Italy: water supply & waste management employees 2021

In 2021, the number of employees in the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Italy remained nearly unchanged at around 208,327 employees. Nevertheless, 2021 still represents a peak in the number of employees in this industry in Italy with 208,327 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 water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities industry in Italy from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	208,327
2020	207,320
2019	200,589
2018	196,083
2017b	189,051
2016	187,378
2015	179,043
2014	175,044
2013	174,388
2012	174,570

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Release date

March 2024

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Italy

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 E of CE Rev 2.

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