4528	2,775	5,374	5,448	4,678	7,025	6,220	5,249	4,559	5,522	5,784	7,763	5,890	3,261	4,936	4,226	5,295	4,048	4,131	4,906	5,657	2,746	3,990	6,323	6,246	2,575	3,893	3,071	2,773	4,328	3,087	3,816	3,741	3,724	2,165	3,818	3,648	..	..	3,295	4,072
Not stated	880	1847	650	1,220	1,076	408	257	625	776	553	..	1,006	813	1,645	2,123	2,845	1,224	1,870	448	245	..	1100	1,405	3,414	3,691	614	894	1,377	1,140	1,319	1,801	1,946	986	897	1,061	2,187	2,212	715	463	1,136	891	1,700	2,640	2,430	1,455	2,841	3,674	3,090	4,191	2,633	4,120	7,440	7,083	4,621	5,507	7,989	7,149	4,604	..	..	5,514	7,284
	.. Not available for a specific reference period
	Note: Labour Force Survey not available for the period 2nd Quarter 2010 to 2nd Quarter 2011 due to the 2010 Population and Housing Census conducted during that time period
	Source: Central Statistical Office
	Last updated on 10/09/2026

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