Employment by occupation
Employment by major occupational group, in thousands of people.
- Records
- 55
- Vintage
- 2026 edition; observation years vary by table
- Last checked
- 16 October 2026
- Published by
- GovernmentDepartment of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka
What this dataset contains
DCS Labour Force Survey national estimates for 2021–2025, compiled in the Pocket Book. The table uses ISCO-08 major groups for employed household members aged 15 and over and retains the published overall total. Counts are in thousands of people.
How it is used here
Compare occupational groups in 2025 or track professional, technical and clerical employment over time.
What it cannot tell you
These are rounded survey estimates, not exact administrative counts, vacancies, wages or employment by industry. Occupation describes the work performed; industry describes the employer’s activity. Armed-forces and unidentified occupations are combined in the source and cannot be separated. Totals overlap their components, and rounding can prevent exact reconciliation. The table has no district or sex breakdown.