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Employed persons in the cultural sector. By sex and professional situation

Employed persons in the cultural sector. By sex and professional situation Catalonia. 1st quarter 2026
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total 190.7 (b) Break in time series -3.2 (b) Break in time series -1.6 (b) Break in time series -1.6 (b) Break in time series
Men 112.7 (b) Break in time series -0.3 (b) Break in time series -0.2 (b) Break in time series -0.2 (b) Break in time series
Women 77.9 (b) Break in time series -2.9 (b) Break in time series -3.5 (b) Break in time series -3.5 (b) Break in time series
Wage-earners 128.5 (b) Break in time series -10.3 (b) Break in time series -7.3 (b) Break in time series -7.3 (b) Break in time series
Not wage-earners 62.2 (b) Break in time series 7.1 (b) Break in time series 12.6 (b) Break in time series 12.6 (b) Break in time series
Percentage of the employed persons (%) 4.9 (b) Break in time series -0.2 (b) Break in time series -3.7 (b) Break in time series -3.7 (b) Break in time series
Units: Milers de persones.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Economically Active Population Survey.
Notes:
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.
Until 2007, economic activity was classified according to CCAE-93 Rev.1. From 2008 until 2025, it was classified according to CCAE-2009. In 2026, the Economically Active Population Survey (EPA) collects economic activity according to the dual classification CCAE-2009 and CCAE-2025. This dual classification enables, on the one hand, the tabulation of population values according to the new CCAE-2025 classification and, on the other, the calculation of year-over-year rates of change using CCAE-2009.
(b) Break in time series.
Employed persons in the cultural sector. By sex and professional situation Spain. 1st quarter 2026
Year-over-year variation
Value Absolute % quarter % accumulated
Total 922.7 (b) Break in time series -31.0 (b) Break in time series -3.3 (b) Break in time series -3.3 (b) Break in time series
Men 509.6 (b) Break in time series -50.9 (b) Break in time series -9.3 (b) Break in time series -9.3 (b) Break in time series
Women 413.1 (b) Break in time series 19.9 (b) Break in time series 5.2 (b) Break in time series 5.2 (b) Break in time series
Wage-earners 632.0 (b) Break in time series -12.2 (b) Break in time series -1.9 (b) Break in time series -1.9 (b) Break in time series
Not wage-earners 290.7 (b) Break in time series -18.8 (b) Break in time series -6.4 (b) Break in time series -6.4 (b) Break in time series
Percentage of the employed persons (%) 4.1 (b) Break in time series -0.1 (b) Break in time series -3.1 (b) Break in time series -3.1 (b) Break in time series
Units: Milers de persones.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Economically Active Population Survey.
Notes:
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.
Until 2007, economic activity was classified according to CCAE-93 Rev.1. From 2008 until 2025, it was classified according to CCAE-2009. In 2026, the Economically Active Population Survey (EPA) collects economic activity according to the dual classification CCAE-2009 and CCAE-2025. This dual classification enables, on the one hand, the tabulation of population values according to the new CCAE-2025 classification and, on the other, the calculation of year-over-year rates of change using CCAE-2009.
(b) Break in time series.

Last update: April 28, 2026. Next update: July 28, 2026 Calendari

Methodological note

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

The activity sector in the employed population is determined by the main activity carried out by the organization that the employed person works for, and not by the work carried out by that person. From the 1st quarter of 2008 onwards, economic activities have been classified using the new Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCEA-2009).

The delimitation of the activities that form part of the cultural sector was updated in the last quarter of 2014 with the publication of the new Statistic and Accounts of Cultural Enterprises. This update involved a review of all the data offered by this indicator. The definition of activities that form part of the cultural sector used by Idescat is based primarily on methodological work carried out by the European Statistical System Network on Culture (ESSnet-Culture, in PDF), created by the European Commission and Eurostat. 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics was also taken into account. The present definition includes the following CCEA-2009 groups:

Catalan Classification of Economic Activities 2009 (CCEA-2009) groups
LabelsCCAE-2009
Printing and service activities related to printing181
Reproduction of recorded media182
Manufacture of musical instruments322
Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores476
Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities581
Software publishing582
Motion picture, video and television programme activities591
Sound recording and music publishing activities592
Radio broadcasting601
Television programming and broadcasting activities602
Other information service activities639
Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy711
Advertising731
Specialised design activities741
Photographic activities742
Translation and interpretation activities743
Creative, arts and entertainment activities900
Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities910

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.

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