Services and sales tops Jamaica’s employed profession
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Durrant Pate/ Contributor
Jamaica’s latest Labour Force Survey for April 2024 shows that Services and Sales topped Jamaica’s employed profession with 324,800 individuals, representing 22.9 per cent of the total employed population of 1,420,300.
This group also had the highest number of females, 208,700. The second largest occupation group was ‘Elementary Occupations’ with 192,900 employees, followed by ‘Skilled Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Workers’, which employed 187,800 individuals.
The top occupation group for males was ‘Craft and Related Trades Workers’ with 163,500 employed. Regarding industry groups, ‘Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles’ was the largest employer, with 265,100 individuals or 18.7 per cent of the workforce.
The sector had a slightly higher proportion of females, totalling 145,100 or 54.7 per cent. The ‘Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing’ industry employed 197,600 individuals, with a predominantly male workforce, accounting for 73.6 per cent of total employees.
Jamaica’s total Labour Force
In April 2024, the labour force included 1,483,100 individuals with 788,500 males (53.2%) and 694,600 females (46.8%). The overall labour force participation rate was 68.8 per cent.
Males had a higher participation rate at 74.5 per cent, while females had a participation rate of 63.3 per cent. In April 2024, 1,420,300 individuals within the labour force were employed.
The employment figures showed a slight gender imbalance with 762,200 males (53.7%) and 658,100 females (46.3%). Among them were 24,800 or 1.7 per cent employed individuals who were underemployed (time-related), meaning they worked part-time but desired more hours.
The April 2024 Labour Force Survey was carried out between April and June 2024 with the reference week being April 7 to 13, 2024.
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