Cyprus State Employment Reaches 55,571 in April as Education Staffing Rises 1.7%

3 articles · Updated · kiprinform.com · May 11

55,571 state employees were recorded in Cyprus in April, up 81 from a year earlier for a 0.1% annual increase, according to Cystat.
Education drove the gain, with staffing up 1.7%, while civil service employment fell 1% and security forces staffing was unchanged from April 2025.
1.8% growth in indefinite-duration contracts marked the biggest rise among job types, while definite-duration contracts fell 2.3%.
86.9% of the sharpest drop was in definite-duration security-force jobs, which Cystat linked to contracts completed and not renewed in July 2025.
0.2% was the average increase in total state employment for January through April 2026 versus the same period a year earlier, pointing to broadly stable public-sector hiring.

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