IDA Ireland - Annual Report 2002

Statistics Update

The following tables give a comprehensive set of data in relation to IDA activity and also update historic data to enable year to year comparisons.

New Jobs by Sector in IDA Supported Companies
SECTOR 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
International and Financial Services 7,179 8,465 9,418 6,884 5,681
Electronicsand Engineering 6,959 6,870 10,981 4,136 3,868
Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare 1,153 1,566 1,370 1,479 1,525
Miscellaneous Industry 668 733 1,069 783 669
TOTAL 15,959 17,634 22,838 13,282 11,743
Source: Forfás Employment Survey

Note 1: New jobs means all new first time jobs and jobs filled in companies recovering their employment levels from cutbacks in previous years.
Note 2: Sectors are defined by NACE code, which is the standard statistical classification
Cost per Job Sustained in IDA Supported Companies
Constant 2002 Prices
Diagram showing Cost per Job Sustained in IDA Supported Companies. The same information is in the data table below.
Five Year Period Cost Per Job in Euros
'87-'93 25,417
'88-'94 20,625
'89-'95 18,960
'90-'96 18,428
'91-'97 17,965
'92-'98 17,166
'93-'99 15,124
'94-'00 14,076
'95-'01 14,017
'96-'02 15,897
Source: Forfás Annual Employment Survey 2002.
Note: The cost per job sustained is calculated by taking into account all IDA Ireland expenditure to all firms, in the period of calculation. Only jobs created during, and sustained to the end of, each seven-year period are credited in the calculations.

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