• Employees in Europe 2020, by sector

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There were almost 35 million people working in the manufacturing sector in the European Union and United Kingdom, as of the the third quarter of 2020, the most of any industry sector. Employees working in wholesale and retail trade numbered approximately 30.6 million, while there were 25.9 million people working in human health and social work.

Number of employees in the European Union (EU27) and United Kingdom as of 3rd quarter 2020 (in 1,000s), by sector

	Number of employees (in 1,000s)
Manufacturing	34,951.5
Wholesale and retail trade	30,590.6
Human health and social work	25,953.4
Education	17,500.2
Public administration and defence	16,714.7
Construction	15,123.1
Professional, scientific and technical activities	13,659.9
Transportation and storage	11,738.3
Accomodation and food service	10,011
Administrative and support service activities	9,077.8
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	8,930.9
Information and communication	8,381.1
Financial and insurance	6,824.5
Other service activities	6,155.5
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3,967.1
Real estate	2,071.1
Activities of households as employers	1,974.3
Water supply, sewerage, and waste management	1,907.1
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1,743.3
Mining and quarrying	737.9
Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	201.7

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January 2021

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Region

United Kingdom, EU

Survey time period

Q3 2020

Age group

15-64 years

Supplementary notes

*Including repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

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