Abstract. The occupied population includes all persons – both employees and freelancers – who develop a productive activity within the production limits of the European Accounts System. In this figure it is included the number of employees determined in compliance with the accounts that take into consideration both data sources used to determine the cost of labor force occupation, such as the Survey on labor force in households (AMIGO), the Inquiry regarding the cost of labor force (S3), Annual structural survey in enterprises (ASA), and also administrative data sources (information provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Family and Equality of Chances, Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform etc.), accounting situations of commercial companies.

Keywords: employee; methodology; market; unemployment; occupation.