Jamaica Labour Exchange

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	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Employed Labour Force	1,126,100	1,162,200	1,152,600	1,123,675	1,085,750	1,055,200	1,054,100	1,036,750	939,400	933,600
Total Population	2,696,200	2,686,000	2,674,000	2,665,425	2,652,900	2,646,167	2,641,579	2,625,192	2,621,115	2,604,794
Employment Population Ratio	41.77	43.29	43.10	42.20	40.93	39.88	39.90	39.49	35.84	35.84
Employment Rate (%)	88.64	89.43	90.29	89.67	88.77	88.32	88.60	85.81	85.03	84.47
Labour force	1,270,450	1,299,600	1,276,600	1,253,075	1,223,100	1,194,800	1,189,700	1,208,200	1,104,800	1,105,300
Male labour Force	698,500	713,200	706,800	695,550	681,525	663,467	663,300	668,000	618,100	615,000
Female Labour Force	571,950	586,400	569,800	557,525	541,575	531,333	526,400	540,200	486,700	490,300
Adult Labour Force	1,098,050	1,107,200	1,068,600	1,041,675	1,010,325	987,733	981,600	978,850	850,100	842,100
Youth Labour Force	172,400	192,400	208,000	211,400	212,775	207,067	208,100	229,350	254,700	263,200
Male Adult labour Force	601,100	605,900	591,500	576,650	560,700	545,667	543,400	539,850	473,100	466,800
Female Adult Labour Force	496,950	501,300	477,200	465,025	449,625	442,066	438,200	439,000	377,000	375,300
Male Youth labour Force	97,400	107,300	115,300	118,900	120,825	117,800	119,900	128,150	145,000	148,200
Female Youth Labour Force	75,000	85,100	92,700	92,500	91,950	89,267	88,200	101,200	109,700	115,000
Male Employment	639,000	661,150	664,100	646,750	629,575	610,867	611,700	602,150	554,800	552,500
Female Employment	501,050	487,100	488,500	476,925	456,175	444,333	442,400	434,600	384,600	381,100
Adult Employment	1,000,500	1,019,650	993,800	962,275	927,325	902,933	899,500	878,650	769,000	754,800
Male Adult Employment	563,600	575,000	568,300	548,650	531,675	517,334	516,070	504,550	445,500	439,425
Female Adult Employment	436,900	444,650	425,500	413,625	395,650	385,599	383,430	374,100	323,500	315,375
Youth Employment	125,600	142,550	158,800	161,400	158,425	152,267	154,600	158,100	170,400	178,800
Male Youth Employment	75,400	86,150	95,800	98,100	97,900	93,533	95,600	97,600	109,200	113,000
Female Youth Employment	50,200	56,400	63,000	63,300	60,525	58,734	59,000	60,500	61,200	65,800
Male Employment Rate	91.48	92.70	93.96	92.98	92.38	92.07	92.22	90.14	89.76	89.84
Female Employment Rate	87.60	83.07	85.73	85.54	84.20	83.63	84.04	80.45	79.04	77.73
Adult Employment Rate	91.12	92.09	93	92.38	91.78	91.41	91.64	89.76	90.46	89.64
Male Adult Employment Rate	93.76	94.90	96.08	95.14	94.82	94.81	94.97	93.46	94.17	94.13
Female Adult Employment Rate	87.92	88.68	89.17	88.95	88	87.22	87.50	85.22	85.81	84.03
Youth Employment Rate	72.85	74.09	76.35	76.35	74.46	73.54	74.28	68.93	66.94	67.93
Youth Employment Rate Male	77.41	80.29	83.09	82.51	81	79.40	79.73	76.16	75.38	76.24
Youth Employment Rate Female	66.93	66.27	67.96	68.43	65.82	65.80	66.89	59.78	55.79	57.22
I GOODS-PRODUCING SECTORS	406.70	420.80	408.90	394	382.70	377.30	390.50	382.50	347.90	351.40
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	227.40	216.80	211.60	201.60	197.65	197.30	215.40	213	195.60	195.70
Mining	5.60	9.80	8.20	6	5.05	5.80	6.20	4.70	5.40	4.60
Manufacturing	77.70	85.30	70.10	76.40	73.90	69.40	71.70	72.40	66.80	69.60
Construction	96	108.90	119	110	105.98	104.80	97.20	92.40	80.10	81.50
II SERVICES SECTORS	715.60	735.20	741.50	727.50	703.10	676.50	662	651.20	589.50	579.90
Transport, Storage and Communication	76.50	82.40		78	77.73	74.70	68.60	72.80	59.90	59.40
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services	73.80	72.50	67.60	62.50	59.03	58.50	69.80	62.10	47.30	53.10
Community, Social and Personal Services	263.50	269.10	322	308.90	300.53	289.20	285.90	290	261.80	254.80
Electricity, Gas and Water	8.10	7.60	7.80	6.60	6	6.30	7.20	7	6.50	6.30
Wholesale and Retail Trades, Hotels and Restaurant Services	293.70	303.60	264.90	271.50	257.63	247.80	230.50	219.30	214	206.30
III INDUSTRY NOT SPECIFIED	3.80	6.20	2.40	2.10	2.28	1.40	1.60	3.10	2	2.30
TOTAL Sectoral Employment (`000)	1,126.10	1,162.20	1,152.60	1,123.60	1,085.80	1,055.20	1,054.10	1,036.80	939.40	933.60
Total Employment by Occupation Group	1,126,100	1,162,200	1,152,600	1,123,675	1,085,750	1,055,200	1,054,130	1,036,750	939,400	933,600
Professionals, Senior Officials and Technicians	220,300	227,850	220,400	205,950	197,775	178,000	198,400	188,950	148,650	146,900
Clerks	105,400	102,500	100,800	93,225	88,325	91,033	90,200	83,750	83,000	86,300
Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers	216,300	216,800	209,500	206,350	190,675	182,933	168,330	172,100	157,400	151,450
Skilled Agricultural and Fishery workers	221,100	208,600	201,800	193,150	186,025	183,633	200,370	194,950	177,450	176,900
Craft and Related Trades Workers	152,300	170,100	177,300	176,350	171,300	169,767	160,633	161,150	154,650	154,800
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers	65,200	71,200	69,500	68,200	70,900	70,267	61,733	65,150	58,250	57,600
Elementary Occupations	144,700	163,850	172,200	179,950	180,200	179,200	174,034	169,350	159,650	159,050
Occupation not specified	800	1,300	1,100	500	550	367	430	1,350	350	600
Source: The Statistical Institute of Jamaica

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