Employment in the Maritime Sector

Key Findings

Scotland’s marine economy employed 71,000 people (headcount), 2.7% of the total Scottish employment. This excludes offshore renewables and oil and gas extraction. Figure 1

Figures show total number of headcount, number of people employed, and number of Full Time Equivalent positions. Many marine sectors such as tourism and inshore fishing employ a large number of people on a part time bases resulting in the large difference.

Numbers of people employed stayed broadly stable until 2019 but fell markedly due to COVID19, there is signs of a slow recovery.

Aberdeen is the local authority with a the largest number of marine jobs in Scotland, with Highland council second and Aberdeenshire first. Figure 2 and 3

Figure for people employed in the Marine Sector in Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City are difficult in interpreted partly because many people may move housing location between the two authorities. Togather figure have remained stable since 2019. Figure 4

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Notes

aGVA represents the amount that individual businesses, industries or sectors contribute to the economy. Generally, this is measured by the income generated by the business, industry or sector minus their intermediate consumption of goods and services used up in order to produce their output, labour costs (for example, wages and salaries) and an operating surplus (or loss). The latter is a good approximation for profits, from which the cost of capital investment, financial charges and the payment of dividends to shareholders are met.

Linked Information Sheets

Marine Tourism Businesses
Visitor Numbers at Key Sites
Cruise Tourism (Vessel Numbers)
Cruise Tourism (Visitor Numbers)
Contribution to Economy
Employment
Skills and Training

Key sources of Information

Supporting documents - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2022 - gov.scot

Supporting documents - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2021 - gov.scot

Supporting documents - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2020 - gov.scot

Supporting documents - Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2019 - gov.scot

DCMS Economic Estimates 2019: Gross Value Added – Technical and quality assurance report - GOV.UK

Reviewed on/by

18/12/23 by Ian Hay

Status

First Draft (this is for demonstration only at this time and has not been reviewed)

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Cover Photograph - David R. Green