In February 2026, total government employment reached 55,331 persons, with a 0.1% increase compared to February 2025. Changes varied across categories and services.
In February 2026, total government employment was 55,331 persons, representing an increase of 35 employees (0.1%) compared to February 2025.
Employment in the Civil Service and Security Forces declined by 0.9% and 0.5%, respectively, while employment in the Educational Service increased by 1.8%.
The largest increase in total employment was observed in employees with contracts of indefinite duration (1.6%), and the largest decrease in employees with contracts of definite duration (-0.9%).
Within services, the largest percentage increase was in employees with indefinite contracts in the Educational Service (25.2%), while the largest decrease was in employees with definite contracts in the Security Forces (-85.4%), mainly due to contract non-renewals in July 2025.
For January–February 2026, the average total government employment increased by 0.3% compared to the same period in 2025.
Detailed data includes figures for each category and service, with percentage changes from February 2025 and January–February 2025.
Note that since January 2024, the classification was updated, and data from previous months are not comparable due to methodological changes.
Further information is available on the CYSTAT portal and contact details are provided in the methodological section.
