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Total government employment up slightly in April

Total government employment in April 2025 increased slightly compared to the same month last year. According to Cystat, total government employment increased by 237 persons (0.4%) in comparison to the corresponding month of 2024 and reached 55,490 persons.

Employment in the Civil Service and in the Security Forces decreased by 1.2% and 1.1% respectively, whereas it increased in the Educational Service by 3.8%. For the period January – April 2025 the average total government employment increased by 0.9% compared to the corresponding period of 2024.

In April 2025 in the Civil Service there were 11,960 permanent employees, 4,141 employees with contracts of indefinite duration, 1,458 employees with contracts of definite duration and 5,798 hourly paid workers. Permanent employees represented the highest percentage of total employees in the Civil Service (51.2%) and employees with contracts of definite duration represented the lowest percentage (6.2%).

In the Educational Service there were 12,461 permanent employees, 947 employees with contracts of indefinite duration, 4,824 employees with contracts of definite duration and 141 hourly paid workers.

Permanent employees represented the highest percentage of total employees in the Educational Service (67.8%) and hourly paid workers represented the lowest percentage (0.8%).

In Security Forces there were 8,430 permanent employees, 4,304 employees with contracts of indefinite duration, 267 employees with contracts of definite duration and 759 hourly paid workers. Permanent employees represented the highest percentage of total employees in Security Forces (61.3%) and employees with contracts of definite duration represented the lowest percentage (1.9%).

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