Number of workers employed by state rises 1.3% in Q3 to 733,771
In year-on-year terms, the 1.3% growth in public administration employment in the third quarter of 2022 resulted mainly from the increase in central government (0.9%) and local government (2.9%).
The number of public administration workers in Portugal totalled 733,771 in the third quarter, an increase of 1.3% year-on-year, but a decrease of 1% compared to the previous quarter, according to data released by DGAEP.
Compared to December 2011, there are 6,070 more jobs in public administration, corresponding to a growth of 0.8%, the statistical summary of civil service employment from the department of public administration and employment (DGAEP) shows.
In year-on-year terms, the 1.3% growth in public administration employment in the third quarter of 2022 resulted mainly from the increase in central government (0.9%) and local government (2.9%).
In central government, the increase in employment essentially occurred in teaching and research (2,360 more jobs), in public corporate entities (EPE) of the national health service (1,951 more jobs), and in establishments of basic and secondary education and teaching (1,585 more jobs).
Amongst the careers that contributed most to the year-on-year increase in employment, DGAEP highlights the careers of polytechnic and university lecturers (a total of 2,085 more), security forces (960 more), senior technicians (811), nurses (791), doctors (706) and operational assistants (696 more jobs).
In comparison with the end of the previous quarter, public administration employment fell by 7,356 jobs (less 1%) due, above all, to the reduction of employment in the areas of education and science, technology and higher education, which together lost 7,783 workers.
This quarterly reduction reflects “the change of school year activity with the placement processes of teachers in higher education and basic and secondary education establishments, as well as of senior technicians for curricular enrichment activities (AEC) in basic and secondary education, still underway at the end of the third quarter,” explains DGAEP.
“In the governmental area of national defence, the reduction of 755 jobs is related to the decrease in employment in the armed forces, especially soldiers and sergeants,” the body adds.
In terms of salaries, the document reveals that in July the average monthly basic salary of full-time workers was €1,559.4, an average increase of 0.1% compared to the reference month of the previous quarter (April 2022), and a year-on-year rise of 1.6% “due to the combined effect of the entry and departure of workers with different remuneration levels and the update of the guaranteed minimum monthly salary (RMMG) and the base salary to €705.00.
The average monthly salary (which includes remuneration supplements) in July was €1,825, corresponding to an increase of 0.5% compared to the previous quarter and 1.2% year-on-year.
“The year-on-year change results from the increase in the average monthly basic pay and the overall decrease in the importance of the remaining earning components, such as allowances and payments for overtime or extra hours,” DGAEP indicates.
