The civilian labour force (working and looking for work) constitutes 32 percent of the total population. There are no proper statistics on male and female labour force participation, as this is not covered by the 1981 census report. Women are actively engaged as labourer in support of household, agricultural, poultry/cattle and construction duties.

The total number of employees getting their salaries from the treasury office at Zhob city is 3,726. There are around 600 federal employees serving in Post Offices, Registration, WAPDA and the Election Office department. The number of federal employees serving in the district is larger than the number of provincial ones, because the federal employees include two services cadre of the Frontier Corps (FC) and the army. Their strength is in thousands.

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