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Labour market 

53,790 people were employed in Jersey in December 2011, an increase of 260 compared to a year earlier.

Jersey’s labour market report is published every 6 months and covers key aspects of both public and private sector total employment.

The report is produced by the Statistics Unit and brings together public sector employment (compiled by the States of Jersey Treasury) and private sector employment (reported as a requirement of the Regulation of Undertakings and Development Law).

Latest report and figures

The latest Labour Market report for December 2011 shows that:

• total employment was 53,790, which is an increase of 260 on an annual basis
• the private sector saw an increase in employment of 320 compared with December 2010,  driven by the service industries (up by 400 on an annual basis)
• the public sector recorded a decrease of 50
• the Finance sector recorded an annual increase of 80 employees on December 2010 despite a decrease of 60 employees during the latter half of 2011
• the total number of vacancies for full-time positions in the private sector was the lowest for at least 12 years

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Previous reports

Jersey labour market June 2011 report (government and administration section)

Jersey labour market December 2010 report (government and administration section) 

Next release:

October 2012 - Jersey Labour Market June 2011.

More information about employment and unemployment

The Jersey Annual Social Survey provides further information on employment demographics, economic activity and the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) unemployment rate. The ILO unemployment rate is a globally comparable figure which measures the proportion of unemployed people in the entire work force.

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Additional information on labour market demographics is reported in the results of Jersey’s population census.

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The Social Security Department compile and administer data on people registered as unemployed and actively seeking work in Jersey. From January 2010 the States of Jersey Statistics Unit has taken over responsibility for independently analysing this anonymised data and will produce these reports on a monthly basis.

Find out more about the number of registered unemployed in Jersey