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Employees. By hiring sector and type of contract

Employees. By hiring sector and type of contract Catalonia Value
Total Private sector Permanent contract Fixed-term contract Public sector Permanent contract Fixed-term contract
Q4/2023 3,176.4 2,658.9 2,358.5 300.4 517.5 396.1 121.4
Q3/2023 3,212.3 2,734.5 2,417.2 317.2 477.8 360.4 117.4
Q2/2023 3,099.4 2,626.9 2,306.1 320.8 472.4 351.0 121.5
Q1/2023 3,004.3 2,514.0 2,218.3 295.7 490.3 355.5 134.8
Q4/2022 3,007.4 2,519.9 2,204.7 315.2 487.5 367.3 120.2
Q3/2022 3,034.6 2,572.7 2,183.8 388.9 461.8 352.3 109.6
Q2/2022 2,995.4 2,546.9 2,146.9 400.0 448.5 316.6 132.0
Q1/2022 2,935.4 2,446.7 2,007.6 439.2 488.7 335.6 153.1
Q4/2021 2,964.8 2,472.1 2,007.3 464.8 492.7 359.7 133.0
Q3/2021 2,974.9 2,484.8 1,969.1 515.7 490.1 355.8 134.3
Q2/2021 2,885.6 2,394.8 1,925.7 469.2 490.7 359.1 131.6
Q1/2021 2,838.6 2,377.4 1,952.1 425.2 461.2 339.5 121.7
Q4/2020 2,814.6 2,361.0 1,921.2 439.8 453.6 335.7 117.8
Q3/2020 2,807.4 2,360.1 1,915.4 444.7 447.3 345.3 102.0
Q2/2020 2,711.0 2,279.3 1,872.2 407.1 431.7 329.6 102.1
Q1/2020 2,915.0 2,465.4 1,981.4 484.0 449.5 338.6 110.9
Q4/2019 2,945.9 2,508.4 1,988.8 519.7 437.5 332.5 105.0
Q3/2019 2,954.8 2,499.6 1,941.0 558.6 455.2 341.3 113.9
Q2/2019 2,901.6 2,454.8 1,935.8 519.0 446.8 337.4 109.4
Q1/2019 2,872.9 2,411.8 1,920.9 490.9 461.1 354.0 107.1
Q4/2018 2,874.2 2,409.9 1,883.3 526.6 464.3 356.8 107.5
Q3/2018 2,861.9 2,427.6 1,878.6 549.0 434.2 326.5 107.7
Q2/2018 2,829.0 2,410.0 1,905.4 504.6 419.0 312.8 106.1
Q1/2018 2,771.2 2,355.0 1,874.1 480.9 416.2 317.7 98.5
Q4/2017 2,780.1 2,383.3 1,866.9 516.4 396.8 312.7 84.0
Q3/2017 2,779.5 2,382.4 1,848.5 533.9 397.1 313.7 83.4
Q2/2017 2,738.5 2,338.0 1,825.7 512.4 400.4 318.5 82.0
Q1/2017 2,691.3 2,295.7 1,821.5 474.2 395.6 311.1 84.5
Q4/2016 2,672.1 2,273.5 1,777.3 496.1 398.6 311.0 87.6
Q3/2016 2,686.7 2,271.0 1,754.8 516.2 415.6 326.7 89.0
Q2/2016 2,644.3 2,245.4 1,782.0 463.4 398.8 315.7 83.2
Q1/2016 2,611.1 2,212.0 1,776.4 435.6 399.1 322.6 76.5
Q4/2015 2,565.1 2,186.6 1,735.8 450.9 378.5 308.9 69.6
Q3/2015 2,580.5 2,183.7 1,720.9 462.7 396.8 330.2 66.6
Q2/2015 2,548.6 2,172.1 1,741.3 430.8 376.5 310.7 65.7
Q1/2015 2,494.0 2,119.3 1,734.0 385.3 374.7 305.7 69.0
Q4/2014 2,533.2 2,156.0 1,771.6 384.4 377.2 311.0 66.2
Q3/2014 2,543.4 2,158.9 1,757.9 401.0 384.5 316.3 68.3
Q2/2014 2,529.6 2,121.8 1,736.0 385.7 407.8 328.8 79.0
Q1/2014 2,438.2 2,033.2 1,659.4 373.7 405.1 323.4 81.7
Q4/2013 2,488.8 2,088.2 1,689.1 399.2 400.5 330.3 70.3
Q3/2013 2,512.3 2,122.3 1,686.0 436.3 390.0 321.4 68.6
Q2/2013 2,448.9 2,057.8 1,682.7 375.1 391.1 321.7 69.4
Q1/2013 2,434.4 2,042.8 1,698.6 344.2 391.6 314.4 77.2
Q4/2012 2,477.0 2,076.5 1,727.1 349.4 400.5 319.2 81.2
Q3/2012 2,535.4 2,133.5 1,732.4 401.1 401.9 320.5 81.3
Q2/2012 2,570.7 2,151.0 1,769.3 381.7 419.7 326.5 93.2
Q1/2012 2,579.5 2,153.2 1,767.2 386.0 426.2 329.0 97.3
Q4/2011 2,645.9 2,224.1 1,790.8 433.3 421.8 329.7 92.1
Q3/2011 2,710.0 2,287.1 1,806.3 480.8 422.9 324.7 98.2
Q2/2011 2,751.0 2,341.4 1,869.5 471.9 409.6 316.1 93.5
Q1/2011 2,714.8 2,297.8 1,881.0 416.8 417.0 319.7 97.3
Q4/2010 2,733.3 2,318.1 1,907.8 410.3 415.1 309.0 106.2
Q3/2010 2,773.4 2,362.2 1,940.3 421.9 411.2 311.3 99.9
Q2/2010 2,739.7 2,322.8 1,938.8 384.1 416.8 314.9 101.9
Q1/2010 2,684.8 2,256.5 1,898.8 357.7 428.2 321.9 106.4
Q4/2009 2,725.1 2,305.8 1,932.9 372.9 419.3 314.8 104.5
Q3/2009 2,752.6 2,336.5 1,919.9 416.6 416.2 305.1 111.0
Q2/2009 2,750.8 2,349.1 1,953.1 396.0 401.7 293.2 108.4
Q1/2009 2,795.4 2,392.4 1,995.9 396.5 403.1 302.6 100.5
Q4/2008 2,901.4 2,505.6 2,033.9 471.8 395.7 301.7 94.1
Q3/2008 2,996.6 2,612.6 2,059.1 553.5 384.0 287.9 96.1
Q2/2008 3,046.7 2,669.6 2,096.6 572.9 377.1 283.1 94.0
Q1/2008 3,009.1 2,643.8 2,068.0 575.8 365.3 273.0 92.3
Q4/2007 3,022.0 2,636.4 2,021.9 614.5 385.6 286.3 99.3
Q3/2007 3,008.6 2,643.7 2,026.5 617.2 364.8 264.4 100.4
Q2/2007 3,001.8 2,637.8 2,010.7 627.1 364.1 270.8 93.2
Q1/2007 2,948.7 2,553.4 1,962.3 591.1 395.3 294.0 101.4
Q4/2006 2,915.5 2,545.5 1,877.9 667.6 370.0 273.4 96.6
Q3/2006 2,928.4 2,562.9 1,860.1 702.8 365.5 276.3 89.2
Q2/2006 2,884.9 2,505.8 1,821.3 684.6 379.1 286.2 92.9
Q1/2006 2,833.6 2,456.4 1,809.2 647.3 377.2 301.6 75.6
Q4/2005 2,851.6 2,471.6 1,817.3 654.4 380.0 309.0 71.0
Q3/2005 2,827.3 2,450.4 1,798.0 652.4 376.9 297.1 79.8
Q2/2005 2,791.8 2,392.8 1,802.1 590.7 399.0 304.6 94.5
Q1/2005 2,733.8 2,331.0 1,781.1 549.9 402.8 308.7 94.2
Q4/2004 2,659.9 2,278.9 1,709.4 569.4 381.1 312.2 68.9
Q3/2004 2,670.9 2,314.5 1,715.6 598.9 356.4 287.5 68.8
Q2/2004 2,615.3 2,274.6 1,695.2 579.4 340.7 278.7 62.0
Q1/2004 2,577.2 2,222.8 1,652.7 570.1 354.4 289.7 64.7
Q4/2003 2,584.1 2,247.1 1,654.8 592.2 337.0 276.5 60.5
Q3/2003 2,577.8 2,254.0 1,674.9 579.0 323.8 266.2 57.6
Q2/2003 2,502.3 2,183.2 1,640.4 542.8 319.0 268.2 50.8
Q1/2003 2,458.5 2,137.0 1,616.0 520.9 321.6 271.0 50.6
Q4/2002 2,432.7 2,129.9 1,606.6 523.2 302.8 257.2 45.6
Q3/2002 2,452.0 2,164.2 1,621.9 542.3 287.8 248.9 38.9
Q2/2002 2,389.7 2,102.8 1,551.6 551.1 287.0 249.9 37.1
Q1/2002 2,316.1 2,023.8 1,491.2 532.6 292.3 248.6 43.7
Q4/2001 2,303.2 2,016.9 1,475.0 542.0 286.3 237.3 49.0
Q3/2001 2,361.5 2,079.9 1,499.6 580.4 281.6 233.7 47.8
Q2/2001 2,337.4 2,049.9 1,510.1 539.8 287.5 236.6 50.9
Q1/2001 2,294.0 2,014.7 1,480.1 534.6 279.3 231.8 47.6
Units: Thousands of people.
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Economically Active Population Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
Employees. By hiring sector and type of contract Spain Value
Total Private sector Permanent contract Fixed-term contract Public sector Permanent contract Fixed-term contract
Q4/2023 18,035.5 14,442.2 12,530.6 1,911.5 3,593.3 2,530.4 1,062.9
Q3/2023 18,119.7 14,585.0 12,509.8 2,075.2 3,534.7 2,483.0 1,051.7
Q2/2023 17,853.7 14,336.0 12,337.7 1,998.3 3,517.7 2,423.0 1,094.8
Q1/2023 17,348.3 13,824.4 11,928.2 1,896.2 3,523.9 2,422.4 1,101.5
Q4/2022 17,371.5 13,845.3 11,794.9 2,050.4 3,526.2 2,461.9 1,064.3
Q3/2022 17,403.2 13,897.0 11,459.7 2,437.4 3,506.2 2,431.1 1,075.1
Q2/2022 17,303.9 13,850.1 11,110.3 2,739.8 3,453.9 2,336.3 1,117.6
Q1/2022 16,928.5 13,460.3 10,488.6 2,971.7 3,468.2 2,341.2 1,127.0
Q4/2021 16,974.2 13,498.7 10,266.5 3,232.2 3,475.5 2,399.3 1,076.2
Q3/2021 16,916.6 13,432.5 10,132.4 3,300.1 3,484.0 2,382.8 1,101.3
Q2/2021 16,507.4 13,067.9 9,981.8 3,086.0 3,439.6 2,388.4 1,051.2
Q1/2021 16,104.3 12,706.8 9,908.5 2,798.4 3,397.4 2,363.7 1,033.7
Q4/2020 16,241.5 12,862.4 9,873.2 2,989.2 3,379.1 2,367.6 1,011.5
Q3/2020 16,108.0 12,770.9 9,808.9 2,962.0 3,337.1 2,405.5 931.6
Q2/2020 15,526.8 12,300.9 9,697.9 2,603.0 3,225.9 2,358.3 867.6
Q1/2020 16,560.1 13,312.2 10,062.4 3,249.7 3,248.0 2,355.1 892.8
Q4/2019 16,846.1 13,592.8 10,100.2 3,492.6 3,253.3 2,348.1 905.3
Q3/2019 16,790.0 13,561.3 9,981.2 3,580.1 3,228.7 2,332.4 896.3
Q2/2019 16,688.3 13,493.8 9,995.3 3,498.5 3,194.5 2,293.2 901.3
Q1/2019 16,357.7 13,144.1 9,773.2 3,370.9 3,213.6 2,350.8 862.8
Q4/2018 16,453.6 13,242.6 9,666.4 3,576.2 3,211.0 2,367.7 843.3
Q3/2018 16,433.6 13,266.0 9,578.5 3,687.6 3,167.5 2,347.2 820.3
Q2/2018 16,257.3 13,139.5 9,559.6 3,579.9 3,117.8 2,340.8 777.1
Q1/2018 15,792.2 12,686.5 9,325.3 3,361.2 3,105.8 2,343.6 762.1
Q4/2017 15,922.6 12,847.8 9,336.3 3,511.5 3,074.7 2,334.1 740.7
Q3/2017 15,906.7 12,844.6 9,227.3 3,617.3 3,062.1 2,324.3 737.7
Q2/2017 15,690.3 12,686.5 9,184.7 3,501.8 3,003.8 2,299.4 704.4
Q1/2017 15,340.8 12,366.9 9,102.8 3,264.2 2,973.8 2,287.7 686.1
Q4/2016 15,385.4 12,399.3 9,007.3 3,392.0 2,986.1 2,305.2 680.9
Q3/2016 15,404.6 12,400.7 8,935.1 3,465.6 3,003.9 2,317.1 686.8
Q2/2016 15,187.8 12,192.7 8,954.9 3,237.9 2,995.0 2,326.5 668.6
Q1/2016 14,935.1 11,916.9 8,836.8 3,080.1 3,018.3 2,358.1 660.1
Q4/2015 14,988.8 11,988.1 8,799.4 3,188.7 3,000.7 2,343.2 657.5
Q3/2015 14,948.9 11,962.5 8,710.7 3,251.8 2,986.4 2,328.4 658.0
Q2/2015 14,762.3 11,806.0 8,739.3 3,066.6 2,956.3 2,318.7 637.6
Q1/2015 14,393.9 11,437.2 8,663.1 2,774.1 2,956.7 2,334.2 622.5
Q4/2014 14,483.1 11,555.5 8,647.7 2,907.8 2,927.5 2,324.2 603.3
Q3/2014 14,413.1 11,487.6 8,530.6 2,956.9 2,925.6 2,330.4 595.1
Q2/2014 14,317.5 11,388.0 8,542.3 2,845.7 2,929.5 2,345.5 584.0
Q1/2014 13,929.5 11,008.9 8,366.7 2,642.2 2,920.5 2,340.9 579.6
Q4/2013 14,093.4 11,184.0 8,429.6 2,754.4 2,909.4 2,329.6 579.8
Q3/2013 14,123.9 11,180.6 8,376.4 2,804.3 2,943.2 2,350.2 593.1
Q2/2013 14,072.2 11,127.1 8,470.6 2,656.5 2,945.0 2,380.5 564.5
Q1/2013 13,987.0 11,035.3 8,525.6 2,509.6 2,951.7 2,392.0 559.7
Q4/2012 14,288.7 11,267.6 8,598.6 2,669.0 3,021.1 2,430.1 591.0
Q3/2012 14,560.9 11,473.6 8,637.2 2,836.4 3,087.3 2,449.6 637.7
Q2/2012 14,720.3 11,579.8 8,790.7 2,789.1 3,140.5 2,481.1 659.4
Q1/2012 14,723.7 11,523.2 8,771.8 2,751.4 3,200.5 2,488.7 711.8
Q4/2011 15,150.5 11,915.8 8,931.3 2,984.5 3,234.7 2,462.3 772.4
Q3/2011 15,479.3 12,172.7 8,985.0 3,187.7 3,306.6 2,493.1 813.6
Q2/2011 15,579.5 12,280.2 9,146.6 3,133.6 3,299.3 2,488.1 811.3
Q1/2011 15,367.4 12,099.9 9,109.6 2,990.2 3,267.5 2,483.5 784.1
Q4/2010 15,554.7 12,304.4 9,248.7 3,055.7 3,250.3 2,470.6 779.7
Q3/2010 15,705.1 12,445.9 9,270.8 3,175.1 3,259.2 2,453.2 806.0
Q2/2010 15,619.9 12,451.4 9,339.2 3,112.3 3,168.4 2,420.6 747.9
Q1/2010 15,489.6 12,329.1 9,333.5 2,995.7 3,160.5 2,402.8 757.6
Q4/2009 15,724.6 12,596.9 9,455.7 3,141.2 3,127.6 2,347.0 780.7
Q3/2009 15,863.8 12,699.1 9,464.4 3,234.7 3,164.7 2,326.0 838.7
Q2/2009 15,923.1 12,817.0 9,628.3 3,188.7 3,106.1 2,308.4 797.8
Q1/2009 16,013.0 12,935.7 9,663.1 3,272.6 3,077.4 2,318.1 759.3
Q4/2008 16,477.2 13,395.7 9,642.3 3,753.4 3,081.6 2,265.1 816.5
Q3/2008 16,920.1 13,879.2 9,727.9 4,151.3 3,040.9 2,226.7 814.2
Q2/2008 17,037.5 14,054.1 9,829.0 4,225.0 2,983.5 2,221.3 762.2
Q1/2008 17,010.1 14,089.3 9,737.2 4,352.1 2,920.7 2,169.4 751.3
Q4/2007 17,095.0 14,125.5 9,614.5 4,511.0 2,969.5 2,211.8 757.7
Q3/2007 17,094.6 14,104.3 9,454.8 4,649.5 2,990.3 2,197.6 792.7
Q2/2007 16,981.4 14,049.4 9,405.7 4,643.8 2,932.0 2,185.2 746.8
Q1/2007 16,701.3 13,714.5 9,183.9 4,530.6 2,986.8 2,202.2 784.6
Q4/2006 16,644.9 13,685.7 8,875.0 4,810.7 2,959.2 2,161.9 797.3
Q3/2006 16,548.7 13,603.9 8,687.4 4,916.6 2,944.8 2,144.4 800.4
Q2/2006 16,300.2 13,397.5 8,577.8 4,819.7 2,902.7 2,128.1 774.6
Q1/2006 16,068.5 13,149.1 8,547.7 4,601.4 2,919.4 2,178.9 740.4
Q4/2005 16,025.2 13,108.8 8,455.3 4,653.5 2,916.4 2,158.4 758.0
Q3/2005 15,969.3 13,008.7 8,298.2 4,710.5 2,960.6 2,169.0 791.6
Q2/2005 15,689.7 12,792.4 8,289.0 4,503.3 2,897.4 2,168.5 728.9
Q1/2005 15,211.3 12,317.4 8,155.2 4,162.2 2,893.9 2,203.0 690.9
Q4/2004 15,211.6 12,293.0 7,947.9 4,345.1 2,918.6 2,251.1 667.4
Q3/2004 15,020.3 12,142.6 7,859.6 4,283.0 2,877.7 2,182.4 695.3
Q2/2004 14,751.9 11,960.6 7,848.2 4,112.4 2,791.2 2,157.5 633.7
Q1/2004 14,535.6 11,758.4 7,761.0 3,997.4 2,777.1 2,153.9 623.3
Q4/2003 14,546.4 11,781.7 7,724.5 4,057.1 2,764.8 2,134.4 630.4
Q3/2003 14,468.6 11,702.2 7,699.3 4,002.9 2,766.3 2,117.1 649.2
Q2/2003 14,252.0 11,523.3 7,600.3 3,923.1 2,728.7 2,100.8 627.9
Q1/2003 13,938.2 11,254.0 7,472.9 3,781.1 2,684.2 2,095.1 589.1
Q4/2002 13,869.6 11,196.9 7,375.7 3,821.1 2,672.7 2,077.5 595.2
Q3/2002 13,777.5 11,128.5 7,323.2 3,805.3 2,649.0 2,051.5 597.5
Q2/2002 13,585.1 10,998.5 7,175.3 3,823.2 2,586.6 2,034.0 552.6
Q1/2002 13,303.4 10,734.5 7,032.7 3,701.8 2,569.0 2,006.4 562.5
Q4/2001 13,148.0 10,600.5 6,933.9 3,666.6 2,547.5 1,975.0 572.4
Q3/2001 13,115.3 10,570.1 6,879.3 3,690.8 2,545.2 1,980.1 565.1
Q2/2001 12,855.8 10,383.6 6,785.9 3,597.7 2,472.2 1,957.3 514.9
Q1/2001 12,678.6 10,220.7 6,658.3 3,562.3 2,457.9 1,961.5 496.4
Units: Thousands of people.
Source: INE. Economically Active Population Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.

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Methodological note

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

The employees can be classified by hiring sector and type of contract.

As for the former, employees may be hired by the private or public sector. It should be borne in mind that the public sector includes both public administration and also public companies.

As for the type of contract, these can be fixed-term or permanent. Fixed-term hiring means a situation where the end of the employment relationship or contract is determined by objective conditions, such as the end of a period of time, the performance of a specified task, etc.

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.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.

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