Saudi Arabia: Employed population (aged 15 and over) by nationality (Saudi / Non-Saudi), sex and main occupation group (August 2016)

		Saudis			Non-Saudis			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Lawmakers, Directors and Business Managers	206,898	21,717	228,615	83,939	1,896	85,835	290,837	23,613	314,450
Specialists in Professional, Technical and Humanitarian Fields	374,560	160,068	534,628	725,504	45,043	770,547	1,100,064	205,111	1,305,175
Technicians in Professional, Technical and Humanitarian Fields	528,397	377,107	905,504	333,320	47,088	380,408	861,717	424,195	1,285,912
Clerical occupations	701,615	182,680	884,295	164,117	9,152	173,269	865,732	191,832	1,057,564
Sales	279,258	32,320	311,578	1,021,566	6,261	1,027,827	1,300,824	38,581	1,339,405
Services	1,619,708	51,611	1,671,319	1,337,377	527,691	1,865,068	2,957,085	579,302	3,536,387
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fishing	216,761	2,820	219,581	259,498	0	259,498	476,259	2,820	479,079
Industrial , Chemical Operations and Food Industries	68,809	7,403	76,212	252,739	7,732	260,471	321,548	15,135	336,683
Supporting Basic Engineering	189,847	0	189,847	2,530,502	1,695	2,532,197	2,720,349	1,695	2,722,044
Total	4,185,853	835,726	5,021,579	6,708,562	646,558	7,355,120	10,894,415	1,482,284	12,376,699

source: GLMM calculations, based on the published results of Labour Force Survey 2016 (Q3).

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Sampling frame of LFS 2016 Q3: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 33,325 households
Reference period: August 2016
Population of reference: All the members of the households selected in the sample, including domestic helpers and the like who
live in one house; Saudi and non-Saudi population,”
living in the Kingdom at the time of the survey.

Employed population: People (15+ years old) who did one of the following jobs during the reference period:
1. People who have been working for at least one hour for a salary or a wage (in cash or in kind)
2. People who provided unpaid assistance for others for at least one hour in any type of business or farm owned by one member of the household;
3. People who have been working for at least one hour for others without a wage or a profit (in cash or in kind) as volunteers;
4. People who were temporarily absent from work throughout the week on leave for illness or for any other reason but they were scheduled to resume work.
Workers include the students, job seekers, retirees, housewives, etc., who worked during the week preceding the visit for at least one hour, provided that this does not include household 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

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

Surveys conducted since 1999 are available on the website of GAStat, in Excel and PDF formats.
https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/814

Last date of access: July 2017.