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Persons in employment. By professional situation and sex. Counties and Aran

Persons in employment. By professional situation and sex. Counties and Aran Catalonia Catalunya
Self-employed worker with employees Self-employed worker without employees Permanent or indefinite employee Temporary employee Other Total
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
2023 57,086 37,836 94,922 275,852 158,737 434,589 1,307,770 1,217,894 2,525,664 143,195 213,812 357,007 4,334 2,050 6,384 1,788,237 1,630,329 3,418,566
2022 57,559 38,019 95,578 277,957 158,316 436,273 1,170,525 1,093,585 2,264,110 236,181 293,602 529,783 4,873 2,860 7,733 1,747,095 1,586,382 3,333,477
2021 58,393 38,644 97,037 274,924 153,258 428,182 1,084,252 1,022,186 2,106,438 257,965 302,826 560,791 5,438 3,120 8,558 1,680,972 1,520,034 3,201,006
Source:
2021: Idescat, based on the INE Population and Housing Census.
2022-2023: Idescat, based on the INE Annual Population Census.
Notes:
Al Cens de població de 2021,per garantir el secret estadístic, els resultats estan arrodonits aleatòriament a valors múltiples de 3. Per aquesta raó algun total pot no coincidir amb la suma de la seva desagregació.
The new county of El Moianès was created on 1 May 2015 (Law 4/2015, of 23 April, on the creation of the county of El Moianès) from the aggregation of five municipalities of the county of El Bages, one from the county of Osona and four from the county of El Vallès Oriental.

Last update: May 13, 2026.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Active population

People aged 16 years or more that have an occupation or are available to do so and are performing actions oriented towards finding employment.

Methodological aspects

The source of the information is the population census. The population census is defined as the series of operations that consist of collecting, summarizing, evaluating, analysing and publishing data of a demographic, cultural, economic and social nature of the country's inhabitants and its political-administrative divisions at a given point in time. This operation is aimed at persons residing in dwellings (whether family dwellings or accommodation) or in collective establishments (hotels, residences, nursing homes, etc.).

From 2021 the population census is annual. The questionnaires used in the various censuses and local censuses have not always included the same questions or the same items and, therefore, there may be variations from one year to another.

Data of the population by relationship with the activity are presented, which included information about the profession, the professional situation, the branch of activity and the activity sector. Furthermore, unpaid work data was also incorporated.

In the various statistical operations, the item "employed" was not always the same. Comparability of data between years 2001 and 2011 is affected by the mismatch of the different options in response to the question regarding the activity; thus, in 2011 the options "household chores" and "receiving some kind of teaching and/or training" do not exist, as they are formulated in separate questions.

For the years 2011, 2021 and following, the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCAE-2009) and the Catalan Classification of Occupations (CCO-2011) have been used.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.