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Appendix table 2. Most common occupational groups among employed persons aged 18 to 74 with foreign origin in 2011 by background country ¹⁾

Background country	Occupational group (3-digit level)	Employed persons	Men, % 2)	Employed persons of foreign origin, %	Of all employed persons, %
Russian Federation / Former Soviet Union	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	2 400	13,8	21,3	3,1
	522 Shop salespersons	1 952	20,6	42,1	1,5
	532 Personal care workers in health services	1 119	5,3	27,7	1,0
	833 Heavy truck and bus drivers	1 023	92,2	31,6	1,9
	711 Building frame and related trades workers	848	92,2	21,0	1,4
	332 Sales and purchasing agents and brokers	692	46,4	39,3	1,1
	933 Transport and storage labourers	681	66,4	29,9	1,9
	221 Medical doctors	606	32,7	40,9	3,2
	333 Business services agents	555	40,2	60,7	2,9
	412 Secretaries (general)	532	8,8	48,0	1,1
Estonia	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	2 800	9,2	24,8	3,6
	711 Building frame and related trades workers	2 001	95,0	49,6	3,4
	833 Heavy truck and bus drivers	1 011	96,5	31,2	1,9
	522 Shop salespersons	675	20,0	14,6	0,5
	532 Personal care workers in health services	522	3,6	12,9	0,5
	712 Building finishers and related trades workers	473	97,7	42,2	1,8
	933 Transport and storage labourers	378	67,5	16,6	1,1
	612 Animal producers	356	48,9	34,7	1,6
	322 Nursing and midwifery associate professionals	306	2,9	22,5	0,5
	515 Building and housekeeping supervisors	303	47,2	22,5	1,0
Former Yugoslavia	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	352	37,2	3,1	0,5
	833 Heavy truck and bus drivers	214	97,7	6,6	0,4
	512 Cooks	183	81,4	4,1	0,4
	522 Shop salespersons	177	42,4	3,8	0,1
	711 Building frame and related trades workers	175	97,7	4,3	0,3
	532 Personal care workers in health services	164	6,7	4,1	0,1
	933 Transport and storage labourers	147	92,5	6,5	0,4
	723 Machinery mechanics and repairers	99	97,0	7,3	0,2
	611 Market gardeners and crop growers	91	46,2	9,1	0,5
	515 Building and housekeeping supervisors	90	80,0	6,7	0,3
China	512 Cooks	408	71,1	9,2	1,0
	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	256	30,9	2,3	0,3
	513 Waiters and bartenders	193	53,9	9,9	1,2
	215 Electrotechnology engineers	158	60,8	12,3	0,8
	231 University and higher education teachers	137	63,5	6,9	0,8
	311 Physical and engineering science technicians	130	58,5	7,7	0,2
	332 Sales and purchasing agents and brokers	126	43,7	7,1	0,2
	251 Software and applications developers and analysts	114	59,6	6,3	0,3
	522 Shop salespersons	111	38,7	2,4	0,1
	532 Personal care workers in health services	78	15,4	1,9	0,1
Turkey	512 Cooks	1 085	96,0	24,4	2,6
	524 Other sales workers	164	83,5	10,0	0,6
	513 Waiters and bartenders	139	89,2	7,1	0,9
	941 Food preparation assistants	114	86,8	7,1	0,6
	522 Shop salespersons	74	73,0	1,6	0,1
	833 Heavy truck and bus drivers	67	..	2,1	0,1
	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	61	50,8	0,5	0,1
	141 Hotel and restaurant managers	45	93,3	19,7	2,2
	933 Transport and storage labourers	42	..	1,8	0,1
	332 Sales and purchasing agents and brokers	34	..	1,9	0,1
Vietnam	933 Transport and storage labourers	221	78,7	9,7	0,6
	512 Cooks	210	53,3	4,7	0,5
	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	160	26,3	1,4	0,2
	522 Shop salespersons	135	31,1	2,9	0,1
	821 Assemblers	110	54,5	8,5	0,5
	611 Market gardeners and crop growers	108	63,0	10,9	0,6
	514 Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers	102	15,7	9,9	0,6
	513 Waiters and bartenders	98	39,8	5,0	0,6
	524 Other sales workers	79	34,2	4,8	0,3
	816 Food and related products machine operators	79	45,6	7,8	0,5
Sweden	532 Personal care workers in health services	164	14,6	4,1	0,1
	522 Shop salespersons	121	47,1	2,6	0,1
	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	114	26,3	1,0	0,1
	531 Child care workers and teachers' aides	102	24,5	6,8	0,2
	711 Building frame and related trades workers	76	92,1	1,9	0,1
	234 Primary school and early childhood teachers	59	30,5	7,6	0,1
	251 Software and applications developers and analysts	59	84,7	3,3	0,2
	512 Cooks	57	52,6	1,3	0,1
	322 Nursing and midwifery associate professionals	52	13,5	3,8	0,1
	231 University and higher education teachers	51	74,5	2,6	0,3
Thailand	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	552	1,1	4,9	0,7
	532 Personal care workers in health services	227	..	5,6	0,2
	512 Cooks	168	23,8	3,8	0,4
	513 Waiters and bartenders	130	16,9	6,7	0,8
	522 Shop salespersons	121	6,6	2,6	0,1
	941 Food preparation assistants	121	11,6	7,6	0,6
	816 Food and related products machine operators	81	7,4	8,0	0,5
	611 Market gardeners and crop growers	75	18,7	7,5	0,4
	524 Other sales workers	72	16,7	4,4	0,3
	514 Hairdressers, beauticians and related workers	62	..	6,0	0,4
Germany	231 University and higher education teachers	158	67,1	8,0	0,9
	221 Medical doctors	84	61,9	5,7	0,4
	311 Physical and engineering science technicians	83	77,1	4,9	0,1
	235 Other teaching professionals	64	57,8	4,9	0,2
	251 Software and applications developers and analysts	63	95,2	3,5	0,2
	332 Sales and purchasing agents and brokers	61	59,0	3,5	0,1
	242 Administration professionals	59	72,9	7,0	0,2
	214 Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)	57	82,5	5,5	0,1
	234 Primary school and early childhood teachers	56	19,6	7,2	0,1
	243 Sales, marketing and public relations professionals	51	76,5	6,0	0,2
United Kingdom	231 University and higher education teachers	144	77,1	7,3	0,9
	235 Other teaching professionals	105	78,1	8,1	0,4
	251 Software and applications developers and analysts	92	91,3	5,1	0,3
	512 Cooks	59	..	1,3	0,1
	264 Authors, journalists and linguists	53	77,4	5,7	0,4
	122 Sales, marketing and development managers	52	100,0	12,1	0,4
	234 Primary school and early childhood teachers	51	31,4	6,6	0,1
	243 Sales, marketing and public relations professionals	50	92,0	5,8	0,2
	911 Domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers	49	57,1	0,4	0,1
	214 Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)	46	93,5	4,4	0,1

1) The ten largest background countries based on the number of employed persons of foreign background have been selected for the table, and the ten most common occupational groups at 3-digit level of the Classification of Occupations 2010 for each background country are included. Occupational data was unknown for some 6.9 percent of employed persons with foreign origin.
2) ..= Data not available or too uncertain for presentation, or subject to secrecy.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 6.11.2013