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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.

Public spending by purpose, 2025
Public spending by purpose, 2025Bar chart of Government of Jersey spending by function.Social ProtectionSocial Protection: £596m£596mHealthHealth: £559m£559mEducationEducation: £227m£227mGeneral public servicesGeneral public services: £197m£197mPublic order and safetyPublic order and safety: £111m£111mEconomicsEconomics: £89m£89mEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental protection: £57m£57mRecreation, culture and religionRecreation, culture and religion: £39m£39mHousing and community amenitiesHousing and community amenities: £14m£14mDefenceDefence: £1m£1m
Public spending by purpose, 2025Bar chart of Government of Jersey spending by function.Social ProtectionSocial Protection: £596m£596mHealthHealth: £559m£559mEducationEducation: £227m£227mGeneral public servicesGeneral public services: £197m£197mPublic order and safetyPublic order and safety: £111m£111mEconomicsEconomics: £89m£89mEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental protection: £57m£57mRecreation, culture and religionRecreation, culture and religion: £39m£39mHousing and community amenitiesHousing and community amenities: £14m£14mDefenceDefence: £1m£1m
Public spending by purpose
Purpose20222025ChangeShare 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
Area20222025Change
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%
Fastest-growing areas of spending, 2022 to 2025
Fastest-growing areas of spending, 2022 to 2025Bar chart of the areas of spending that grew fastest.Economic affairs: other industriesEconomic affairs: other industries: +78%+78%Health (other)Health (other): +49%+49%Fire-protection servicesFire-protection services: +49%+49%Housing and community amenities (other)Housing and community amenities (other): +41%+41%Outpatient servicesOutpatient services: +36%+36%Foreign economic aidForeign economic aid: +33%+33%Public debt transactionsPublic debt transactions: +28%+28%Law courtsLaw courts: +26%+26%Pre-primary and primary educationPre-primary and primary education: +24%+24%Medical products, appliances and equipmentMedical products, appliances and equipment: +22%+22%
Fastest-growing areas of spending, 2022 to 2025Bar chart of the areas of spending that grew fastest.Economic affairs: other industriesEconomic affairs: other industries: +78%+78%Health (other)Health (other): +49%+49%Fire-protection servicesFire-protection services: +49%+49%Housing and community amenities (other)Housing and community amenities (other): +41%+41%Outpatient servicesOutpatient services: +36%+36%Foreign economic aidForeign economic aid: +33%+33%Public debt transactionsPublic debt transactions: +28%+28%Law courtsLaw courts: +26%+26%Pre-primary and primary educationPre-primary and primary education: +24%+24%Medical products, appliances and equipmentMedical products, appliances and equipment: +22%+22%

Areas with at least £5m of spending in 2022. Cash terms, before inflation.

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.

Public spending per islander, 2022 to 2025
Public spending per islander, 2022 to 2025Line chart of public spending per head of population, in cash and after inflation.£15k£16k£17k£18k£19k2022202320242025
Public spending per islander, 2022 to 2025Line chart of public spending per head of population, in cash and after inflation.£14k£16k£18k£20k202220242025
  • Cash
  • In 2025 prices

Total public spending divided by the end-of-year population. Inflation adjustment uses the annual average RPI.

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.

Jersey's share of spending against the average, percentage points
Jersey's share of spending against the average, percentage pointsBar chart of the difference between Jersey's spending shares and the average of other countries.HealthHealth: +12.4 pts+12.4 ptsEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental protection: +2.0 pts+2.0 ptsPublic order and safetyPublic order and safety: +1.9 pts+1.9 ptsEducationEducation: +0.8 pts+0.8 ptsRecreation, culture and religionRecreation, culture and religion: +0.0 pts+0.0 ptsHousing and community amenitiesHousing and community amenities: −0.5 pts−0.5 ptsGeneral public servicesGeneral public services: −1.6 pts−1.6 ptsDefenceDefence: −3.1 pts−3.1 ptsEconomicsEconomics: −4.3 pts−4.3 ptsSocial protectionSocial protection: −7.5 pts−7.5 pts
Jersey's share of spending against the average, percentage pointsBar chart of the difference between Jersey's spending shares and the average of other countries.HealthHealth: +12.4 pts+12.4 ptsEnvironmental protectionEnvironmental protection: +2.0 pts+2.0 ptsPublic order and safetyPublic order and safety: +1.9 pts+1.9 ptsEducationEducation: +0.8 pts+0.8 ptsRecreation, culture and religionRecreation, culture and religion: +0.0 pts+0.0 ptsHousing and community amenitiesHousing and community amenities: −0.5 pts−0.5 ptsGeneral public servicesGeneral public services: −1.6 pts−1.6 ptsDefenceDefence: −3.1 pts−3.1 ptsEconomicsEconomics: −4.3 pts−4.3 ptsSocial protectionSocial protection: −7.5 pts−7.5 pts

Average of the other countries in the Statistics Jersey comparison, each country weighted equally. Jersey spends almost nothing on defence, which the UK provides.

Share of public spending by purpose
PurposeJerseyUnited KingdomIrelandSwitzerlandLuxembourgIcelandAverage
General public services10.4%13.8%9.4%10.9%10.4%17.1%12.0%
Defence0.1%3.6%0.7%1.9%1.3%0.4%3.2%
Public order and safety6.0%4.7%3.4%5.1%2.9%3.5%4.1%
Economics4.4%6.7%7.1%10.4%10.3%8.3%8.7%
Environmental protection3.4%1.3%1.1%1.5%1.9%1.6%1.4%
Housing and community amenities0.7%1.5%1.8%0.5%0.7%1.1%1.2%
Health28.8%19.5%24.9%7.4%12.8%18.7%16.4%
Recreation, culture and religion2.5%1.2%1.7%2.8%2.2%6.4%2.4%
Education12.4%10.7%12.3%16.3%10.9%14.0%11.6%
Social protection31.4%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%.

Public and private sector jobs, December 1998 = 100
Public and private sector jobs, December 1998 = 100Line chart comparing growth in core public sector jobs and private sector jobs.8010012014016019982002200620102014201820222025
Public and private sector jobs, December 1998 = 100Line chart comparing growth in core public sector jobs and private sector jobs.501001501998200620142025
  • Core public sector
  • Private sector

December of each year. Core public sector means the Government of Jersey and the States Assembly; the wider public sector also includes bodies such as Andium Homes and Ports of Jersey.

Core public sector share of all jobs
Core public sector share of all jobsLine chart of the share of Jersey jobs in the core public sector.11.0%12.0%13.0%14.0%19982002200620102014201820222025
Core public sector share of all jobsLine chart of the share of Jersey jobs in the core public sector.10.0%12.0%14.0%1998200620142025

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.

States income and revenue spending, £ million
States income and revenue spending, £ millionLine chart of States general revenue income and revenue expenditure.05001,0001,50020022005200820112014201720202022
States income and revenue spending, £ millionLine chart of States general revenue income and revenue expenditure.05001,0001,5002002200820142022
  • Income
  • Revenue spending

Cash terms. This table has not been updated on the open data portal since its 2022 figures.

Where the money came from, 2022
Where the money came from, 2022Bar chart of States income by source.Personal taxPersonal tax: £559m£559mCompany taxCompany tax: £122m£122mGSTGST: £118m£118mImpôts (duty on drink, tobacco and fuel)Impôts (duty on drink, tobacco and fuel): £67m£67mOther incomeOther income: £55m£55mStamp dutyStamp duty: £54m£54mIsland ratesIsland rates: £15m£15m
Where the money came from, 2022Bar chart of States income by source.Personal taxPersonal tax: £559m£559mCompany taxCompany tax: £122m£122mGSTGST: £118m£118mImpôts (duty on drink, tobacco and fuel)Impôts (duty on drink, tobacco and fuel): £67m£67mOther incomeOther income: £55m£55mStamp dutyStamp duty: £54m£54mIsland ratesIsland rates: £15m£15m

Download spending by purpose (CSV)

Source: Government of Jersey open data, published by Statistics Jersey and government departments: Public spending statistics (Detailed functional breakdown of expenditure; Public spending statistics international comparisons); Labour Market – Jobs (Total jobs); Government of Jersey accounts (Annual income, expenditure and reserves); 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. Next release: Labour Market June 2026, due 30 October 2026. Figures checked 6 October 2026, 19:45.