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

Occupational code	Occupational group	Employed persons with foreign origin	Share of employed persons by background country, % 2) 3)
			Russian Federation / Former Soviet Union	Estonia	Former Yugoslavia	China	Others, total 4)
91121	Office cleaners, etc.	8 377	19,0	25,8	3,0	2,5	49,7
5223	Shop sales assistants	4 012	43,9	15,5	4,1	2,2	34,3
7111	House builders	2 808	20,0	51,9	4,6	0,1	23,4
51202	Restaurant services supervisors and shift managers	2 481	5,9	2,3	5,5	9,3	77,1
9333	Freight handlers	2 240	30,0	16,4	6,6	0,4	46,6
51 201	Cooks	1 953	15,1	6,1	2,3	9,1	67,4
8331	Bus and tram drivers	1 944	26,3	28,4	9,5	0,5	35,3
53213	Social work assistants	1 935	26,5	12,0	4,0	2,3	55,2
5131	Waiters	1 877	14,5	9,5	2,2	10,2	63,6
91123	Hospital and institutional helpers	1 639	32,2	22,0	3,6	2,0	40,3
3322	Commercial sales representatives	1 398	40,2	8,9	1,5	6,7	42,8
9412	Kitchen helpers	1 353	19,0	8,3	4,3	2,9	65,6
8332	Heavy truck and lorry drivers	1 295	39,5	35,4	2,3	..	..
32211	Nurses	1 271	30,0	23,1	1,6	1,7	43,7
5246	Food service counter attendants	1 211	14,3	8,3	3,5	3,2	70,7

1) Occupational groups at the most detailed level of the Classification of Occupations 2010. Occupational data was unknown for some 6.9 percent of employed persons with foreign origin.
2) Largest background countries by the number of employed persons.
3) .. = Data not available or too uncertain for presentation, or subject to secrecy.
4) Some other background country apart from Russia or Former Soviet Union, Estonia, Former Yugoslavia, China or Finland.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 6.11.2013