Table 1 below shows employment in manufacturing and services in County Kildare for enterprise agency client companies, that is, clients of IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Udaras na Gaeltachta, for the years 2019-2021. 2021 is the most recently available data for all agency client companies.
Table 1: Employment, County Kildare
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
Services
|
3,995
|
3,641
|
4,012
|
Manufacturing
|
13,855
|
14,186
|
14,485
|
Source: DETE Annual Employment Survey
In the manufacturing sector employment rose by 2.4% for the year 2019 to 2020. This was followed by a subsequent increase of 2.1% from 2020 to 2021, resulting in a total increase of 4.5% for the 3 years from 2019 to 2021.
In the Services sector employment decreased by 8.9% from 2019 to 2020. In 2020 to 2021, the sector increased by 10.2%, resulting in an overall increase from the years 2019 to 2021 of 0.4%.