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Number of people employed in the social services of the Basque Country, by population type, qualification, province, tenure and sex. 2023

Departamento de Empleo y Políticas Sociales

	Basque Country		Araba/Álava		Bizkaia		Gipuzkoa		Public		Private
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women
Total
Total staff	36,947	25,311	5,784	4,240	17,825	12,528	13,338	8,543	8,150	6,247	28,797	19,064
Directorate-Administration	4,746	3,251	723	538	2,452	1,664	1,571	1,049	1,814	1,391	2,932	1,860
Service personnel	2,834	2,255	405	312	1,475	1,177	954	766	667	477	2,167	1,778
Sanitary personnel	10,385	9,169	2,153	1,911	5,323	4,689	2,909	2,569	2,143	1,963	8,242	7,206
Technical personnel	2,949	2,595	599	532	1,410	1,239	940	824	1,292	1,205	1,657	1,390
Educational personnel	4,192	2,885	399	273	2,278	1,628	1,515	984	507	356	3,685	2,529
Other personnel	2,123	1,557	125	98	856	699	1,142	760	405	348	1,718	1,209
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	9,718	3,599	1,380	576	4,031	1,432	4,307	1,591	1,322	507	8,396	3,092
General population
Total staff	2,219	1,914	447	385	991	840	781	689	2,113	1,827	106	87
Directorate-Administration	1,096	870	245	193	526	414	325	263	1,076	855	20	15
Service personnel	11	6	3	2	3	1	5	3	8	3	3	3
Sanitary personnel	8	7	3	3	5	4	0	0	8	7	0	0
Technical personnel	922	861	186	177	351	327	385	357	885	830	37	31
Educational personnel	39	35	9	9	26	22	4	4	4	4	35	31
Other personnel	143	135	1	1	80	72	62	62	132	128	11	7
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Infancy-youth
Total staff	630	479	68	58	367	277	195	144	312	259	318	220
Directorate-Administration	140	101	17	13	64	48	59	40	74	62	66	39
Service personnel	57	48	1	1	30	21	26	26	36	27	21	21
Sanitary personnel	30	21	0	0	1	1	29	20	0	0	30	21
Technical personnel	127	110	37	33	75	63	15	14	104	93	23	17
Educational personnel	261	188	13	11	184	134	64	43	93	74	168	114
Other personnel	15	11	0	0	13	10	2	1	5	3	10	8
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Woman
Total staff	153	137	11	11	137	121	5	5	24	23	129	114
Directorate-Administration	30	23	0	0	30	23	0	0	7	6	23	17
Service personnel	11	9	0	0	11	9	0	0	0	0	11	9
Sanitary personnel	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Technical personnel	30	28	6	6	21	19	3	3	14	14	16	14
Educational personnel	53	49	5	5	46	42	2	2	0	0	53	49
Other personnel	28	28	0	0	28	28	0	0	3	3	25	25
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elder people
Total staff	13,447	11,573	2,688	2,310	6,844	5,893	3,915	3,370	2,876	2,474	10,571	9,099
Directorate-Administration	1,240	808	252	172	604	397	384	239	401	281	839	527
Service personnel	2,014	1,690	320	255	1,017	868	677	567	447	336	1,567	1,354
Sanitary personnel	9,118	8,120	1,929	1,712	4,695	4,159	2,494	2,249	1,785	1,636	7,333	6,484
Technical personnel	623	564	122	111	334	302	167	151	167	158	456	406
Educational personnel	251	222	23	22	133	117	95	83	39	34	212	188
Other personnel	201	169	42	38	61	50	98	81	37	29	164	140
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
People with a disability
Total staff	17,389	8,980	2,183	1,189	7,713	4,107	7,493	3,684	2,553	1,453	14,836	7,527
Directorate-Administration	1,583	969	124	91	863	516	596	362	131	90	1,452	879
Service personnel	579	413	55	37	330	225	194	151	124	80	455	333
Sanitary personnel	1,072	898	211	188	524	448	337	262	350	320	722	578
Technical personnel	569	478	92	75	283	238	194	165	40	37	529	441
Educational personnel	2,336	1,528	291	189	1,109	766	936	573	364	238	1,972	1,290
Other personnel	1,578	1,115	38	35	609	500	931	580	222	181	1,356	934
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	9,672	3,579	1,372	574	3,995	1,414	4,305	1,591	1,322	507	8,350	3,072
Social exclusion
Total staff	3,109	2,228	387	287	1,773	1,290	949	651	272	211	2,837	2,017
Directorate-Administration	657	480	85	69	365	266	207	145	125	97	532	383
Service personnel	162	89	26	17	84	53	52	19	52	31	110	58
Sanitary personnel	156	123	10	8	97	77	49	38	0	0	156	123
Technical personnel	678	554	156	130	346	290	176	134	82	73	596	481
Educational personnel	1,252	863	58	37	780	547	414	279	7	6	1,245	857
Other personnel	158	99	44	24	65	39	49	36	6	4	152	95
Other personnel E.E.C (1)	46	20	8	2	36	18	2	0	0	0	46	20

(1)C.E.E = Special Employment Centres

Date January 28, 2026

Source: Department of Welfare, Youth and Demographic Challenge. Social Services and Social Action Statistics

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Number of people employed in the social services of the Basque Country, by population type, qualification, province, tenure and sex. 2023

Operation :: Social Services and Social Action Statistics

Código operación :: 061002
Frequency :: Yearly
Timeframe :: 2023
Last updated :: 01/28/2026
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