THE working population hit a record high last year with more people now employed in the finance industry than at any time in the Island’s history.
Official figures released today reveal that the number of employed Islanders reached 53,040 in December, 1,460 more than at the same time in 2006.
That equates to a three per cent rise in the labour force - three times as high as the States target of one per cent.
Also in December, the size of the finance industry workforce exceeded 13,000 for the first time, providing yet more evidence of last year’s economic boom.
All but 70 of the 1,460 extra workers were in the private sector, and two-thirds had lived in Jersey for at least five years and were therefore locally qualified.
Economic Development Minister Philip Ozouf said that the figures were yet more evidence that Jersey was booming last year and keeping pace with some of the world’s fastest-growing tiger economies.
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