​​​Jersey's labour market report is published every six months and covers key aspects of both public and private sector total employment.

The latest Labour market report for December 2014 shows that:

• total employment (57,250) was 1,980 higher than a year earlier (in December 2013)
• the increase in total employment, corresponding to an annual increase of more than 3%, was driven by the private sector which reported an increase of 1,950 staff
• private sector employment was 48,970, representing the highest level of employment seen in a December to date
• the increase in private sector employment was predominantly due to increased numbers of full-time and zero-hour staff reported, each category up by around 1,000 on an annual basis
• the increase in private sector employment comprised of increases of 1,520 entitled/entitledto work employees, 30 licensed employees and 330 registered employees
• overall public sector employment was 8,280, an increase of 30 on an annual basis
• 5,990 jobs in the private and public sectors were filled on zero-hour contracts,
  representing more than 10% of all jobs filled in that month​