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December Labour Market report published

30 April 2025

​​​Statistics Jersey have today published the December 2024 Labour Market report. This report is published every six months and covers key aspects of the job market for both the private and public sector. ​​ 

Summary for the Labour Market Report in December 2024

  • The total number of jobs was 64,790. This was made up of 54,910 jobs in the private sector and 9,880 jobs in the public sector. The number of jobs, in both private and public sectors, were at their highest December value recorded to date.
  • There was an annual increase of 530 jobs (0.8%) since December 2023.
    • In the private sector there was an annual increase of 100 jobs (0.2%).
    • In the public sector there was an annual increase of 430 jobs (4.6%). This increase was driven by an increase of 410 in the number of Government of Jersey (GOJ) core jobs (permanent and fixed term employees). The departments with the largest annual increase in core staff were Health and Care Jersey (up 190) and Children, Young People, Education and Skills (up 170).
In the private sector at the sectoral level
  • Four sectors saw notable annual increases in jobs:
    • 300 jobs in financial and legal activities (up 2%)
    • 140 jobs in private education, health and other services (up 2%)
    • 70 jobs in transport and storage (up 3%)
    • 50 jobs in agriculture and fishing (up 6%)
  • Four sectors recorded notable annual decreases in jobs:
    • 270 jobs in construction and quarrying (down 4%)
    • 100 jobs in hotels, restaurants and bars (down 2%)
    • 80 jobs in wholesale and retail (down 1%)
    • 70 jobs in information and communication (down 4%)
Over the last five years (from December 2019 to December 2024)
  • There was an increase of 3,410 all sector jobs (up 5.6%) from December 2019.
    • The total number of private sector jobs increased over five years by 1,650 (up 3.1%).
    • Public sector jobs increased by 1,750 from December 2019 to December 2024 (up 21.5%), which has brought the proportion of workforce jobs in Government of Jersey core jobs (13.6%) above the average for the last two decades (12.2%). The departments with the largest changes over this period were Children, Young People, Education and Skills, up 680, and Health and Care Jersey, up 380. 

Labour Market December 2024​​

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