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Total Employment: 52.019

In January 2023 total government employment decreased by 1.363 persons (-2,6%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2022 and reached 52.019 persons. This decrease is attributed to the transfer of Hourly Paid Workers from the Ministry of Health to the State Health Services Organisation, which is included in the Broad Public Sector, as from January 2023. Permanent staff decreased by 716 persons (-2,7%), from 26.178 to 25.462 persons. Casual staff increased by 1.054 persons (5,6%) and reached 19.991 persons compared to 18.937 persons in January 2022.

Except from the decrease in Hourly Paid Workers (-20,6%) a decrease is also observed in Security Services staff (-0,3%), whereas an increase is observed in Civil Service staff (0,4%) and Educational Service staff (2,0%).

Compared to December 2022, an increase is observed in Civil Service staff (0,1%) and in Educational Service staff (0,3%), whereas a decrease is observed in Security Services staff (-0,5%) and in Hourly Paid Workers (-20,3%).

Table

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

(MV/ECHR)