28 April 2017
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 shows that:
- total employment was 58,560, the highest December figure for private sector employment to date:
- employment in the private sector was 50,870
- employment in the public sector was 7,690
- total employment was 740 higher than in December 2015 representing an annual increase of 1.3%:
- employment in the private sector increased by 1,010 on an annual basis
- employment in the public sector decreased by 270 on an annual basis
- the increase in private sector employment was mainly due to increases in the number of full time employees, up by 1,040
- the fall in public sector employment was due to the decrease in the number of States of Jersey core employees, down by 270 compared with December 2015
- 6,270 jobs in the private and public sectors were on zero-hours contracts, representing 11% of total employment
- there were 7,050 active undertakings in the private sector, 370 more than a year earlier; approximately half (3,760) were single-person undertakings
At a sectoral level:
- the largest annual increase was recorded by private education, health & other services (up 500); total employment in this sector in December 2016 was the highest December figure recorded to date
- employment in the construction sector increased by 290 on an annual basis; total employment in this sector in December 2016 was the highest figure recorded to date
- employment in the finance sector increased by 10 on an annual basis:
- the Trust & company administration sub-sector increased by 540 on an annual basis
- in contrast, the Banking sub-sector saw a fall in employment, down by 390 on an annual basis, to a level around 1,900 below that recorded in 2007 and 2008
Download Jersey's labour market report for December 2016 (size 744kb)
gov.je