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

			Specialists in Scientific,	Technicians in Scientific,				Agriculture,	Industrial,
	sex	Managers and	Technical and	Technical and	Clerical Workers	Sales	Service	Animal Husbandry	Chemical	Engineering	TOTAL
		Business Managers	Humanities Fields	Humanities Fields		Workers	Workers	and Fishing	and Food Industries	Support
Saudis	males	240.819	331.694	584.580	598.093	209.072	1.488.479	229.755	37.688	231.075	3.951.255
	females	20.063	158.453	343.618	97.205	8.072	44.075	1.329	4.429	2.618	679.862
	total	260.882	490.147	928.198	695.298	217.144	1.532.554	231.084	42.117	233.693	4.631.117
Non-Saudis	males	129.422	637.363	220.552	134.560	760.871	755.952	314.579	150.970	2.257.858	5.362.127
	females	508	42.449	51.765	3.798	3.986	520.153	821	4.165	13.844	641.489
	total	129.930	679.812	272.317	138.358	764.857	1.276.105	315.400	155.135	2.271.702	6.003.616
Total	males	370.241	969.057	805.132	732.653	969.943	2.244.431	544.334	188.658	2.488.933	9.313.382
	females	20.571	200.902	395.383	101.003	12.058	564.228	2.150	8.594	16.462	1.321.351
	total	390.812	1.169.959	1.200.515	833.656	982.001	2.808.659	546.484	197.252	2.505.395	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.

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.