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Population in work in the Basque Country by work preferences and sex, according to social-demographic characteristics (%). 2024

Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Instituto Vasco de Estadística

	Profesional situation		Size of company		Occupational sector
	Employee	Being autonomous	Working in a small company	Working in a large company	Working in the private sector	Working in the public sector
Basque Country	86.0	14.0	42.4	57.6	37.7	62.3
Territory of residence
Araba / Álava	88.0	12.0	42.7	57.3	34.6	65.4
Bizkaia	86.1	13.9	38.7	61.3	35.5	64.5
Gipuzkoa	84.9	15.1	47.9	52.1	42.3	57.7
Age
16 to 24 years	89.0	11.0	38.2	61.8	38.9	61.1
25-34 years	84.3	15.7	48.1	51.9	42.2	57.8
35-44 years	85.1	14.9	41.6	58.4	36.9	63.1
45-54 years	86.9	13.1	39.7	60.3	37.4	62.6
55 and over years	86.3	13.7	43.6	56.4	35.3	64.7
Higher level of completed studies
Primary studies and less	81.7	18.3	64.7	35.3	42.5	57.5
Secondary and middle studies	81.9	18.1	39.4	60.6	43.3	56.7
Higher studies	86.3	13.7	42.5	57.5	37.3	62.7
Profession
Directors and managers	69.8	30.2	51.4	48.6	56.8	43.2
Technicals and scientific professionals and intellectuals	88.7	11.3	46.3	53.7	30.3	69.7
Support technicians and professionals	88.4	11.6	38.6	61.4	35.8	64.2
Employees in administration and accounts	95.1	4.9	35.1	64.9	32.0	68.0
Employees in catering, personal, security and sellers	83.4	16.6	46.4	53.6	34.6	65.4
Skilled workers in the agricultural, livestock, forestry and fishing sectors	61.2	38.8	76.1	23.9	54.9	45.1
Craftsmen and skilled workers from the manufacturing and construction industries	84.0	16.0	38.5	61.5	50.6	49.4
Operators of installations and machinery, and assembly	87.0	13.0	31.8	68.2	44.7	55.3
Elementary occupations	85.3	14.7	41.5	58.5	36.2	63.8
Branch of activity
Agriculture	64.5	35.5	62.3	37.7	61.2	38.8
Industry	87.8	12.2	33.4	66.6	52.3	47.7
Construction	77.4	22.6	46.5	53.5	49.7	50.3
Services	86.4	13.6	44.3	55.7	32.6	67.4
Profesional situation
Employers	52.1	47.9	60.4	39.6	56.2	43.8
Self employed, family help and other situation	50.0	50.0	65.7	34.3	51.2	48.8
Members of co-operatives	80.2	19.8	36.5	63.5	45.0	55.0
Public salaried sector	97.3	2.7	33.4	66.6	4.8	95.2
Private salaried sector	90.5	9.5	40.8	59.2	43.3	56.7
Type of working week
Full time	85.9	14.1	40.8	59.2	37.9	62.1
Part Time	86.4	13.6	50.8	49.2	36.7	63.3
Type of working week of spouse/partner
Full time	87.2	12.8	42.4	57.6	37.5	62.5
Part Time	82.6	17.4	45.1	54.9	40.7	59.3
Person not in work	85.5	14.5	42.1	57.9	37.4	62.6

Men	83.1	16.9	39.6	60.4	45.0	55.0
Territory of residence
Araba / Álava	84.5	15.5	41.5	58.5	40.2	59.8
Bizkaia	84.2	15.8	36.3	63.7	42.7	57.3
Gipuzkoa	80.9	19.1	43.8	56.2	50.6	49.4
Age
16 to 24 years	87.4	12.6	33.2	66.8	46.3	53.7
25-34 years	80.0	20.0	41.0	59.0	50.6	49.4
35-44 years	83.3	16.7	40.8	59.2	43.7	56.3
45-54 years	84.1	15.9	37.2	62.8	44.2	55.8
55 and over years	82.8	17.2	42.2	57.8	42.8	57.2
Higher level of completed studies
Primary studies and less	78.4	21.6	61.2	38.8	34.0	66.0
Secondary and middle studies	76.4	23.6	39.2	60.8	51.1	48.9
Higher studies	83.6	16.4	39.5	60.5	44.6	55.4
Profession
Directors and managers	65.3	34.7	54.8	45.2	62.9	37.1
Technicals and scientific professionals and intellectuals	86.8	13.2	43.9	56.1	42.2	57.8
Support technicians and professionals	88.0	12.0	35.5	64.5	38.4	61.6
Employees in administration and accounts	92.7	7.3	33.0	67.0	39.6	60.4
Employees in catering, personal, security and sellers	72.7	27.3	43.0	57.0	39.9	60.1
Skilled workers in the agricultural, livestock, forestry and fishing sectors	58.8	41.2	73.2	26.8	57.2	42.8
Craftsmen and skilled workers from the manufacturing and construction industries	84.1	15.9	39.4	60.6	50.3	49.7
Operators of installations and machinery, and assembly	86.2	13.8	30.2	69.8	44.0	56.0
Elementary occupations	85.9	14.1	28.3	71.7	43.1	56.9
Branch of activity
Agriculture	64.8	35.2	60.1	39.9	65.7	34.3
Industry	86.7	13.3	32.0	68.0	53.8	46.2
Construction	77.0	23.0	45.9	54.1	50.3	49.7
Services	82.8	17.2	41.9	58.1	39.1	60.9
Profesional situation
Employers	52.2	47.8	55.6	44.4	57.4	42.6
Self employed, family help and other situation	47.4	52.6	61.9	38.1	51.7	48.3
Members of co-operatives	72.7	27.3	33.7	66.3	57.2	42.8
Public salaried sector	96.1	3.9	36.1	63.9	6.8	93.2
Private salaried sector	89.3	10.7	35.8	64.2	49.9	50.1
Type of working week
Full time	83.1	16.9	39.1	60.9	44.5	55.5
Part Time	83.7	16.3	45.6	54.4	50.3	49.7
Type of working week of spouse/partner
Full time	83.2	16.8	40.3	59.7	47.7	52.3
Part Time	82.1	17.9	42.6	57.4	41.7	58.3
Person not in work	83.3	16.7	38.5	61.5	43.7	56.3

Women	89.1	10.9	45.5	54.5	29.8	70.2
Territory of residence
Araba / Álava	92.1	7.9	44.0	56.0	28.3	71.7
Bizkaia	88.2	11.8	41.3	58.7	27.9	72.1
Gipuzkoa	89.2	10.8	52.4	47.6	33.5	66.5
Age
16 to 24 years	91.1	8.9	44.3	55.7	29.6	70.4
25-34 years	88.7	11.3	55.6	44.4	33.3	66.7
35-44 years	87.0	13.0	42.3	57.7	29.5	70.5
45-54 years	89.8	10.2	42.5	57.5	30.0	70.0
55 and over years	90.0	10.0	45.0	55.0	27.5	72.5
Higher level of completed studies
Primary studies and less	90.3	9.7	73.9	26.1	64.6	35.4
Secondary and middle studies	89.0	11.0	39.7	60.3	33.3	66.7
Higher studies	89.1	10.9	45.7	54.3	29.5	70.5
Profession
Directors and managers	77.3	22.7	45.8	54.2	46.5	53.5
Technicals and scientific professionals and intellectuals	90.1	9.9	48.0	52.0	21.8	78.2
Support technicians and professionals	89.0	11.0	43.3	56.7	31.9	68.1
Employees in administration and accounts	96.5	3.5	36.3	63.7	27.4	72.6
Employees in catering, personal, security and sellers	88.2	11.8	48.0	52.0	32.2	67.8
Skilled workers in the agricultural, livestock, forestry and fishing sectors	78.2	21.8	96.7	3.3	39.0	61.0
Craftsmen and skilled workers from the manufacturing and construction industries	82.0	18.0	23.7	76.3	55.4	44.6
Operators of installations and machinery, and assembly	93.1	6.9	42.7	57.3	49.2	50.8
Elementary occupations	85.0	15.0	48.0	52.0	32.8	67.2
Branch of activity
Agriculture	62.5	37.5	77.3	22.7	31.1	68.9
Industry	92.3	7.7	38.8	61.2	46.6	53.4
Construction	81.0	19.0	51.0	49.0	44.7	55.3
Services	89.0	11.0	45.9	54.1	28.0	72.0
Profesional situation
Employers	52.0	48.0	68.3	31.7	54.4	45.6
Self employed, family help and other situation	54.1	45.9	71.8	28.2	50.3	49.7
Members of co-operatives	88.7	11.3	39.7	60.3	31.1	68.9
Public salaried sector	98.0	2.0	31.7	68.3	3.6	96.4
Private salaried sector	91.9	8.1	46.5	53.5	35.8	64.2
Type of working week
Full time	89.7	10.3	43.0	57.0	29.1	70.9
Part Time	87.4	12.6	52.7	47.3	31.9	68.1
Type of working week of spouse/partner
Full time	90.4	9.6	44.2	55.8	29.2	70.8
Part Time	85.4	14.6	57.5	42.5	35.4	64.6
Person not in work	88.0	12.0	46.1	53.9	30.2	69.8