General Administration workforce rises to 2,868 in 2024

At the end of 2024 the General Administration workforce numbered 2,868, an increase of 95 employees (3.4%) from the previous year. The teaching corps accounted for 35.9% of staff and the general corps 35.5%.

Women made up 58.6% of the workforce (1,681 people) and men 41.4% (1,187), though distribution varies markedly by corps. The banders corps is entirely male. Large male majorities were recorded among firefighters (97.5% male), police (90.4%), penitentiary staff (87.3%) and customs (81.3%). Corps with strong female majorities include teaching (79.8% female), justice (78.3%), diplomatic (66.7%) and general (61.6%).

By age, 75.3% of employees were between 25 and 54 (2,160 people), up 2.3% year‑on‑year. The 55–64 group comprised 612 people (21.3% of the total), a 7.4% rise, while the 18–24 cohort increased from 67 in 2023 to 74 in 2024.

Eighty percent of staff hold Andorran nationality (2,294 people); 16.9% are Spanish (485), 1.2% French (35), 0.8% Portuguese (23) and 1.1% other nationalities (31).

Career civil servants remained the majority with 2,155 people (75.1%), up 1.7% year‑on‑year. Interim staff rose 10.7% to 600 people (20.9% of the total), and other employment relationships reached 113 people (3.9%), two more than in 2023.

Total payroll for 2024 amounted to €117.08 million, up 8.8% on 2023. The average annual salary was €40,821, a 5.2% increase; prorating the 13th pay across 12 months gives an average of about €3,401 per month. Pay is substantially higher in special corps: diplomatic €59,393 annually, police €52,319, firefighters €51,922 and penitentiary staff €50,626. Customs averaged €42,886 and teaching €35,420.

Spending on staff training rose 11.4% to €729,872. A total of 621 courses were held in 2024, with 6,210 attendances.