Portugal: water supply & waste management employees 2021

The number of employees in the water supply (sewerage, waste management, and remediation activities) industry in Portugal increased by 865 employees (+2.41 percent) since the previous year. Therefore, the number of employees in Portugal reached a peak in 2021 with 36,690 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 Portugal from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021b	36,690
2020	35,825
2019	33,996
2018	32,640
2017	31,977
2016	31,322
2015	29,398
2014	29,307
2013	29,507
2012	30,066

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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 E of CE Rev 2.

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