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
Paid Government Employment	142,550	145,100	141,000	129,000	129,950	118,967	134,900	131,150	102,850	106,050
Paid Government Employment Rate	12.66	12.48	12.23	11.50	11.97	11.27	12.80	12.65	10.95	11.36
Paid Non-Government Employment	518,100	566,500	578,900	560,375	538,425	532,033	505,433	497,700	450,650	448,000
Paid Non-Government Employment Rate	46.01	48.74	50.23	49.87	49.59	50.42	47.95	48	47.97	47.99
Unpaid Worker	14,300	14,400	14,500	13,700	16,125	14,933	13,433	14,400	18,500	18,200
Unpaid Worker Rate	1.27	1.24	1.26	1.23	1.49	1.42	1.27	1.39	1.97	1.95
Employer	33,550	33,200	31,700	34,275	30,675	26,733	28,467	27,800	26,950	25,450
Employer Rate	2.98	2.86	2.75	3.05	2.83	2.53	2.70	2.68	2.87	2.73
Own Account Worker	415,100	401,100	383,800	384,425	367,500	360,700	368,100	361,200	336,550	332,150
Own Account Worker Rate	36.86	34.51	33.30	34.21	33.85	34.18	34.92	34.84	35.83	35.58
Not-Reported	2,500	1,900	2,700	1,900	3,075	1,833	3,767	4,500	3,900	3,750
Not-Reported rate	0.22	0.16	0.23	0.17	0.28	0.17	0.36	0.43	0.42	0.40
Total Male Employed	639,000	661,150	664,100	646,750	629,575	610,867	611,700	602,150	554,800	552,500
Male Paid Government Employment	56,050	59,200	57,000	52,275	53,375	49,700	56,800	55,300	47,400	48,950
Male Paid Government Employment rate	4.98	5.09	4.95	4.65	4.92	4.71	5.39	5.33	5.05	5.46
Male Paid Non-Government Employment	283,000	315,450	331,300	321,425	311,875	303,767	286,433	281,750	254,600	256,200
Male Paid Non-Government Employment Rate	25.13	27.14	28.74	28.60	28.72	28.79	27.17	27.18	27.10	27.60
Male Unpaid Worker	4,450	4,000	3,700	3,325	3,600	4,033	3,866	4,150	5,650	6,500
Male Unpaid Worker Rate	0.40	0.34	0.32	0.30	0.33	0.38	0.37	0.40	0.60	0.58
Male Employer	23,900	23,500	22,300	24,000	22,225	20,000	20,100	19,000	21,650	19,950
Male Employer Rate	2.12	2.02	1.93	2.14	2.05	1.90	1.91	1.83	2.30	2.40
Male Own Account Worker	270,300	257,950	248,500	244,775	236,675	232,234	242,367	239,450	222,700	218,750
Male Own Account Worker Rate	24	22.19	21.56	21.78	21.80	22.01	23	23.09	23.71	23.39
Male Not-Reported	1,300	1,050	1,300	950	1,825	1,133	2,134	2,500	2,800	2,150
Male Not-Reported rate	0.11	0.09	0.11	0.08	0.17	0.11	0.20	0.24	0.30	0.30
Total Female Employed	487,100	501,050	488,500	476,925	456,175	444,333	442,400	434,600	384,600	381,100
Female Paid Government Employment	86,500	85,900	84,000	76,725	76,575	69,267	78,100	75,850	55,500	57,000
Female Paid Government Employment rate	7.68	7.40	7.29	6.83	7.05	6.56	7.41	7.32	5.91	6.26
Female Paid Non-Government Employment	235,150	251,050	247,600	238,950	226,550	228,266	219,000	215,950	196,000	191,850
Female Paid Non-Government Employment Rate	20.88	21.60	21.48	21.27	20.87	21.63	20.78	20.83	20.86	20.28
Female Unpaid Worker	9,850	10,350	10,800	10,375	12,525	10,900	9,567	10,250	12,900	11,700
Female Unpaid Worker Rate	0.87	0.89	0.93	0.93	1.15	1.03	0.91	0.99	1.37	1.06
Female Employer	9,650	9,700	9,400	10,275	8,450	6,733	8,367	8,800	5,300	5,500
Female Employer Rate	0.85	0.83	0.81	0.91	0.78	0.64	0.79	0.85	0.56	0.55
Female Own Account Worker	144,750	143,200	135,300	139,650	130,825	128,467	125,733	121,750	113,800	113,400
Female Own Account Worker Rate	12.85	12.32	11.74	12.43	12.05	12.17	11.93	11.74	12.11	12.02
Female Not-Reported	1,200	850	1,400	950	1,250	700	1,633	2,000	1,100	1,650
Female Not-Reported rate	0.11	0.07	0.12	0.08	0.12	0.07	0.15	0.19	0.12	0.19
Source: Statistical Institute of Jamaica

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