Employed population (aged 15 and over) by nationality (Saudi / non-Saudi), sex, main occupation group and education level (2013)

		Managers and			Specialists in scientific, technical			Technicians in scientific, technical			Clerical workers			Sales workers			Service workers			Agriculture, animal			Industrial, chemical			Engineering support			TOTAL
		business managers			and humanities fields			and humanities fields			Clerical workers			Sales workers			Service workers			husbandry and fishing			and food industries			Engineering support			TOTAL
		males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Saudis	Illiterate	374	0	374	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.752	0	10.752	11.134	4.512	15.646	39.507	887	40.394	404	0	404	6.296	0	6.296	68.467	5.399	73.866
	Read and Write	3.189	157	3.346	0	0	0	0	0	0	577	257	834	16.433	556	16.989	38.239	5.595	43.834	56.103	0	56.103	332	0	332	21.562	0	21.562	136.435	6.565	143.000
	Primary	9.355	0	9.355	0	0	0	353	0	353	31.581	1.278	32.859	30.604	1.327	31.931	160.053	9.802	169.855	63.581	72	63.653	5.027	155	5.182	63.493	728	64.221	364.047	13.362	377.409
	Intermediate	15.260	331	15.591	0	0	0	0	0	0	85.841	6.445	92.286	47.408	960	48.368	318.700	7.163	325.863	39.615	370	39.985	6.932	933	7.865	70.003	295	70.298	583.759	16.497	600.256
	Secondary or Equivalent	72.756	931	73.687	2.269	65	2.334	71.981	14.487	86.468	334.783	44.618	379.401	73.361	3.740	77.101	825.346	14.046	839.392	27.045	0	27.045	22.172	2.494	24.666	59.461	1.595	61.056	1.489.174	81.976	1.571.150
	Diploma	21.750	2.589	24.339	633	0	633	186.056	73.616	259.672	66.231	10.767	76.998	13.428	329	13.757	44.168	1.094	45.262	1.275	0	1.275	2.057	188	2.245	7.708	0	7.708	343.306	88.583	431.889
	Bachelor Degree	99.328	14.479	113.807	291.870	145.270	437.140	321.788	253.019	574.807	76.284	32.394	108.678	16.101	1.160	17.261	85.473	1.863	87.336	2.527	0	2.527	764	659	1.423	2.552	0	2.552	896.687	448.844	1.345.531
	Master Degree	12.961	1.154	14.115	22.667	7.902	30.569	4.224	2.496	6.720	2.796	1.446	4.242	985	0	985	4.031	0	4.031	102	0	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	47.766	12.998	60.764
	Doctorate	5.846	422	6.268	14.255	5.216	19.471	178	0	178	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.335	0	1.335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.614	5.638	27.252
	Total	240.819	20.063	260.882	331.694	158.453	490.147	584.580	343.618	928.198	598.093	97.205	695.298	209.072	8.072	217.144	1.488.479	44.075	1.532.554	229.755	1.329	231.084	37.688	4.429	42.117	231.075	2.618	233.693	3.951.255	679.862	4.631.117
Non-Saudis	Illiterate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.649	361	16.010	31.815	27.682	59.497	31.366	216	31.582	4.782	0	4.782	83.712	440	84.152	167.324	28.699	196.023
	Read and Write	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.957	0	6.957	67.325	0	67.325	144.659	172.895	317.554	105.885	0	105.885	21.802	716	22.518	436.937	3.622	440.559	783.565	177.233	960.798
	Primary	385	0	385	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.980	0	6.980	105.299	816	106.115	205.012	146.269	351.281	84.976	0	84.976	48.161	879	49.040	577.655	1.971	579.626	1.028.468	149.935	1.178.403
	Intermediate	801	0	801	88	0	88	504	0	504	22.416	0	22.416	206.470	889	207.359	236.329	141.615	377.944	51.971	429	52.400	45.397	1.441	46.838	691.556	5.139	696.695	1.255.532	149.513	1.405.045
	Secondary or Equivalent	14.123	0	14.123	365	0	365	48.968	3.354	52.322	51.879	491	52.370	232.345	724	233.069	111.810	25.310	137.120	33.947	176	34.123	22.799	318	23.117	385.003	1.165	386.168	901.239	31.538	932.777
	Diploma	8.661	0	8.661	2.349	0	2.349	100.051	26.474	126.525	9.507	1.511	11.018	32.574	0	32.574	7.001	3.502	10.503	2.207	0	2.207	4.987	189	5.176	47.017	295	47.312	214.354	31.971	246.325
	Bachelor Degree	92.861	215	93.076	540.847	29.432	570.279	67.717	21.415	89.132	35.675	1.796	37.471	98.868	1.196	100.064	18.487	2.880	21.367	4.227	0	4.227	3.042	622	3.664	35.814	1.212	37.026	897.538	58.768	956.306
	Master Degree	10.978	293	11.271	50.532	6.805	57.337	2.840	410	3.250	1.146	0	1.146	2.341	0	2.341	839	0	839	0	0	0	0	0	0	164	0	164	68.840	7.508	76.348
	Doctorate	1.613	0	1.613	43.182	6.212	49.394	472	112	584	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45.267	6.324	51.591
	Total	129.422	508	129.930	637.363	42.449	679.812	220.552	51.765	272.317	134.560	3.798	138.358	760.871	3.986	764.857	755.952	520.153	1.276.105	314.579	821	315.400	150.970	4.165	155.135	2.257.858	13.844	2.271.702	5.362.127	641.489	6.003.616
Total	Illiterate	374	0	374	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.401	361	26.762	42.949	32.194	75.143	70.873	1.103	71.976	5.186	0	5.186	90.008	440	90.448	235.791	34.098	269.889
	Read and Write	3.189	157	3.346	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.534	257	7.791	83.758	556	84.314	182.898	178.490	361.388	161.988	0	161.988	22.134	716	22.850	458.499	3.622	462.121	920.000	183.798	1.103.798
	Primary	9.740	0	9.740	0	0	0	353	0	353	38.561	1.278	39.839	135.903	2.143	138.046	365.065	156.071	521.136	148.557	72	148.629	53.188	1.034	54.222	641.148	2.699	643.847	1.392.515	163.297	1.555.812
	Intermediate	16.061	331	16.392	88	0	88	504	0	504	108.257	6.445	114.702	253.878	1.849	255.727	555.029	148.778	703.807	91.586	799	92.385	52.329	2.374	54.703	761.559	5.434	766.993	1.839.291	166.010	2.005.301
	Secondary or Equivalent	86.879	931	87.810	2.634	65	2.699	120.949	17.841	138.790	386.662	45.109	431.771	305.706	4.464	310.170	937.156	39.356	976.512	60.992	176	61.168	44.971	2.812	47.783	444.464	2.760	447.224	2.390.413	113.514	2.503.927
	Diploma	30.411	2.589	33.000	2.982	0	2.982	286.107	100.090	386.197	75.738	12.278	88.016	46.002	329	46.331	51.169	4.596	55.765	3.482	0	3.482	7.044	377	7.421	54.725	295	55.020	557.660	120.554	678.214
	Bachelor Degree	192.189	14.694	206.883	832.717	174.702	1.007.419	389.505	274.434	663.939	111.959	34.190	146.149	114.969	2.356	117.325	103.960	4.743	108.703	6.754	0	6.754	3.806	1.281	5.087	38.366	1.212	39.578	1.794.225	507.612	2.301.837
	Master Degree	23.939	1.447	25.386	73.199	14.707	87.906	7.064	2.906	9.970	3.942	1.446	5.388	3.326	0	3.326	4.870	0	4.870	102	0	102	0	0	0	164	0	164	116.606	20.506	137.112
	Doctorate	7.459	422	7.881	57.437	11.428	68.865	650	112	762	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.335	0	1.335	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.881	11.962	78.843
	Total	370.241	20.571	390.812	969.057	200.902	1.169.959	805.132	395.383	1.200.515	732.653	101.003	833.656	969.943	12.058	982.001	2.244.431	564.228	2.808.659	544.334	2.150	546.484	188.658	8.594	197.252	2.488.933	16.462	2.505.395	9.313.382	1.321.351	10.634.733

source: Labour Force Survey 2013 (Round 1).

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFS 2013 Round 1: Population Census 2010.

Sample size: 33500 households

Reference period: January 13th-February 5th, 2013

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) residing in the Kingdom during the period of reference.

The ultimate sampling unit is the household.

(a) Household and household members: A person or group of persons, related or not related, who share housing and food.

Servants, drivers and similar categories are considered to be part of the household if they live in the same housing unit.

(b) Employed person: A person aged 15 years and above who worked during the reference week for at least one hour for pay or profit, or who had a job but were temporarily absent from work.

Employment refers to people who during the reference period:

– worked for one hour or more for wage or salary, in cash or in kind

– worked for one hour or more for profit or family gain, in cash or in kind

– worked for at least 15 hours without pay on a family business or farm

– did volunteer work

Reference period for employment: The seven days preceding the interview date.

Classification used for occupations is adapted from ISCO 1988.

Classification used for education levels is ISCED.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Department of Statistics and Information (CDSI), Ministry and Economy and Planning

3. Data availability

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of the CDSI (http://www.cdsi.gov.sa/), in published form in PDF format. A selection of tables is also available in PDF or Excel format.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814 https://www.stats.gov.sa/ar/814

The technical notes and tables of contents are in Arabic and the tables are in both languages.

Date of access: September 2013.

Since 2007, Statistical Yearbooks have introduced a section on “Labour Statistics”, which presents a selection of tables from Manpower Surveys.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/46

Date of access: May 2013.