Employment in the Public Sector, 2007

This bulletin provides statistics on employment in the public sector in Wales using the official Public Sector Employment statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics. The bulletin also uses the Annual Population Survey to describe differences in those working in the public and private sectors in Wales.

The key points from the bulletin are:

• Just under a quarter of people in employment were employed in the public sector in Wales in 2007.
• Between 1999 and 2007 public sector employment in Wales increased by 8 per cent, compared to an increase of 12 per cent in the private sector.
• Almost two thirds of those in Wales who are in employment in the public sector are women.
• Just over half of those working in the public sector in Wales work in local government (this includes schools)
• Only 8 per cent of those in employment in the public sector are aged under 25, compared with 18 per cent in the private sector
• Over half of those employed in the public sector in Wales have a degree or higher qualification compared to just under a quarter in the private sector.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5817
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk

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