Total Employment: 51,939
Government employment in February 2023 decreased by 1,763 persons (-3.3%) compared to the same month in 2022 and reached 51,939 persons. This decrease was mainly due to the transfer of hourly staff from the Ministry of Health to the State Health Services Agency, which is included in the Broad Public Sector, as of January 2023. There is a decrease of 714 (-2.7%) in permanent staff, from 26,130 to 25,416. In temporary staff there is an increase of 666 persons (3.5%), reaching 19,945 compared to 19,279 persons in February 2022.
There is a decrease in Hourly Staff (-20.7%) and in all categories of permanent staff, while there is an increase in all categories of temporary staff. The main changes concern the staff of the Public Service, both permanent staff (decrease -2.9%) and temporary staff (increase 5.7%).
Compared to January 2023, the main changes concern temporary staff of the Education Service (decrease -1.2%) and temporary staff of the Public Service (increase 0.7%).
Compared to January 2023, the main changes concern temporary staff of the Education Service (decrease -1.2%) and temporary staff of the Public Service (increase 0.7%).
| Table | | | | | | | | |
| Staff category | | Number of persons | % Change | |||||
| | Feb 2022 | Jan 2023 | Feb 2023 |
Feb 23/ Jan 23 |
[TD]
Feb 23/22
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Public
Service
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]17.317
[/TD] [TD]17,396
[/TD] [TD]17,414
[/TD] [TD]0.1%
[/TD] [TD]0.6%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Permanent
[/TD] [TD]10,384
[/TD] [TD]10.117
[/TD] [TD]10,087
[/TD] [TD]-0.3%
[/TD] [TD]-2.9%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]6,933
[/TD] [TD]7,279
[/TD] [TD]7.327
[/TD] [TD]0.7%
[/TD] [TD]5.7%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Educational Service
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]15,316
[/TD] [TD]15,277
[/TD] [TD]15.189
[/TD] [TD]-0.6%
[/TD] [TD]-0.8%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Μόνιμοι
[/TD] [TD]9.114
[/TD] [TD]8.866
[/TD] [TD]8.856
[/TD] [TD]-0.1%
[/TD] [TD]-2.8%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]6.202
[/TD] [TD]6.411
[/TD] [TD]6.333
[/TD] [TD]-1.2%
[/TD] [TD]2.1%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Security Forces
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]12.776
[/TD] [TD]12,780
[/TD] [TD]12.758
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [TD]-0.1%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Μόνιμοι
[/TD] [TD]6.632
[/TD] [TD]6.479
[/TD] [TD]6.473
[/TD] [TD]-0.1%
[/TD] [TD]-2.4%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]6.144
[/TD] [TD]6,301
[/TD] [TD]6,285
[/TD] [TD]-0.3%
[/TD] [TD]2.3%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]45.409
[/TD] [TD]45.453
[/TD] [TD]45.361
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [TD]-0.1%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Μόνιμοι
[/TD] [TD]26.130
[/TD] [TD]25.462
[/TD] [TD]25.416
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [TD]-2.7%
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary
[/TD] [TD]19.279
[/TD] [TD]19.991
[/TD] [TD]19.945
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [TD]3.5%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Hourly Staff
[/TD] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]8,293
[/TD] [TD]6.566
[/TD] [TD]6,578
[/TD] [TD]0.2%
[/TD] [TD]- 20.7%
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]
53.702
[/TD] [TD]52.019
[/TD] [TD]51.939
[/TD] [TD]-0.2%
[/TD] [TD]-3,3%
[/TD] [/TR]
Methodological information
Data coverage
Government employment includes: Civil Service, Education Service, Security Forces and Hourly Government Workers. The Civil Service includes permanent and temporary employees of Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The Education Service includes permanent and temporary teaching staff serving in schools as well as staff of the Productivity Centre and the Higher Hotel Institute. The Security Forces include: the Police, the Fire Service and the National Guard. Hourly Staff includes regular, temporary and seasonal employees.
Data excludes Members of the House of Representatives (Members of Parliament and Representatives of Religious Groups).
Source of Data
The source of data on Government employment is the General Accounting Office of the Republic. The data refer to persons who were paid in a given month regardless of the period and duration of employment.
For more information:
Statistics Service Portal, suppository Labour Market
CYSTAT-DB (Database)
Predefined Tables (Excel)
The Predefined Tables in Excel format include data up to December 2021. For data from January 2022 onwards, the update is done only in the CYSTAT-DB Database.
Contact
Maria Koussii: Tel. mkkoushi@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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