Economically Active Population Survey National results Employed persons in the current quarter by big groups of occupation (CNO-94) in the current quarter (until the year 2010) according to their relationship with economic activity in the previous quarter Units: absolute values (in thousands) Total (previous quarter) Employed persons (previous quarter) Unemployed persons (previous quarter) Economically inactive persons (previous quarter) No data recorded (previous quarter) Total 2010Q4 18,674.9 17,277.5 877.2 520.2 .. 2010Q3 18,819.0 17,347.6 949.2 520.2 1.9 2010Q2 18,751.1 17,370.8 938.2 442.0 0.2 2010Q1 18,652.9 17,410.6 804.4 435.2 2.6 2009Q4 18,890.4 17,413.4 907.5 568.6 0.9 2009Q3 19,098.4 17,643.4 911.7 540.3 3.0 2009Q2 19,154.2 17,784.7 900.9 465.1 3.5 2009Q1 19,284.4 18,247.5 624.2 404.3 8.5 2008Q4 20,055.3 18,664.5 730.4 656.2 4.2 2008Q3 20,556.4 19,107.6 730.8 697.5 20.6 2008Q2 20,646.9 19,330.2 698.4 608.0 10.2 2008Q1 20,620.0 19,423.4 562.6 622.9 11.2 2007Q4 20,717.9 19,240.6 663.3 799.8 14.2 2007Q3 20,753.4 19,273.9 621.6 840.9 17.0 2007Q2 20,580.9 19,160.2 681.7 718.5 20.5 2007Q1 20,267.5 18,940.7 620.9 691.0 15.0 2006Q4 20,195.4 18,688.5 638.1 843.1 25.6 2006Q3 20,091.0 18,576.6 629.7 865.0 19.7 2006Q2 19,891.6 18,363.9 696.3 793.8 37.6 2006Q1 19,578.4 18,236.8 602.3 717.3 22.0 2005Q4 19,509.2 17,946.9 640.3 910.1 12.0 2005Q3 19,422.1 17,836.0 692.0 871.4 22.7 2005Q2 19,160.6 17,588.6 755.2 810.3 6.6 1 Business and public administration management 2010Q4 1,483.1 1,456.7 8.8 17.6 .. 2010Q3 1,487.2 1,457.5 15.6 14.1 .. 2010Q2 1,505.7 1,480.2 12.7 12.8 .. 2010Q1 1,449.0 1,424.7 13.0 11.3 .. 2009Q4 1,459.0 1,436.1 10.2 12.6 .. 2009Q3 1,485.2 1,462.5 11.3 11.4 .. 2009Q2 1,485.1 1,449.3 13.0 22.8 .. 2009Q1 1,501.5 1,474.2 9.5 17.8 .. 2008Q4 1,536.6 1,518.0 8.1 10.6 .. 2008Q3 1,599.3 1,574.2 7.3 17.8 .. 2008Q2 1,557.0 1,520.8 12.0 24.2 .. 2008Q1 1,581.3 1,549.6 8.2 23.5 .. 2007Q4 1,588.5 1,561.1 7.6 19.4 0.4 2007Q3 1,523.6 1,499.1 6.6 17.9 .. 2007Q2 1,476.0 1,442.8 11.4 21.8 .. 2007Q1 1,477.9 1,447.6 7.9 22.5 .. 2006Q4 1,427.6 1,395.1 7.7 24.8 .. 2006Q3 1,457.1 1,423.9 5.9 25.9 1.3 2006Q2 1,372.6 1,328.6 14.6 29.5 .. 2006Q1 1,376.3 1,343.6 7.4 25.3 .. 2005Q4 1,363.7 1,331.7 7.0 22.2 2.8 2005Q3 1,306.7 1,277.3 7.3 21.2 1.0 2005Q2 1,248.5 1,205.1 12.1 31.3 .. 2 Scientific and intellectual technicians and professionals 2010Q4 2,754.4 2,608.3 89.9 56.2 .. 2010Q3 2,746.8 2,659.7 41.6 45.6 .. 2010Q2 2,774.4 2,687.6 54.8 32.1 .. 2010Q1 2,718.6 2,636.6 42.4 39.6 .. 2009Q4 2,657.9 2,533.8 62.7 61.4 .. 2009Q3 2,660.2 2,558.8 52.5 48.8 .. 2009Q2 2,669.0 2,587.3 46.7 34.6 0.4 2009Q1 2,772.0 2,697.9 39.3 34.8 .. 2008Q4 2,703.9 2,546.9 78.2 78.8 .. 2008Q3 2,661.6 2,560.7 34.5 63.9 2.5 2008Q2 2,625.9 2,539.1 41.0 43.9 1.9 2008Q1 2,709.2 2,623.3 35.8 50.2 .. 2007Q4 2,586.6 2,440.4 54.6 91.6 .. 2007Q3 2,578.2 2,493.1 29.6 55.5 .. 2007Q2 2,639.0 2,543.7 36.3 57.7 1.3 2007Q1 2,618.2 2,531.7 43.1 43.4 .. 2006Q4 2,489.3 2,370.0 45.9 73.5 .. 2006Q3 2,476.0 2,367.0 39.5 69.5 .. 2006Q2 2,512.1 2,414.4 46.2 50.9 0.5 2006Q1 2,528.1 2,433.5 43.3 51.3 .. 2005Q4 2,509.3 2,353.5 53.7 102.1 .. 2005Q3 2,418.3 2,322.2 48.4 47.7 .. 2005Q2 2,415.0 2,325.4 36.6 53.0 .. 3 Support technicians and professionals 2010Q4 2,488.7 2,363.5 67.0 58.3 .. 2010Q3 2,406.6 2,285.3 69.6 51.7 .. 2010Q2 2,402.5 2,301.9 66.2 34.4 .. 2010Q1 2,435.5 2,323.2 72.9 39.4 .. 2009Q4 2,374.8 2,248.6 68.5 57.6 .. 2009Q3 2,426.2 2,324.5 56.2 45.1 0.3 2009Q2 2,439.6 2,321.1 77.4 40.1 0.9 2009Q1 2,477.9 2,386.0 56.8 34.4 0.8 2008Q4 2,500.0 2,372.9 56.2 68.1 2.7 2008Q3 2,542.9 2,425.1 55.4 62.4 .. 2008Q2 2,494.9 2,394.6 53.8 44.6 1.9 2008Q1 2,578.9 2,477.7 49.2 51.6 0.5 2007Q4 2,543.9 2,425.5 52.5 66.0 .. 2007Q3 2,544.6 2,433.1 41.3 70.0 0.2 2007Q2 2,491.3 2,371.2 58.8 61.2 0.2 2007Q1 2,490.5 2,368.1 49.5 73.0 .. 2006Q4 2,350.4 2,196.7 67.7 82.8 3.3 2006Q3 2,325.0 2,201.6 51.2 72.2 .. 2006Q2 2,368.9 2,234.8 66.3 67.9 .. 2006Q1 2,330.3 2,206.7 62.7 60.9 .. 2005Q4 2,274.9 2,142.0 62.7 70.3 .. 2005Q3 2,253.7 2,131.0 52.9 69.7 .. 2005Q2 2,221.5 2,072.5 78.9 69.5 0.6 4 Administrative-type employees 2010Q4 1,779.0 1,701.0 45.6 32.4 .. 2010Q3 1,821.5 1,679.1 77.8 64.5 .. 2010Q2 1,756.8 1,643.8 74.3 38.7 .. 2010Q1 1,760.8 1,672.1 58.7 30.0 .. 2009Q4 1,819.5 1,720.7 59.1 39.7 .. 2009Q3 1,843.8 1,696.0 84.4 63.3 .. 2009Q2 1,798.0 1,688.1 70.6 39.3 .. 2009Q1 1,793.9 1,726.0 35.8 31.0 1.0 2008Q4 1,892.7 1,798.3 45.8 48.7 .. 2008Q3 1,963.1 1,819.5 58.4 85.1 .. 2008Q2 1,931.1 1,790.2 74.7 66.1 0.1 2008Q1 1,902.8 1,807.9 45.4 49.5 .. 2007Q4 1,937.4 1,822.9 52.0 62.5 .. 2007Q3 1,994.5 1,826.4 74.8 93.3 .. 2007Q2 1,989.8 1,849.6 59.5 80.7 .. 2007Q1 1,993.4 1,859.0 61.6 72.8 .. 2006Q4 1,979.8 1,844.9 67.2 67.8 .. 2006Q3 1,982.1 1,832.3 66.0 83.8 .. 2006Q2 1,891.8 1,749.1 65.1 77.6 .. 2006Q1 1,847.0 1,718.1 50.9 77.4 0.7 2005Q4 1,862.4 1,715.3 65.4 81.6 0.2 2005Q3 1,872.3 1,699.2 80.0 93.0 .. 2005Q2 1,860.0 1,712.8 80.3 66.9 .. 5 Workers in catering, personal, and protection services and trade salespersons 2010Q4 3,149.2 2,832.1 163.4 153.6 .. 2010Q3 3,267.9 2,896.2 208.5 162.1 1.1 2010Q2 3,246.1 2,901.5 202.8 141.6 0.2 2010Q1 3,150.5 2,884.7 162.8 102.4 0.6 2009Q4 3,200.5 2,876.7 169.9 153.5 0.3 2009Q3 3,269.6 2,883.0 218.7 167.0 0.8 2009Q2 3,183.1 2,878.2 176.9 126.6 1.5 2009Q1 3,079.9 2,863.3 124.1 91.3 1.3 2008Q4 3,254.0 2,947.7 146.2 160.0 0.1 2008Q3 3,375.3 2,999.1 194.2 180.6 1.4 2008Q2 3,300.6 2,995.8 145.5 157.7 1.7 2008Q1 3,146.0 2,884.5 113.1 148.0 0.4 2007Q4 3,156.0 2,832.6 132.5 188.0 2.8 2007Q3 3,242.0 2,877.5 147.0 213.9 3.7 2007Q2 3,166.7 2,846.4 155.6 160.8 3.9 2007Q1 2,978.0 2,727.0 119.2 129.9 1.8 2006Q4 3,115.3 2,796.4 128.6 186.0 4.3 2006Q3 3,152.0 2,770.8 141.6 231.2 8.4 2006Q2 3,127.3 2,784.0 144.5 195.9 2.9 2006Q1 2,956.2 2,692.0 109.2 153.6 1.4 2005Q4 2,915.0 2,604.5 120.4 189.0 1.1 2005Q3 3,021.9 2,649.7 155.3 215.1 1.9 2005Q2 2,854.3 2,531.3 138.2 183.6 1.2 6 Skilled workers in agriculture and fishing 2010Q4 454.3 429.3 9.0 16.0 .. 2010Q3 453.9 424.2 15.2 14.4 0.1 2010Q2 473.9 434.8 25.2 14.0 .. 2010Q1 475.5 442.4 15.4 17.3 0.4 2009Q4 476.3 441.3 14.9 20.2 .. 2009Q3 493.7 467.0 15.8 10.9 .. 2009Q2 502.1 462.9 17.5 21.6 .. 2009Q1 484.0 451.2 13.8 18.9 .. 2008Q4 489.1 457.0 7.3 24.6 0.3 2008Q3 515.8 482.5 10.9 20.6 1.8 2008Q2 508.7 471.6 7.5 29.2 0.4 2008Q1 511.4 471.2 13.4 26.8 .. 2007Q4 527.3 488.8 10.0 28.5 .. 2007Q3 539.1 496.8 7.3 34.2 0.8 2007Q2 506.3 465.6 10.4 30.3 .. 2007Q1 514.1 467.9 14.4 31.9 .. 2006Q4 534.7 492.9 10.5 31.4 .. 2006Q3 533.1 488.2 13.1 31.9 .. 2006Q2 558.4 516.9 12.0 29.5 .. 2006Q1 580.2 532.1 9.5 38.6 .. 2005Q4 573.1 529.9 7.2 34.2 1.8 2005Q3 611.2 551.7 9.2 50.2 0.2 2005Q2 623.2 550.5 19.8 52.9 .. 7 Craftspersons and skilled workers in the manufacturing, construction and mining industries, except installation and machinery operators 2010Q4 2,290.2 2,110.5 141.5 38.2 .. 2010Q3 2,380.4 2,167.0 169.2 44.3 .. 2010Q2 2,379.4 2,152.2 176.1 51.1 .. 2010Q1 2,386.7 2,200.0 145.7 40.1 0.9 2009Q4 2,498.5 2,287.4 163.6 47.2 0.2 2009Q3 2,629.1 2,431.6 156.7 40.9 .. 2009Q2 2,693.0 2,470.5 182.7 39.8 .. 2009Q1 2,684.4 2,549.1 97.4 37.8 .. 2008Q4 2,965.1 2,801.8 116.2 47.0 .. 2008Q3 3,100.4 2,921.9 113.3 61.4 3.7 2008Q2 3,276.8 3,103.9 116.7 55.3 0.9 2008Q1 3,294.8 3,149.3 81.9 60.7 3.0 2007Q4 3,356.1 3,178.2 88.5 86.2 3.1 2007Q3 3,393.8 3,203.8 93.7 93.4 2.9 2007Q2 3,307.1 3,124.4 100.0 80.4 2.3 2007Q1 3,292.7 3,108.7 108.2 70.1 5.7 2006Q4 3,339.9 3,169.9 93.7 72.3 4.1 2006Q3 3,301.4 3,122.3 91.4 87.3 0.3 2006Q2 3,245.1 3,022.9 118.7 79.7 23.7 2006Q1 3,211.8 3,038.2 101.0 71.1 1.5 2005Q4 3,246.2 3,062.0 96.4 86.0 1.8 2005Q3 3,209.6 3,005.3 104.6 94.9 4.9 2005Q2 3,235.4 3,016.7 126.1 92.0 0.6 8 Installation and machinery operators and assemblers 2010Q4 1,627.1 1,554.2 55.4 17.4 .. 2010Q3 1,640.7 1,564.3 55.4 21.0 .. 2010Q2 1,614.4 1,521.3 74.1 19.0 .. 2010Q1 1,584.4 1,514.3 46.6 23.4 .. 2009Q4 1,603.6 1,508.0 71.0 24.5 .. 2009Q3 1,571.9 1,505.5 47.6 18.9 .. 2009Q2 1,666.0 1,589.3 55.5 21.2 .. 2009Q1 1,724.0 1,656.8 46.9 20.3 .. 2008Q4 1,839.8 1,773.6 43.6 22.6 .. 2008Q3 1,909.6 1,840.2 38.8 30.2 0.5 2008Q2 1,996.5 1,919.9 48.6 28.0 .. 2008Q1 1,951.0 1,879.3 37.9 33.7 .. 2007Q4 1,922.8 1,822.4 56.4 39.3 4.8 2007Q3 1,886.7 1,810.9 39.0 36.9 .. 2007Q2 1,926.7 1,845.4 54.1 27.0 0.1 2007Q1 1,910.4 1,832.2 50.2 27.5 0.6 2006Q4 1,907.3 1,820.9 50.9 35.0 0.4 2006Q3 1,874.3 1,791.4 41.2 41.6 .. 2006Q2 1,858.8 1,762.5 52.0 44.1 0.2 2006Q1 1,831.7 1,764.8 38.2 27.1 1.6 2005Q4 1,816.7 1,727.1 38.2 51.5 .. 2005Q3 1,800.8 1,714.2 42.8 43.6 0.3 2005Q2 1,814.3 1,735.1 43.8 35.2 0.1 9 Unskilled workers 2010Q4 2,541.4 2,115.1 296.7 129.7 .. 2010Q3 2,517.5 2,118.7 296.4 101.8 0.7 2010Q2 2,502.7 2,152.5 252.1 98.1 .. 2010Q1 2,586.1 2,210.5 245.5 129.3 0.8 2009Q4 2,697.4 2,262.2 285.0 149.9 0.3 2009Q3 2,611.9 2,210.5 266.2 133.3 1.9 2009Q2 2,605.9 2,232.1 258.7 114.4 0.7 2009Q1 2,665.0 2,344.0 199.5 116.2 5.3 2008Q4 2,775.7 2,355.3 225.6 193.7 1.1 2008Q3 2,796.4 2,393.6 218.1 174.1 10.6 2008Q2 2,866.5 2,506.8 198.0 158.3 3.4 2008Q1 2,858.5 2,499.0 176.4 175.8 7.3 2007Q4 3,019.1 2,592.8 208.0 215.2 3.1 2007Q3 2,971.1 2,553.8 182.5 225.4 9.5 2007Q2 2,993.3 2,588.3 194.1 198.2 12.7 2007Q1 2,906.6 2,514.6 166.1 219.1 6.9 2006Q4 2,965.8 2,521.2 165.1 266.0 13.5 2006Q3 2,912.9 2,504.7 179.6 219.0 9.7 2006Q2 2,882.6 2,478.4 176.2 217.7 10.4 2006Q1 2,832.1 2,426.5 179.5 209.2 16.9 2005Q4 2,853.1 2,389.6 187.9 271.3 4.2 2005Q3 2,832.8 2,394.2 190.9 233.2 14.5 2005Q2 2,804.3 2,355.6 219.4 225.2 4.1 0 Armed forces 2010Q4 107.6 106.8 .. 0.7 .. 2010Q3 96.4 95.6 .. 0.8 .. 2010Q2 95.2 95.0 .. 0.2 .. 2010Q1 105.8 102.1 1.5 2.3 .. 2009Q4 103.0 98.5 2.6 2.0 .. 2009Q3 106.9 103.8 2.3 0.8 .. 2009Q2 112.6 105.8 2.0 4.7 .. 2009Q1 101.8 99.0 1.1 1.7 .. 2008Q4 98.3 93.0 3.2 2.1 .. 2008Q3 92.1 90.7 .. 1.4 .. 2008Q2 89.0 87.6 0.7 0.8 .. 2008Q1 86.0 81.6 1.3 3.1 .. 2007Q4 80.3 76.0 1.2 3.1 .. 2007Q3 79.9 79.5 .. 0.4 .. 2007Q2 84.8 82.9 1.3 0.6 .. 2007Q1 85.5 84.0 0.7 0.8 .. 2006Q4 85.2 80.6 0.9 3.7 .. 2006Q3 77.1 74.4 0.2 2.6 .. 2006Q2 74.0 72.4 0.7 0.9 .. 2006Q1 84.8 81.4 0.7 2.8 .. 2005Q4 94.7 91.2 1.4 2.0 .. 2005Q3 94.7 91.4 0.5 2.8 .. 2005Q2 84.1 83.5 .. 0.7 .. Notes: Source: National Statistics Institute