Topic: Labour Force Survey

Labour market estimates from the Labour Force Survey in fall 2024 indicate the unemployment rate was at 2.4%.

Cayman's jobless total is so low, it is considered full employment – but women were more likely to be out of work, a labour force survey has found.

The latest Cayman income survey underlines the need for a boost to the minimum wage, an expert has said.

Unemployment in Cayman has fallen to the lowest point in decades as the island's population surged yet again, according to the latest data from the Economics and Statistics Office.

The Economics and Statistics Office will conduct its Fall Labour Force Survey from Sunday, 27 Sept.

Estimates from the Fall 2018 Labour Force Survey show that the unemployment rate has fallen to 2.8%, the lowest rate since the second half of 2006, when it stood at 2.6%. Caymanian unemployment has fallen to 4.6%, which is also the lowest it has been since 2006 when it bottomed out at 3.6%.

Cayman’s overall unemployment rate increased nearly a full percentage point between fall 2016 and fall 2017, government statistics released last Thursday revealed.

There are nearly 8,000 more people living in the Cayman Islands than there were five years ago, according to government labor statistics released last week.

Fewer Caymanians were jobless during the first half of this year, according to the government’s Economics and Statistics Office Labour Force Survey for spring 2017.

The Economics and Statistics Office will begin its fall Labour Force Survey on Sunday, Oct. 1. The survey seeks to collect data on the employed and unemployed individuals in the Cayman Islands, as well as those who are not in the labor force, a press release states.