An estimated 71,616 Saudi men hold the position of manager in the private sector, while the number of women holding the same position is 21,000, according to the Ministry of Labor.

The number of female managers is only a fraction of the 215,840 Saudi women working in the private sector. In all, there are 918,793 Saudi men working in the private sector.

The Ministry of Labor also reported that 477 Saudi women are involved in rearing birds and animals. They also work in the fishing and farming industry.

Statistics released by the Ministry of Labor show the number of Saudi women who work in the scientific, artistic and humanitarian fields in the private sector in 2012 are 14,196. Those who work as technicians are 34,873; in clerical 83,32; and in sales 30,562. Women working in the service sector are 17,802, and those in chemical, industrial processing, and food manufacturing are 4,409.

The number of Saudi males working in farming and animal and bird rearing, as well as fishing is 2,569.

The Ministry disclosed the number of working women in different Saudi cities as 81,667 in Riyadh, 53,717 in Makkah, 40,746 in Eastern Province, 11,859 in Qassim and 8,729 in Najran.