Saudi Arabia: Saudi workers newly registered with the General Organisation for Social Insurance, by occupation category (Q3 2021-Q2 2024)

  Q3 2021 Q4 2021 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024
Managers 4,896 4,858 13,825 19,186 N.A. 16,106 17,017 13,166 18,524 17,206 16,473 14,796
Professionals 29,242 33,395 41,430 39,565 N.A. 34,093 34,706 31,632 57,672 36,677 35,623 31,985
Technicians and associate professionals 17,330 22,033 32,200 30,190 N.A. 21,543 23,268 18,723 23,336 21,948 21,118 18,886
Clerical support workers 16,158 19,961 28,930 35,399 N.A. 29,274 29,218 22,555 30,419 30,205 374 25,891
Service and sales workers 18,398 22,501 27,393 28,295 N.A. 19,225 22,228 18,153 20,689 17,672 28,714 15,063
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 41 29 45 62 N.A. 121 30 38 52 36 18,367 29
Craft and related trades workers 910 1,089 2,435 1,895 N.A. 1,280 1,424 1,288 1,732 1,818 26 1,241
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers 1,060 1,394 2,597 2,777 N.A. 1,989 2,288 2,164 2,020 1,694 1,394 1,366
Elementary occupations 2,388 3,273 3,030 5,428 N.A. 4,538 7,493 2,395 2,395 2,236 1,573 1,426
Other occupations 302 642 208 440 N.A. 710 769 2,016 1,071 455 2,038 77
Not specified 23                      
Total 90,748 109,175 152,093 163,237 N.A. 128,879 138,441 112,130 157,910 129,947 125,700 110,760

Source: Register-based Labour Market Statistics, General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

1. Data collection methodology

LFS were first conducted in 2001 and became bi-annual after 2006. Data were collected through nationally representative household sample surveys, which sampling was based on most recent censuses. Since 2016, Labour Force Surveys have been conducted and published on a quarterly basis, based on a household telephone survey conducted by GAStat. Employment data extracted from administrative records were also introduced as a complement to the results of Labour Force Surveys in Labour Market Statistics’ publications, starting on Q1 2017.

The present data is taken from administrative records.

Population of reference: workers subject to the rule of the General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI):

a. contributors on the job who are subject to social insurance laws and regulations in the private and government sector;

b. new contributors, and contributors who terminated their contribution to social insurance during the quarter.

who were newly registered with GOSI during the period (inflows)

Registration with GOSI is compulsory for workers in the private sector and non-civil servants in the government sector, who make up about 70 percent of foreign workers.

The present data does not incorporate:
1. Civil servants
2. Domestic workers

Figures of workers in Labor Market statistics which were derived from administrative records do not include the following categories:

1-Workers in the military and security sectors

2-Workers who are not registered in the civil service, social insurance (GOSI) and domestic workers’ records, which include:

 – Saudis working for their own businesses and are not subjected to the labor regulations, also, not registered in social insurance, such as those who work in delivery through electronic apps

 – Saudi employers who work in establishments and not registered in the social insurance

 – Non-Saudi staff working in foreign international, political or military missions

3- Non-Saudi employees who come to the Kingdom for work that normally takes less than three months to be completed.

Definitions and categories used by GAStat in Labour Markets Statistics (employment; unemployment;
occupation and activity sectors, etc.) are based on international standards:

For LFS methodology and definitions, see:

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/node/9787

https://database.stats.gov.sa/Methodologies/En_Documents/03_Labor%20Market%20Bulletin%20Methodology,%20Fourth%20Quarter%202020%20_%20General%20Authority%20for%20Statistics.pdf

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/node/9787

https://database.stats.gov.sa/Methodologies/En_Documents/03_Labor%20Market%20Bulletin%20Methodology,%20Fourth%20Quarter%202020%20_%20General%20Authority%20for%20Statistics.pdf

Classification of occupations: Saudi classification of occupations, based on ISCO-08.

https://www.stats.gov.sa/en/page/292

This classification was adopted in Q1 2021.

2. Institution which provides data

General Authority for Statistics (GAStat)

3. Data availability

Since 2021, GAStat has been publishing separately the employment data taken from administrative records, and unemployment/inactivity data as well as general indicators, calculated from the results of the field interviews conducted by GAStat (Labour Force Survey).

The present time-series was taken from Register-based Labour Market Statistics publications, given quarters and years.

(English and Arabic versions)

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

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

Date of access: 10 October 2024.

Keywords: Employment, Female Employment, Saudi Arabia, National & Foreign Labour, Highly Skilled Labour, Low-Skilled Labour

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