Population 15 Years of Age and Over By Main Employment Status, 2004 - 2013
                                       
No. Main Employment Status 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
February November February August February August February August February August February August February August February August February
                                       
1 Self Employed       18,309,300       17,480,200       17,296,000       18,301,661       19,504,632       18,667,332       20,324,527       20,081,133       20,921,567       20,810,300       21,046,007       20,456,735       21,030,571       21,149,311       19,415,464       19,543,475       18,440,722 19,139,344
2 Self Employed Assisted by Family Member/Temp. Help       21,512,400       21,239,100       20,987,200       20,632,984       19,946,732       20,848,535       21,024,297       21,599,782       21,772,994       21,636,761       21,933,546       21,922,813       21,681,991       21,308,835       19,662,375       20,367,416       18,761,405 19,380,757
3 Employer with Permanent Workers         2,965,900         2,908,700         2,849,100         2,813,769         2,850,448         2,847,692         2,883,832         2,979,406         3,015,326         2,968,481         3,033,220         3,016,154         3,261,864         3,594,568         3,717,869         3,930,591         3,873,041 4,026,097
4 Employee       25,459,600       25,741,100       26,027,900       25,972,945       26,821,889       26,869,051       28,042,390       28,515,358       28,183,773       28,913,118       29,114,041       30,724,161       32,521,517       34,513,624       37,771,890       38,135,062       40,291,583 41,561,419
5 Casual employee in agriculture         4,449,900         4,950,600         5,534,800         5,886,366         5,541,158         6,278,500         5,917,315         6,130,481         5,991,493         6,346,122         5,878,894         6,324,719         5,815,110         5,575,925         5,476,491         5,356,265         5,339,998 5,001,220
6 Casual employee not in agriculture         3,732,800         4,090,100         4,325,400         4,244,130         4,618,280         4,267,100         4,458,857         4,798,856         5,292,262         5,151,536         5,670,709         5,284,598         5,132,061         5,158,700         5,639,857         5,970,608         6,202,093 6,423,026
7 Unpaid Worker       17,292,100       18,538,300       16,938,000       17,325,247       16,173,796       17,804,997       17,278,999       17,944,841       17,375,335       18,659,126       18,194,246       19,676,392       18,764,653       19,980,781       17,986,453       19,499,388       17,899,312 18,489,326
8 Unanswered                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          -                          - -
  Total       93,722,000       94,948,100       93,958,400       95,177,102       95,456,935       97,583,100       99,930,217    102,049,857    102,552,750    104,485,444    104,870,663    107,405,572    108,207,767    111,281,744    109,670,399    112,802,805    110,808,154 114,021,189
                     
Source: National Labour Force Survey 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013