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Appendix table 4b. Most common occupational groups of wage and salary earners aged 18 to 74 with families by sex and age in 2015 ¹⁾

Occupational group (AML 2010)	Total	Women	Men	Share of persons aged under 36, %	Share of persons aged 36 to 50, %	Share of persons aged over 50, %
5223 Shop sales assistants	73,732	49,779	23,953	52.1	30.1	17.8
32211 Nurses	47,248	43,533	3,715	31.0	44.9	24.2
53213 Social work assistants	32,894	30,729	2,165	36.2	33.9	29.9
3322 Commercial sales representatives	30,161	11,605	18,556	24.3	47.8	27.9
91121 Office cleaners, etc.	29,490	25,448	4,042	32.3	31.7	36.0
4120 Secretaries (general)	26,889	24,121	2,768	23.7	38.8	37.5
53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	23,393	22,777	616	31.6	40.7	27.6
8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers	23,171	1,088	22,083	40.7	34.4	25.0
9333 Freight handlers	22,555	4,650	17,905	52.1	29.7	18.2
34121 Social instructors	21,414	17,872	3,542	33.3	42.3	24.4
23304 Other secondary education teaching professionals	17,329	12,424	4,905	23.3	48.2	28.5
5153 Building caretakers	17,250	2,777	14,473	23.7	31.3	45.1
23411 Primary education teaching professionals	16,626	12,864	3,762	22.8	50.4	26.8
53219 Other practical nurses	16,454	15,221	1,233	33.2	31.4	35.4
2342 Early childhood educators	16,201	15,780	421	29.4	44.8	25.8
3313 Accounting associate professionals	15,832	13,801	2,031	26.1	38.8	35.2
53221 Household service workers	15,620	15,003	617	31.1	33.6	35.3
7111 House builders	15,470	985	14,485	50.3	29.6	20.1
51201 Cooks	15,436	11,116	4,320	44.0	30.6	25.4
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers	14,065	501	13,564	47.9	30.2	21.8
Total	491,230	332,074	159,156	35.9	36.9	27.2
Wage and salary earners with families total	1,548,312	830,742	717,570	32.7	38.2	29.0
Unknown total	54,793	27,784	27,009	47.1	30.6	22.3

1) A family is formed by married or cohabiting couples or those in registered partnerships and their children, by one of the parents with their children and by married and cohabiting couples and registered partners without children. The child's age is not significant. The occupational groups are in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2010.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.10.2017