Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2009 Edition

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Table C31 Number of employees on main holdings, December 2004 to 2008

December
2004

December
2005

December
2006

December
2007

December
2008

Full-time regular employees:

number

number

number

number

number

Full-time males

11,699

10,928

10,759

10,616

10,286

Full-time females

1,253

972

1,225

1,168

1,115

Total full-time regular employees

12,952

11,900

11,984

11,784

11,401

Part-time regular employees:

Male

3,378

3,771

3,240

3,196

3,098

Female

1,811

1,938

1,697

1,614

1,603

Total part-time regular employees

5,189

5,709

4,937

4,810

4,701

Casual and seasonal employees:

Male

2,651

2,315

2,455

2,761

2,483

Female

654

578

639

747

853

Total casual and seasonal employees

3,305

2,893

3,094

3,508

3,336

All employees:

Male

17,728

17,014

16,454

16,573

15,867

Female

3,718

3,488

3,561

3,529

3,571

Total employees

21,446

20,502

20,015

20,102

19,438

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