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Appendix table 1. Most common occupational groups in 2014 of persons that became unemployed in 2015 ¹⁾

Occupational group (AML 2010)	Unemployed at the end of 2015 2) 3)					Employed persons in 2014, total 5)
	Total	Women	Men	Young people aged under 29	Share of young people among all employed persons who became unemployed, % 4)
5223 Shop sales assistants	4,807	3,143	1,664	1,655	34.4	105,834
7111 House builders	2,749	124	2,625	804	29.2	32,242
91121 Office cleaners, etc.	2,559	2,021	538	621	24.3	44,122
9333 Freight handlers	2,354	409	1,945	752	31.9	35,176
4120 Secretaries (general)	2,203	1,868	335	244	11.1	39,005
7115 Carpenters and joiners	2,022	31	1,991	313	15.5	15,752
8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers	1,932	106	1,826	417	21.6	38,787
3322 Commercial sales representatives	1,628	601	1,027	110	6.8	39,947
91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	1,594	1,293	301	315	19.8	18,825
51201 Cooks	1,467	901	566	518	35.3	22,254
5153 Building caretakers	1,447	160	1,287	256	17.7	26,288
53213 Social work assistants	1,447	1,245	202	392	27.1	43,245
9412 Kitchen helpers	1,376	1,072	304	389	28.3	17,253
7223 Metal working machine tool setters and operators	1,225	83	1,142	250	20.4	15,930
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers	1,080	43	1,037	340	31.5	23,538
7126 Plumbers and pipe fitters	1,008	22	986	350	34.7	13,204
5312 Teachers' aides	1,006	860	146	148	14.7	12,050
7233 Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers	977	22	955	175	17.9	17,849
53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	969	924	45	233	24.0	27,165
53221 Household service workers	877	789	88	194	22.1	21,054
Total	100,946	45,433	55,513	21,612	21.4	2,274,076
Unknown	4,436	2,085	2,351	1,406	31.7	81,301

1) The occupational groups are in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2010.
2) Unemployed at the end of 2015 of the persons aged 18 to 74 employed in 2014.
3) Of all employed persons in 2014 who became unemployed in 2015 the data on occupations remained unknown for around 4.4 per cent.
4) Share of young people aged under 29 who became unemployed in 2015 among all persons who became unemployed in 2015 by occupational group.
5) In 2014, the data on occupations remained unknown for 3.6 per cent of all employed persons aged 18 to 74.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 04.11.2016