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Total Employment: 53.668

In May 2022 total government employment increased by 360 persons (0,7%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2021 and reached 53.668 persons. Permanent staff decreased by 683 persons (-2,6%), from 26.686 to 26.003 persons. Casual staff increased by 1.056 persons (5,8%) and reached 19.251 persons compared to 18.195 persons in May 2021.

Compared to May 2021 an increase is observed in Civil Service staff (0,2%) and in Educational Service staff (2,4%), whereas a decrease is observed in Security Forces staff (-0,1%). There is a decrease in all three categories of permanent staff and the highest is observed in Civil Service staff (-3,4%). On the contrary, there is an increase in all three categories of casual staff and the highest is observed in Educational Service staff (9,4%). A decrease is observed in Hourly Paid Workers (-0,2%) compared to May 2021.

Compared to April 2022, an increase is observed in Civil Service staff (0,2%), whereas a decrease is observed in Educational Service staff (-2,1%) and in Security Forces staff (-0,4%). In permanent staff the same decrease (-0,2%) is observed in the categories of Civil Service and Security Forces, whereas the permanent Educational Service staff remains stable. In casual staff an increase is observed in Civil Service staff (0,7%), whereas a decrease is observed in Educational Service staff (-5,0%) and in Security Forces staff (-0,6%). An increase is observed in Hourly Paid Workers (0,9%) compared to April 2022.

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Coverage

Government employment includes the Civil Service, Educational Service, Security Forces staff and Hourly Paid Workers. Civil Service includes permanent and casual staff of the Ministries, Departments and Services. Educational Service includes the permanent and casual educational staff of school units and the staff of the Cyprus Productivity Center and the Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus. Security Forces include the Police Service, Fire Service and the National Guard staff. Hourly Paid Workers include regular, casual and seasonal staff.

The members of the House of Representatives are not included in the data.

Collection of data

Data concerning Government employment is provided by the Treasury of the Republic and refers to the number of persons that were paid in the current month, irrespective of the period and duration of employment.

For more information:

CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Labour Market

CYSTAT-DB (Online Database)

Predefined Tables (Excel)

Methodological Information

The data included in the Predefined Tables in Excel format are available up to December 2021. Data from January 2022 onwards are available only in the CYSTAT-DB Online Database.

Contact

Maria Kkoushi: Tel: +357-22602235, Email: mkkoushi@cystat.mof.gov.cy

(MG/ECHR)