Morocco's civil service sector has a total of 574,026 budgeted positions as of 2026, which is slightly down from 583,267 ten years ago. According to a report on human resources accompanying the draft finance bill, 69.6% of these positions are concentrated in just five out of the country's twelve regions. This concentration is a significant aspect of the country's public sector landscape.
The region with the highest number of civil servants is Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, accounting for 25.3% of the total workforce. It is followed by Casablanca-Settat with 14%, Fès-Meknès with 11.8%, Marrakech-Safi with 10.5%, and Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma with 8%. These regions have historically been hubs for government institutions and administrative centers.
In contrast, the remaining seven regions share 30.4% of the civil servant positions. Souss-Massa has 7.4%, the Oriental region has 6.6%, Béni Mellal-Khénifra has 5.8%, Drâa-Tafilalet has 4.8%, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra has 2.9%, Guelmim-Oued Noun has 1.9%, and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab has 1%. This disparity highlights the uneven distribution of public sector jobs across the country.
The distribution of personnel expenses is even more skewed, with six regions accounting for 78.14% of the total. Rabat-Salé-Kénitra receives 24.02%, Casablanca-Settat gets 16.36%, Fès-Meknès receives 11.48%, Marrakech-Safi gets 11.18%, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma receives 8.29%, and Souss-Massa gets 6.81%. These figures indicate a significant concentration of resources in a few regions.
The report attributes the dominance of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region to the presence of central administrations, which affects the territorial interpretation of these data. Some personnel attached to Rabat perform national missions, which further complicates the analysis. The report also notes that the state's wage bill has reached 195.3 billion dirhams in 2026.
Over the past decade, personnel expenses have increased by 64.5%, with the average monthly net salary rising to 10,732 dirhams, a 39.4% increase. Despite a relatively stable workforce, the growth in the wage bill is primarily due to salary revaluations and changes in compensation structures rather than new hires. The draft finance bill proposes creating 34,454 new budgeted positions.
The government aims to achieve territorial balance through the implementation of the administrative decentralization charter, which aims to gradually transfer competencies from central administration to deconcentrated services. The creation of new positions, including 14,200 for the Ministry of Interior, is part of this effort. Key initiatives are being undertaken to rebalance the territorial distribution of public sector jobs and resources.
Key points
- Five Moroccan regions account for 70% of the country's civil servants.
- Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region has the highest concentration of civil servants at 25.3%.
- The state's wage bill has reached 195.3 billion dirhams in 2026.
