person engaged in a field; practitioner; worker
A formal noun for someone actively working in a specific occupation, industry, or field. Often used in official contexts like surveys, reports, or legal documents.
Healthcare workers are busy with infectious disease countermeasures.
This survey targets people engaged in agriculture.
就業者 is a statistical term for 'employed person' or 'worker', often used in labor force surveys. 従事者 emphasizes engagement in a specific field rather than employment status.
Compound of 従事 (engagement in a task) and 者 (person).