Editing South Ayrshire (section)

===Employment trends===
[[File:Tarfessock View - geograph.org.uk - 1540014.jpg|thumb|right|Rural landscape in South Ayrshire]]

Across South Ayrshire in 2023, 47,500 people were classed as being economically active, with 44,700 people categorised as being in employment (36,800 employed by a business or organisation and an additional 7,500 people classed as self employed). In the same period, a total of 1,700 people in South Ayrshire were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 3.7% which is higher than the Scottish average unemployment rate of 3.5%.<ref name="nomisweb.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Labour Market Profile - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157432/report.aspx |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk |access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref>

Professional Occupations make up the largest employment figures based on occupation in South Ayrshire, with an estimated 8,900 people (20.0%) of the population employed in the area. Other large sectors of employment across South Ayrshire include the associate professional occupations sector (13.1%), the care, leisure and social care sector (10.2%) and managerial and directors occupations (9.1%).<ref name="nomisweb.co.uk"/>

The average gross weekly salary for a full time employee in South Ayrshire in 2023 was £753.40, higher than the Scottish average gross weekly salary figure of £702.40.<ref name="nomisweb.co.uk"/>