Portugal: professional & technical activities employees 2021

The number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical industry in Portugal increased by 7,979 employees (+4.28 percent) since the previous year. Therefore, the number of employees in Portugal reached a peak in 2021 with 194,296 employees.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the professional, scientific, and technical activities industry in Portugal from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	194,296
2020	186,317
2019	187,821
2018	171,881
2017	159,604
2016	152,454
2015	146,411
2014	141,686
2013	133,602
2012	131,127

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Release date

March 2024

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Portugal

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to code M of CE Rev 2.

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