1st quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 615.3 | 609.4 | 579.8 | 570.4 | 580.4 | 583.6 | 584.6 | 599.8 | 600.7 | 638.4 | 649.1 | 656.9 | 610.0 | 551.6 | 585.4 | 604.5 | 610.1 | 605.8 | 623.1 | 630.0 | 646.8 | 650.5 | 661.8 | 670.3 |
Employees | | 567.7 | 556.8 | 529.0 | 517.8 | 530.0 | 532.9 | 528.8 | 538.1 | 548.5 | 582.0 | 588.7 | 602.3 | 562.4 | 506.2 | 529.2 | 555.9 | 553.0 | 548.0 | 556.9 | 574.9 | 583.1 | 580.5 | 591.7 | 603.1 |
Self-employed | | 47.6 | 52.6 | 50.9 | 52.6 | 50.4 | 50.7 | 55.8 | 61.7 | 52.2 | 56.4 | 60.4 | 54.6 | 47.6 | 45.4 | 56.2 | 48.6 | 57.1 | 57.9 | 66.1 | 55.1 | 63.7 | 70.0 | 70.1 | 67.1 |
..employers | | 14.8 | 15.9 | 21.0 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 21.8 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 18.8 | 26.4 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 26.6 | 22.5 | 28.2 | 30.4 | 30.7 | 27.5 |
..own-account workers | | 27.7 | 31.6 | 25.3 | 31.3 | 28.0 | 29.8 | 34.2 | 39.3 | 31.7 | 34.8 | 37.0 | 28.6 | 23.2 | 24.6 | 28.6 | 26.2 | 32.8 | 35.4 | 39.2 | 32.4 | 34.1 | 38.6 | 39.1 | 38.8 |
..unpaid family workers | | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Proportion (status in employment total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Employees | | 92.3 | 91.4 | 91.2 | 90.8 | 91.3 | 91.3 | 90.5 | 89.7 | 91.3 | 91.2 | 90.7 | 91.7 | 92.2 | 91.8 | 90.4 | 92.0 | 90.6 | 90.4 | 89.4 | 91.2 | 90.2 | 89.2 | 89.4 | 90.0 |
Self-employed | | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 10.0 |
..employers | | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
..own-account workers | | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
..unpaid family workers | | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2nd quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 616.7 | 609.0 | 580.1 | 586.0 | 582.2 | 588.4 | 596.2 | 604.1 | 616.2 | 654.9 | 660.3 | 655.4 | 590.3 | 556.4 | 597.0 | 614.0 | 632.1 | 629.5 | 640.1 | 657.0 | 653.5 | 666.6 | 667.7 | 643.9 |
Employees | | 568.3 | 555.4 | 528.7 | 538.7 | 539.4 | 548.6 | 546.5 | 545.2 | 568.7 | 599.8 | 595.0 | 606.9 | 544.2 | 513.7 | 543.6 | 559.4 | 575.3 | 574.9 | 580.6 | 591.0 | 582.8 | 590.5 | 591.6 | 572.1 |
Self-employed | | 48.4 | 53.7 | 51.4 | 47.3 | 42.8 | 39.8 | 49.7 | 58.9 | 47.6 | 55.1 | 65.2 | 48.5 | 46.2 | 42.7 | 53.4 | 54.6 | 56.9 | 54.7 | 59.5 | 66.0 | 70.7 | 76.0 | 76.1 | 71.8 |
..employers | | 15.1 | 16.2 | 20.8 | 17.4 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 15.4 | 20.0 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 23.5 | 19.3 | 21.4 | 17.8 | 28.4 | 24.4 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 21.6 | 27.9 | 32.0 | 33.3 | 35.2 | 33.4 |
..own-account workers | | 28.1 | 32.1 | 26.1 | 27.4 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 33.1 | 36.2 | 31.4 | 37.1 | 40.1 | 28.4 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 23.1 | 28.2 | 32.5 | 32.1 | 37.5 | 37.3 | 36.8 | 41.8 | 40.7 | 38.2 |
..unpaid family workers | | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Proportion (status in employment total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Employees | | 92.2 | 91.2 | 91.1 | 91.9 | 92.6 | 93.2 | 91.7 | 90.2 | 92.3 | 91.6 | 90.1 | 92.6 | 92.2 | 92.3 | 91.1 | 91.1 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 90.7 | 89.9 | 89.2 | 88.6 | 88.6 | 88.8 |
Self-employed | | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
..employers | | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
..own-account workers | | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
..unpaid family workers | | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
3rd quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 617.3 | 607.1 | 581.3 | 596.2 | 598.6 | 596.0 | 616.2 | 601.0 | 619.4 | 656.4 | 664.1 | 659.4 | 596.8 | 574.1 | 621.8 | 625.8 | 627.1 | 633.7 | 661.0 | 653.3 | 666.6 | 666.6 | 677.3 | 652.7 |
Employees | | 567.7 | 556.2 | 533.2 | 545.4 | 551.5 | 554.3 | 567.6 | 544.6 | 573.0 | 606.9 | 606.2 | 607.7 | 544.7 | 523.8 | 569.0 | 568.8 | 573.5 | 577.3 | 602.6 | 588.2 | 595.9 | 592.7 | 601.3 | 577.8 |
Self-employed | | 49.6 | 50.9 | 48.0 | 50.9 | 47.1 | 41.7 | 48.6 | 56.4 | 46.4 | 49.5 | 57.9 | 51.7 | 52.1 | 50.3 | 52.7 | 57.1 | 53.6 | 56.4 | 58.4 | 65.0 | 70.7 | 73.8 | 75.9 | 75.0 |
..employers | | 15.5 | 21.4 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 16.5 | 19.4 | 21.9 | 24.2 | 20.3 | 22.9 | 23.7 | 23.4 | 20.9 | 23.4 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 29.6 | 31.4 | 34.9 |
..own-account workers | | 28.9 | 24.7 | 26.1 | 32.0 | 27.8 | 25.2 | 33.3 | 36.8 | 30.2 | 32.6 | 37.4 | 29.0 | 27.0 | 29.5 | 27.8 | 31.1 | 28.8 | 33.8 | 33.3 | 38.0 | 36.4 | 42.9 | 44.2 | 39.2 |
..unpaid family workers | | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 4.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Proportion (status in employment total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Employees | | 92.0 | 91.6 | 91.7 | 91.5 | 92.1 | 93.0 | 92.1 | 90.6 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 91.3 | 92.2 | 91.3 | 91.2 | 91.5 | 90.9 | 91.4 | 91.1 | 91.2 | 90.0 | 89.4 | 88.9 | 88.8 | 88.5 |
Self-employed | | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.5 |
..employers | | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
..own-account workers | | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
..unpaid family workers | | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
4th quarter | Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 619.7 | 600.4 | 576.0 | 588.5 | 597.4 | 591.5 | 614.8 | 602.7 | 625.9 | 657.1 | 656.9 | 652.3 | 578.4 | 589.8 | 608.7 | 615.4 | 616.1 | 630.3 | 639.4 | 638.2 | 667.4 | 675.3 | 678.5 | .. |
Employees | | 568.8 | 549.5 | 527.2 | 534.8 | 545.4 | 538.9 | 557.1 | 547.6 | 577.3 | 606.0 | 599.7 | 600.9 | 526.2 | 535.9 | 560.4 | 557.8 | 556.5 | 571.5 | 583.8 | 580.3 | 603.8 | 612.0 | 608.8 | .. |
Self-employed | | 50.9 | 50.9 | 48.8 | 53.7 | 52.0 | 52.7 | 57.7 | 55.1 | 48.6 | 51.2 | 57.2 | 51.4 | 52.3 | 53.9 | 48.2 | 57.6 | 59.5 | 58.8 | 55.6 | 57.9 | 63.6 | 63.3 | 69.7 | .. |
..employers | | 15.6 | 21.2 | 17.5 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 14.6 | 17.3 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 21.9 | 22.1 | 17.5 | 23.6 | 24.8 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 23.3 | 29.4 | 26.0 | 24.8 | .. |
..own-account workers | | 30.2 | 25.0 | 26.7 | 32.4 | 29.8 | 31.7 | 38.5 | 35.9 | 32.5 | 33.5 | 33.7 | 27.5 | 28.4 | 31.0 | 29.4 | 31.8 | 32.9 | 35.7 | 33.0 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 37.2 | 44.3 | .. |
..unpaid family workers | | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Proportion (status in employment total=100), % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | .. |
Employees | | 91.8 | 91.5 | 91.5 | 90.9 | 91.3 | 91.1 | 90.6 | 90.9 | 92.2 | 92.2 | 91.3 | 92.1 | 91.0 | 90.9 | 92.1 | 90.6 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 91.3 | 90.9 | 90.5 | 90.6 | 89.7 | .. |
Self-employed | | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 10.3 | .. |
..employers | | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.7 | .. |
..own-account workers | | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.5 | .. |
..unpaid family workers | | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |