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Appendix table 3. Average hourly earnings of wage and salary earners by major group of the Classification of Occupations and employer sector and in 2009

Classification of occupation Total Private sector Local government Central government
Total 17,63 17,99 15,98 20,48
1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 32,15 33,14 27,84 33,27
2 Professionals 22,63 25,14 19,81 22,92
3 Technicians and associate professionals 18,26 19,30 15,77 17,44
4 Clerks 14,85 15,22 13,34 14,63
5 Service and care workers, and shop and market sales workers 13,21 12,91 13,28 17,78
6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 12,41 10,95 12,57 14,51
7 Craft and related trades workers 16,31 16,43 14,26 15,34
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 16,29 16,36 14,10 13,92
9 Elementary occupations 12,44 12,77 11,78 12,83
0 Armed forces 21,87 - - 21,87
Unknown 16,75 16,96 13,77 18,80

Source: Structure of Earnings 2009, Statistics Finland

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Updated 12.11.2010

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Structure of Earnings [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0092. 2009, Appendix table 3. Average hourly earnings of wage and salary earners by major group of the Classification of Occupations and employer sector and in 2009 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.11.2024].
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