69% Qataris in professional, clerical jobs; workers’ number up 5%

ASIF IQBAL

DOHA NEARLY 69 percent of economically active Qataris are professionals or clerks though white collar workers comprise only 9 percent of the country’s labour force, a Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) survey has found.

The Labour Force Sample Survey also revealed that the number of workers (including expatriates) rose 5 percent over last year’s count to reach 1.3 million in 2012 and comprises 86.5 percent of the country’s population in the 15 plus age group. In the given age bracket, 95.7 percent males and 52.4 percent females are employed.

The survey found economic participation peaking in the 25 to 34 year age group at 92.6 percent. It also found economic dependency down from 34.7 percent in 2011 to 33.6 percent in 2012.

Half of economically active Qataris are specialists or clerks and if those engaged in other regular occupations or operating machines are included, the percentage rises to 69.2, the QSA survey said.

Out of every 10 Qatari workers, three are in clerical jobs and as many are specialists, it pointed out.

The survey noted that the construction industry engages the maximum number of workers for any single activity (37.2 percent), and together with trading, it provides employment to 50 percent of the workers in the country. It further revealed that 98 percent of workers engaged in these two types of activities are expatriate males.

About 73.2 percent of Qatari workers are in jobs in “public administration, education and health”. Of these, 63.9 percent are males and 36.1 percent females, the survey pointed out.

The private sector accounts for approximately three-quarters of total labour force, most of them non- Qatari (99.2 percent), the survey said. As much as 83.7 percent of Qatari labour is concentrated in the public sector (67.2 percent male and 32.8 percent female).

Only 9.3 percent of Qatari labour force (57.4 percent male and 42.6 percent female) works for the private sector. However, this is more than 8.4 percent last year, the survey has found.

The survey revealed that the average job-holder works 50 hours a week and draws QR9,000 a month as salary.

The maximum average monthly wage given to males working in areas like public administration, defence and social security reached QR23,000 in 2012 while for female workers it climbed to QR20,000.

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