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Employed persons in services

Employed persons in services (CCEA-2009) Catalonia. 3rd quarter 2024
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total 2,945.2 64.3 2.2 3.2
Wholesale trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorbikes 202.4 -5.9 -2.8 -5.5
Retail trade 366.0 18.0 5.2 2.3
Transport and storage 223.1 -11.1 -4.7 1.7
Accommodation and food service activities 357.8 29.9 9.1 13.4
Information and communications 189.4 42.7 29.1 21.1
Financial activities and insurance 73.2 -17.2 -19.0 -13.4
Real estate, professional and technical activities 320.1 9.4 3.0 1.9
Administrative and support service activities 203.6 -5.1 -2.5 1.7
Public administration 186.6 2.1 1.1 -0.5
Education 238.8 17.5 7.9 3.7
Health and social services 344.1 -0.8 -0.2 6.2
Cultural and sports activities and other services 240.0 -15.1 -5.9 -2.5
Percentage of the employed persons (%) 76.3 0.6 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Units: Thousands of people.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Economically Active Population Survey.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
(z) Category not applicable.
Employed persons in services (CCEA-2009) Spain. 3rd quarter 2024
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total 16,697.5 239.7 1.5 2.0
Wholesale trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorbikes 1,122.5 -69.5 -5.8 -5.8
Retail trade 2,031.9 15.3 0.8 2.6
Transport and storage 1,249.8 34.5 2.8 1.5
Accommodation and food service activities 1,941.6 53.8 2.9 4.4
Information and communications 843.3 85.2 11.2 10.7
Financial activities and insurance 441.9 -49.9 -10.1 -7.3
Real estate, professional and technical activities 1,432.5 38.4 2.8 1.6
Administrative and support service activities 1,127.2 33.1 3.0 4.8
Public administration 1,439.3 -12.1 -0.8 -1.8
Education 1,424.9 68.3 5.0 2.5
Health and social services 2,101.9 51.5 2.5 5.6
Cultural and sports activities and other services 1,540.7 -9.0 -0.6 0.4
Percentage of the employed persons (%) 76.5 -0.2 z Category not applicable z Category not applicable
Units: Thousands of people.
Source: INE. Economically Active Population Survey.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
(z) Category not applicable.

Last update: October 25, 2024.

Methodological note

The employed persons is people aged 16 or over who are working either as employees or as self-employed.

The economic activity sector of employed people is determined by the main activity of the company in which they work and not by their specific job.

From the 1st quarter of 2008 onwards, economic activities have been classified using the new Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCEA-2009) and the sector division is as follows:

Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCEA-2009) sector division
LabelsCCAE-2009
Wholesale trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorbikes45–46
Retail trade47
Transport and storage 49–53
Accommodation and food service activities 55–56
Information and communications 58–63
Financial activities and insurance 64–66
Real estate, professional and technical activities 68–75
Administrative activities and ancillary services 77–82
Public administration 84
Education 85
Health and social services 86–88
Cultural and sports activities and other services 90–93, 94–96, 97–98, 99

The Economically Active Population Survey (APS) is the main source for finding out about the labour market. It is sample research carried out by the INE using the methodology of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Statistical Office of the European Commission (Eurostat). The survey is taken every quarter and its main purpose is to investigate the relationship with people's economic activity.

The data for the 2002–2013 period was revised in May 2014 since the new reference population figures from the Population and Housing Census 2011 and the introduction of new criteria in the calibration of the expansion factors have made it necessary to recalculate the Economically Active Population Survey series for the period in question.