Number of public sector employees UK 2024, by industry

Published by D. Clark, Jun 18, 2024

The National Health Service (NHS) had around 2.02 million employees as of the first quarter of 2024, making it the largest public sector employer in the United Kingdom. In the same quarter, just over 1.5 million people worked in education, the second-largest industry in terms of public sector employees.

Number of public sector employees in the United Kingdom as of 1st quarter 2024, by industry (in 1,000s)

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June 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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