The statistic shows the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in Italy from 2012 to 2022. In 2022, 3.79 percent of the workforce in Italy were employed in agriculture, 26.87 percent in industry and 69.34 percent in services.

In 2019, the ICT sector (Information and Communications Technology) registered the largest amount of job offers in Italy. More specifically, 17.3 percent of the employment offers were recorded in this field. Retail was the second largest sector for the job market, followed by telecommunication.

In Italy, the highest increase in employment in terms of absolute numbers will be in the sector of security and office administration. Between 2021 and 2030, it is expected that this sector will grow by around 157 thousand job positions. The accommodation and catering sector will experience the second highest employment change of around 137 thousand jobs during that same time period.

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues –occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. Starting from the first quarter of 2021, the indications of European Regulation 1700/2019 have been transposed, which concern in particular the changes in the definitions of family and employee, and a new questionnaire has been adopted (see notes). The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, reasons for not working. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, the type of contract, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, night and weekend work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in, hours worked. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons for the interruption of work. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with self-perceived employment conditions, and retirement. The seventh section concerns employment services and employment agencies, and investigates their use by the respondents: quantity of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The eighth section concerns education and training: degree obtained, course of study currently attended, professional training. The last section focuses on the self-perception of the employment status, compared to the previous year. 134,398 individuals, 61,741 families. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job's issues - occupation, sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts' type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview's week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section - reserved for employed people - covers the main job, investigating in particular the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section - always reserved for employed people - concerns the secondary work (if any). It's exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as: type of activity, type of contract, occupation, economic sector he works in. The fourth section - for unemployed people - collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: number of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year. About 44.000 families, 99.500 individuals. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job's issues - occupation, sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts' type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview's week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section - reserved for employed people - covers the main job, investigating in particular the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section - always reserved for employed people - concerns the secondary work (if any). It's exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as: type of activity, type of contract, occupation, economic sector he works in. The fourth section - for unemployed people - collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: number of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year. 43,478 families, 96,123 individuals. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job's issues - occupation, sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts' type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview's week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section - reserved for employed people - covers the main job, investigating in particular the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section - always reserved for employed people - concerns the secondary work (if any). It's exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as: type of activity, type of contract, occupation, economic sector he works in. The fourth section - for unemployed people - collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: number of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year.

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues – occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: the number of contacts, the reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year. 93,406 individuals, 42,497households. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues –occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. Starting from the first quarter of 2021, the indications of European Regulation 1700/2019 have been transposed, which concern in particular the changes in the definitions of family and employee, and a new questionnaire has been adopted (see notes). The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, reasons for not working. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, the type of contract, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, night and weekend work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in, hours worked. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons for the interruption of work. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with self-perceived employment conditions, and retirement. The seventh section concerns employment services and employment agencies, and investigates their use by the respondents: quantity of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The eighth section concerns education and training: degree obtained, course of study currently attended, professional training. The last section focuses on the self-perception of the employment status, compared to the previous year.

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues –occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. Starting from the first quarter of 2021, the indications of European Regulation 1700/2019 have been transposed, which concern in particular the changes in the definitions of family and employee, and a new questionnaire has been adopted (see notes). The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, reasons for not working. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, the type of contract, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, night and weekend work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in, hours worked. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons for the interruption of work. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with self-perceived employment conditions, and retirement. The seventh section concerns employment services and employment agencies, and investigates their use by the respondents: quantity of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The eighth section concerns education and training: degree obtained, course of study currently attended, professional training. The last section focuses on the self-perception of the employment status, compared to the previous year. 126,921 individuals, 59,939 families. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

This statistic depicts the preferred field of work of students graduated from upper secondary school in Italy in 2019, by gender. According to data, the largest group of female students willing to work after the high school diploma wished to work in the field of retail, hotels or public services (19.2 percent).

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues –occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. Starting from the first quarter of 2021, the indications of European Regulation 1700/2019 have been transposed, which concern in particular the changes in the definitions of family and employee, and a new questionnaire has been adopted (see notes). The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, reasons for not working. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, the type of contract, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, night and weekend work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in, hours worked. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons for the interruption of work. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with self-perceived employment conditions, and retirement. The seventh section concerns employment services and employment agencies, and investigates their use by the respondents: quantity of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The eighth section concerns education and training: degree obtained, course of study currently attended, professional training. The last section focuses on the self-perception of the employment status, compared to the previous year. 127,919 individuals, 59,475 families. Two-stage stratified random sample Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI)

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job’s issues – occupation, the sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts’ type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of the population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview’s week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section – reserved for employed people – covers the main job, investigating, in particular, the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section – always reserved for employed people – concerns the secondary work (if any). It’s exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as the type of activity, type of contract, occupation, the economic sector he works in. The fourth section – for unemployed people – collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: the number of contacts, the reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year.

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job's issues - occupation, sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts' type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview's week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section - reserved for employed people - covers the main job, investigating in particular the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section - always reserved for employed people - concerns the secondary work (if any). It's exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as: type of activity, type of contract, occupation, economic sector he works in. The fourth section - for unemployed people - collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: number of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year.

The Italian Labour Force Survey is the main source of statistical information on the Italian labor market. The information gathered from the population constitutes the basis on which official estimations of employment and unemployment are calculated, as well as information on the main job's issues - occupation, sector of economic activity, hours worked, contracts' type and duration, training. The survey data are used to analyze a number of individual, family and social factors too, such as the increasing labor mobility, changing professions, the growth in female participation, etc.., which determine the difference in labor participation of population. The questionnaire is divided into several sections. In particular, in addition to the first socio-demographic information, the first section covers the employment status during the interview's week, dealing with questions about the type of work, hours worked, motivations about the unemployment status, the type of contract. The second section - reserved for employed people - covers the main job, investigating in particular the position in the profession, the industry in which he works, the company he works for, working full-time or part-time and reasons for his selection, working hours, overtime hours, shift work, job transfer, salary, job satisfaction. The third section - always reserved for employed people - concerns the secondary work (if any). It's exclusively addressed to respondents who carry out another activity compared to the main one and only detects certain information such as: type of activity, type of contract, occupation, economic sector he works in. The fourth section - for unemployed people - collects information about previous work experiences: last work, type of contract, occupation, economic sector, the reasons why it stopped working. The fifth section deals with the job search. It investigates the reason for seeking a job, the actions put in place to look for it, the channels used to look for and the type of work sought. The sixth section deals with employment and temp agencies and investigates their use by the respondents: number of contacts, reason for contact, services required. The seventh section covers education and vocational education. It deals with the training courses respondents are attending. The last section focuses on the auto-perception of their employment status, compared to the previous year.