--- title: "States spending and staffing" url: https://www.nsfw.info/data/states-spending/ published: 2026-10-06T18:08:13+00:00 modified: 2026-10-06T18:45:25+00:00 author: "admin" categories: [] summary: "" publisher: NSFW (https://www.nsfw.info) --- # States spending and staffing What the Government of Jersey spends, what it spends it on, and how many people the public sector employs, from the official statistics. Updated automatically when new figures are published. Spending figures to **2025**. Jobs to **December 2025**. Public spending, 2025 £1.89bn up 2.9% on 2024, and +15% since 2022 Per islander £18,080 After inflation, down 3.3% on 2022 Core public sector jobs 8,870 December 2025, up 49% since 1998 Private sector jobs 54,730 Up 23% since 1998 ## Where the money goes Social Protection is the biggest area of spending at £596m in 2025, 32% of the total. Spending is grouped by what it is for, using the international COFOG classification, so it includes money spent through funds and arm's-length bodies as well as government departments. *Chart: Public spending by purpose, 2025 (see the data tables and CSV download)* **Public spending by purpose** | Purpose | 2022 | 2025 | Change | Share of 2025 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Social Protection | £537m | £596m | +11% | 31.5% | | Health | £459m | £559m | +22% | 29.6% | | Education | £199m | £227m | +14% | 12.0% | | General public services | £175m | £197m | +12% | 10.4% | | Public order and safety | £94m | £111m | +18% | 5.9% | | Economics | £73m | £89m | +23% | 4.7% | | Environmental protection | £51m | £57m | +12% | 3.0% | | Recreation, culture and religion | £43m | £39m | -10% | 2.1% | | Housing and community amenities | £10m | £14m | +41% | 0.7% | | Defence | £2m | £1m | -30% | 0.1% | | Total | £1.64bn | £1.89bn | +15% | 100% | ### The biggest budgets **The 15 largest areas of spending** | Area | 2022 | 2025 | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Hospital services | £268m | £323m | +21% | | Social protection: old age | £254m | £281m | +10% | | Outpatient services | £87m | £119m | +36% | | Social protection: sickness and disability | £80m | £94m | +18% | | Social protection: social exclusion (other) | £90m | £92m | +2% | | Pre-primary and primary education | £72m | £89m | +24% | | Secondary education | £68m | £82m | +20% | | General government services | £67m | £80m | +20% | | Executive, financial, fiscal and external affairs | £65m | £61m | -7% | | Health (other) | £37m | £55m | +49% | | Social protection: family and children | £45m | £55m | +21% | | Social protection: housing | £42m | £50m | +18% | | Police services | £40m | £46m | +15% | | Economic affairs: transport | £30m | £34m | +12% | | Public debt transactions | £26m | £33m | +28% | *Chart: Fastest-growing areas of spending, 2022 to 2025 (see the data tables and CSV download)* ## Spending per islander Public spending works out at £18,080 for every man, woman and child in Jersey in 2025. Allowing for inflation, that is down 3.3% on 2022. *Chart: Public spending per islander, 2022 to 2025 (see the data tables and CSV download)* ## How Jersey compares Statistics Jersey publishes Jersey's spending on the same basis as 34 other countries, so the shares can be compared. The chart shows where Jersey spends a bigger or smaller share of its budget than the average of those countries. *Chart: Jersey's share of spending against the average, percentage points (see the data tables and CSV download)* **Share of public spending by purpose** | Purpose | Jersey | United Kingdom | Ireland | Switzerland | Luxembourg | Iceland | Average | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | General public services | 10.4% | 13.8% | 9.4% | 10.9% | 10.4% | 17.1% | 12.0% | | Defence | 0.1% | 3.6% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 3.2% | | Public order and safety | 6.0% | 4.7% | 3.4% | 5.1% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 4.1% | | Economics | 4.4% | 6.7% | 7.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% | 8.3% | 8.7% | | Environmental protection | 3.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.4% | | Housing and community amenities | 0.7% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% | | Health | 28.8% | 19.5% | 24.9% | 7.4% | 12.8% | 18.7% | 16.4% | | Recreation, culture and religion | 2.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 6.4% | 2.4% | | Education | 12.4% | 10.7% | 12.3% | 16.3% | 10.9% | 14.0% | 11.6% | | Social protection | 31.4% | 37.0% | 37.6% | 43.2% | 46.5% | 28.9% | 38.9% | ## Public sector jobs In December 2025 the core public sector employed 8,870 people, or 9,950 including other public bodies, against 5,970 in December 1998. That is a rise of 49%, while private sector jobs rose 23%. *Chart: Public and private sector jobs, December 1998 = 100 (see the data tables and CSV download)* *Chart: Core public sector share of all jobs (see the data tables and CSV download)* ## Income and spending in the States accounts The States accounts table on the open data portal runs to 2022. In that year general revenue income was £1,028m and revenue spending £873m. *Chart: States income and revenue spending, £ million (see the data tables and CSV download)* *Chart: Where the money came from, 2022 (see the data tables and CSV download)* [Download spending by purpose (CSV)](https://www.nsfw.info/data/states-spending.csv) Source: Government of Jersey open data, published by Statistics Jersey and government departments: [Public spending statistics](https://opendata.gov.je/dataset/public-spending-statistics) (Detailed functional breakdown of expenditure; Public spending statistics international comparisons); [Labour Market - Jobs](https://opendata.gov.je/dataset/labour-market-manpower) (Total jobs); [Government of Jersey accounts](https://opendata.gov.je/dataset/government-of-jersey-accounts) (Annual income, expenditure and reserves); [Total population, annual change, natural growth, net migration per year](https://opendata.gov.je/dataset/total-population-annual-change-natural-growth-net-migration-per-year) (Total population, annual change, natural growth, net migration per year). Licensed for use under the [Open Government Licence – Jersey v1.0](https://www.gov.je/ServiceManual/opendata/Pages/open-government-licence-jersey-ogl-j-v1-0.aspx). Next release: Labour Market June 2026, due 30 October 2026. Figures checked 6 October 2026, 19:45.