United Arab Emirates	GCC Countries	Other Arab Countries	Asian Countries (Non Arab)	African Countries (Non Arab)	European Countries	North American Countries	Central American and Caribbean Countries	South American Countries	Oceania	Not Stated	Total
Legislators, Senior Officials and Managers	19,398	342	38,558	102,224	2,876	12,907	2,212	38	204	1,869	714	181,342
Professionals	33,006	299	71,190	122,280	1,296	7,352	1,984	356	142	868	238	239,011
Technicians and Associate Professionals	33,596	1,886	58,971	202,882	2,536	6,472	1,556	83	111	445	423	308,961
Clerks	17,132	860	27,943	141,652	1,421	1,935	823	23	19	163	221	192,192
Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers	4,866	1,019	46,343	314,973	3,280	1,798	52	3	21	86	68	372,509
Skilled Agricultural and Fishery Workers	70	3	466	5,747	2	59	0	0	0	0	0	6,347
Craft and Related Trades Workers	2,128	170	47,661	788,823	1,151	962	105	143	5	43	84	841,275
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers	3,806	955	25,567	452,748	1,567	770	51	4	4	38	628	486,138
Elementary Occupations	2,971	502	19,454	364,017	3,105	0	0	0	0	0	305	390,354
Not Stated	49	15	1,638	12,446	137	38	13	1	1	7	31	14,376
Total	117,022	6,051	337,791	2,507,792	17,371	32,293	6,796	651	507	3,519	2,712	3,032,505

Source: Employment, Wages, and Hours of Work Survey ( October 2008 ).
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data, definitions

The Employment, Wages and Hours of Work Survey 2008 was conducted on a representative sample of all the establishments employing one worker or more in every Emirate,
excluding the establishments linked to the Armed forces, to the Security sector as well as international and regional corporations.
Sample of survey: all governmental and joint sector establishments; 6,215 non-governmental establishments.
Period of reference: October 2008.

2. Institution which provides data

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

3. Data availability

The results and metadata of the Survey are available (in English and in Arabic) in the following PDF publication:
http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/ReportPDF/P_DSS_SS_%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A9%20%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AD%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B8%D9%81%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%20%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84_160912.pdf

A selection of tables appear in Excel format on NBS’s website:
http://www.uaestatistics.gov.ae/EnglishHome/ReportDetailsEnglish/tabid/121/Default.aspx?ItemId=1901&PTID=104&MenuId=1

Last date of access: March 3, 2015.

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