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Appendix table 1a. Occupational structure of wage and salary earners aged 18 to 74 in 2015 1)

Occupational group (AML 2010) Wage and salary earners Women Men Share, % 2)
0 Armed forces 7,996 300 7,696 0.4
1 Managers 61,761 19,358 42,403 3.2
2 Professionals 420,151 224,400 195,751 21.6
3 Technicians and associate professionals 382,306 236,808 145,498 19.6
4 Clerical support workers 130,975 95,096 35,879 6.7
5 Service and sales workers 416,571 303,030 113,541 21.4
6 Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 18,246 7,563 10,683 0.9
7 Craft and related trades workers 191,114 15,453 175,661 9.8
8 Plant and machine operators, and assemblers 169,631 32,105 137,526 8.7
9 Elementary occupations 147,171 87,386 59,785 7.6
Total 1,945,922 1,021,499 924,423 100.0
Wage and salary earners total 2,022,548 1,059,742 962,806  
X Unknown 76,626 38,243 38,383  
1) The occupational groups are in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2010.
2) The share of wage and salary earners belonging to the occupational group in all wage and salary earners, excl. unknown.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.10.2017

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment [e-publication].
ISSN=2323-6825. Industry, employer sector and jobs 2015, Appendix table 1a. Occupational structure of wage and salary earners aged 18 to 74 in 2015 1) . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.12.2024].
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