Workforce jobs in Scotland
					thousands, seasonally adjusted
	Workforce jobs	Employee jobs	Self-employment jobs	HM Forces	Government-supported trainees
Jun 10	2,539	2,220	301	13	6


Workforce jobs in Scotland - by industry
							thousands, seasonally adjusted
	All jobs	Agriculture, forestry & fishing	Mining & quarrying	Manufacturing	Electricity, gas, steam & air conditioning supply	Water supply, sewerage, waste & remediation activities	Construction
SIC 2007 sections	A-S	A	B	C	D	E	F
Jun 10	2,539	62	29	179	13	15	176

	Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles	Transport & storage	Accommod-ation & food service activities	Information & communication	Financial & insurance activities	Real estate activities	Professional scientific & technical activities
SIC 2007 sections	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
Jun 10	354	138	195	77	86	22	154

	Administrative & support service activities	Public admin & defence; compulsory social security	Education	Human health & social work activities	Arts, entertainment & recreation	Other service activities	Total services
SIC 2007 sections	N	O	P	Q	R	S	G-S
Jun 10	187	129	209	370	76	67	2,066

Workforce Jobs figures are a measure of jobs rather than people.

Employment Rate by Region

2009
Position	Local Authority	Employment Rate
	Scotland	73.9
1	Orkney Islands	89.0
2	Shetland Islands	86.5
3	Highland	84.3
4	Aberdeenshire	82.5
5	Moray	80.5
6	Aberdeen City	80.0
7	Perth and Kinross	78.0
8	Dumfries and Galloway	77.3
9	Scottish Borders	77.3
10	East Dunbartonshire	77.3
11	Midlothian	77.2
12	Angus	77.0
13	East Lothian	76.6
14	Argyll & Bute	75.5
15	Falkirk	75.0
16	West Lothian	74.8
17	North Lanarkshire	74.5
18	East Renfrewshire	74.5
19	Stirling	74.3
20	Edinburgh, City of	73.8
21	South Lanarkshire	73.8
22	Renfrewshire	73.6
23	Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	73.2
24	South Ayrshire	73.0
25	Fife	73.0
26	Clackmannanshire	72.3
27	Dundee City	71.0
28	East Ayrshire	69.8
29	West Dunbartonshire	68.9
30	Inverclyde	68.5
31	North Ayrshire	67.0
32	Glasgow City	63.3

Employment Rate in UK Countries 1998 - 2010

	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	England
Jan-Mar 1998	69.5	65.6	65.0	72.0
Apr-Jun 1998	69.3	65.5	65.7	72.0
Jul-Sep 1998	68.6	65.8	64.5	72.5
Oct-Dec 1998	69.1	66.5	65.4	72.6
Jan-Mar 1999	69.2	66.6	65.1	72.7
Apr-Jun 1999	69.3	66.3	65.1	72.7
Jul-Sep 1999	69.7	66.6	65.4	72.9
Oct-Dec 1999	69.5	66.9	65.2	73.1
Jan-Mar 2000	69.8	66.9	65.0	73.1
Apr-Jun 2000	70.4	67.5	63.7	73.3
Jul-Sep 2000	71.1	67.3	64.9	73.4
Oct-Dec 2000	71.6	67.4	65.5	73.1
Jan-Mar 2001	71.5	67.1	65.0	73.3
Apr-Jun 2001	71.5	66.3	65.9	73.4
Jul-Sep 2001	71.1	66.3	66.7	73.2
Oct-Dec 2001	70.9	66.5	65.4	73.3
Jan-Mar 2002	70.7	66.4	65.3	73.2
Apr-Jun 2002	71.3	67.2	66.1	73.4
Jul-Sep 2002	71.6	67.8	65.9	73.2
Oct-Dec 2002	72.3	69.3	67.0	73.3
Jan-Mar 2003	72.2	69.7	68.6	73.0
Apr-Jun 2003	72.7	70.8	67.6	73.2
Jul-Sep 2003	72.2	70.7	66.6	73.2
Oct-Dec 2003	71.8	70.1	65.2	73.3
Jan-Mar 2004	72.5	70.7	65.4	73.5
Apr-Jun 2004	72.8	70.6	65.3	73.3
Jul-Sep 2004	73.1	69.2	65.4	73.3
Oct-Dec 2004	73.2	70.3	67.4	73.4
Jan-Mar 2005	73.3	69.8	67.1	73.4
Apr-Jun 2005	72.8	69.1	66.8	73.3
Jul-Sep 2005	73.1	70.0	68.2	73.4
Oct-Dec 2005	73.1	69.7	66.9	72.9
Jan-Mar 2006	72.9	69.5	67.4	73.2
Apr-Jun 2006	72.6	69.2	68.2	73.2
Jul-Sep 2006	73.4	70.3	67.4	73.0
Oct-Dec 2006	74.1	70.0	67.9	72.8
Jan-Mar 2007	74.5	69.8	68.7	72.6
Apr-Jun 2007	74.9	69.9	68.8	72.7
Jul-Sep 2007	74.1	69.4	68.0	72.9
Oct-Dec 2007	74.2	69.4	67.9	73.1
Jan-Mar 2008	74.3	69.6	68.1	73.2
Apr-Jun 2008	74.3	70.1	68.6	73.1
Jul-Sep 2008	73.9	68.4	68.0	72.7
Oct-Dec 2008	73.3	68.6	66.6	72.4
Jan-Mar 2009	73.2	68.6	64.8	71.9
Apr-Jun 2009	72.1	67.7	64.0	71.1
Jul-Sep 2009	71.8	67.1	64.3	71.0
Oct-Dec 2009	71.5	67.0	65.5	70.8
Jan-Mar 2010	70.0	66.8	65.9	70.6
Apr-Jun 2010	70.2	66.7	66.4	70.9

Earnings in Scotland

Occupation Group	2008	2009
Managers and Senior Officials	Ł 35,000	Ł 36,134
Professional Occupations	Ł 33,450	Ł 35,075
Associate Professional and Technical Occupations	Ł 27,636	Ł 28,313
Administrative and Secretarial Occupations	Ł 18,058	Ł 18,644
Skilled Trades Occupations	Ł 23,379	Ł 23,929
Personal Service Occupations	Ł 17,511	Ł 17,671
Sales and Customer Service Occupations	Ł 14,743	Ł 15,208
Process, Plant and Machine Operatives	Ł 21,166	Ł 21,805
Elementary Occupations	Ł 16,947	Ł 17,135

Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics

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