Published the Statistical Staff Bulletin at the Service of Public Administrations with data as of January 2022

30/06/2022

According to the latest Staff Statistical Bulletin for the Service of Public Administrations (BEPSAP), the number of public employees as of January 2022 is 2,717,570. Of these, over half (59.31%) serve in the public sector of the Autonomous Communities, followed by 21.79% in the public sector of the Local Government and 18.90% in the public sector of the State. It maintains one of the features that define public employment in Spain, its decentralization, in line with the territorial organization of the State itself.

The number of employees and employees compared to the previous semester (July 2021) shows a slight decrease of 0.4% (11,179 troops), although, when observing the breakdown by sector, it is noted that the Local Administration has increased its strength by 0.8%, the Administration of Justice by 0.7% and the State Security Forces and Bodies by 0.6%. The overall decline is mainly attributable to employees of the AACC, which has been reduced by 0.8 per cent (13,114 troops).

As for the type of public employee, 53.5 per cent are career staff, 22.6 per cent are working staff and the rest of the staff (interim staff, temporary staff and other staff) represents 23.9 per cent. It is in the General Administration of the State that career officials predominate, accounting for 82 per cent of the total, compared to 53 per cent in the regional governments and 32 per cent in the local administration.

From a gender perspective, 57.73% of the AAPP personnel are women and 42.27% are men. It is noteworthy that the percentage of women exceeds that of men in most cases, and only in the State Armed Forces and Forces and Security Forces the percentage of men is clearly higher than that of women (12.4% of women over the total).

In terms of territorial distribution, the AACC with the highest number of employees in absolute terms are Andalusia, C. Madrid and Catalonia, a situation that is repeated if we observe only the staff at the service of the Autonomous Administrations. The regional governments with the largest number of government employees are C.Madrid, Andalusia and C.Valenciana. and the Local Administration are Andalusia, Catalonia and C.Valenciana.

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Infographic of public employees 2022