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Appendix table 3. Most common occupational groups of new employed persons aged 18 to 74 in industries with most growth in 2012 ¹⁾

87 Residential care activities
Gender	Occupational group 2)	New employed persons 3)	Age
			18–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–
Total	53213 Social work assistants	4 466	2 632	692	505	422	215
	91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	1 558	712	183	222	336	105
	34121 Social instructors	667	322	148	103	75	19
	53212 Mental handicap nurses	602	344	107	69	51	31
	32211 Nurses	325	118	79	61	42	25
	9412 Kitchen helpers	158	50	31	35	32	10
	53221 Household service workers	149	35	27	32	44	11
	53211 Practical mental nurses	147	70	36	20	19	2
	26351 Social workers, etc.	92	40	31	14	5	2
	51201 (Not more specifically classified) Cooks	91	40	15	18	14	4
	53219 Other practical nurses	69	30	14	12	7	6
	91121 Office cleaners, etc.	69	8	6	24	25	6
	4120 Secretaries (general)	61	7	15	19	16	4
	53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	54	28	11	11	4	0
	34123 Work and craft leaders	47	21	7	11	7	1
New employed persons total		9 502	4 756	1 609	1 345	1 282	510
Women	53213 Social work assistants	3 988	2 338	611	453	382	204
	91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	1 321	579	146	196	301	99
	34121 Social instructors	520	261	118	75	53	13
	53212 Mental handicap nurses	506	288	95	58	39	26
	32211 Nurses	304	110	73	57	39	25
	9412 Kitchen helpers	140	45	23	34	29	9
	53221 Household service workers	138	32	23	30	42	11
	53211 Practical mental nurses	124	60	31	17	15	1
	26351 Social workers, etc.	85	36	31	11	5	2
	51201 (Not more specifically classified) Cooks	77	32	13	15	13	4
	91121 Office cleaners, etc.	66	8	5	23	24	6
	4120 Secretaries (general)	60	7	14	19	16	4
	53219 Other practical nurses	57	23	12	11	6	5
	53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	51	25	11	11	4	0
	34123 Work and craft leaders	37	19	6	4	7	1
New employed persons total, women		8 139	4 079	1 362	1 152	1 084	462
Men	53213 Social work assistants	478	294	81	52	40	11
	91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	237	133	37	26	35	6
	34121 Social instructors	147	61	30	28	22	6
	53212 Mental handicap nurses	96	56	12	11	12	5
	53211 Practical mental nurses	23	10	5	3	4	1
	32211 Nurses	21	8	6	4	3	0
	9412 Kitchen helpers	18	5	8	1	3	1
	5153 Building caretakers	16	2	2	4	6	2
	51201 (Not more specifically classified) Cooks	14	8	2	3	1	0
	53219 Other practical nurses	12	7	2	1	1	1
	34122 Youth leaders (not parishes)	11	6	2	2	0	0
	53221 Household service workers	11	3	4	2	2	0
	34123 Work and craft leaders	10	2	1	7	0	0
	8322 Car, taxi and van drivers	9	2	2	1	4	0
	7111 House builders	8	4	0	3	1	0
New employed persons total, men		1 363	677	247	193	198	48
88 Social work activities without accommodation
Gender	Occupational group	New employed persons	Age
			18–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–
Total	53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	1 999	977	528	268	185	41
	53221 Household service workers	1 456	689	260	226	204	77
	91124 Kindergarten assistants	840	397	121	135	154	33
	2342 Early childhood educators	757	396	245	79	31	6
	91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	682	316	88	108	136	34
	53112 Private childminders	571	199	177	84	94	17
	53213 Social work assistants	506	202	99	98	78	29
	34121 Social instructors	422	143	121	73	69	16
	26351 Social workers, etc.	213	83	84	27	12	7
	4120 Secretaries (general)	199	34	28	52	77	8
	53222 Personal care workers, family carers, etc.	188	81	27	25	32	23
	9313 Building construction labourers	170	82	15	25	41	7
	32211 Nurses	140	53	34	21	18	14
	91121 Office cleaners, etc.	117	25	19	23	42	8
	9412 Kitchen helpers	117	29	26	20	38	4
New employed persons total		10 890	4 443	2 389	1 792	1 792	474
Women	53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	1 899	915	510	252	181	41
	53221 Household service workers	1 320	612	240	207	186	75
	91124 Kindergarten assistants	753	332	110	129	152	30
	2342 Early childhood educators	734	386	235	76	31	6
	53112 Private childminders	560	193	173	83	94	17
	91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	496	227	57	83	101	28
	53213 Social work assistants	427	175	84	80	62	26
	34121 Social instructors	325	117	97	47	52	12
	26351 Social workers, etc.	191	74	78	23	10	6
	4120 Secretaries (general)	165	22	17	46	73	7
	53222 Personal care workers, family carers, etc.	153	64	23	21	26	19
	32211 Nurses	134	52	32	21	16	13
	91121 Office cleaners, etc.	107	22	14	23	40	8
	9412 Kitchen helpers	97	22	20	17	34	4
	53219 Other practical nurses	81	39	18	10	6	8
New employed persons total, women		8 958	3 727	2 035	1 443	1 353	400
Men	91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	186	89	31	25	35	6
	53221 Household service workers	136	77	20	19	18	2
	9313 Building construction labourers	109	52	8	15	30	4
	53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	100	62	18	16	4	0
	34121 Social instructors	97	26	24	26	17	4
	91124 Kindergarten assistants	87	65	11	6	2	3
	53213 Social work assistants	79	27	15	18	16	3
	34123 Work and craft leaders	56	9	10	16	19	2
	5153 Building caretakers	49	8	12	8	19	2
	9622 Odd job persons	42	7	9	10	14	2
	7222 Toolmakers and related workers	37	6	6	9	15	1
	53222 Personal care workers, family carers, etc.	35	17	4	4	6	4
	4120 Secretaries (general)	34	12	11	6	4	1
	9333 Freight handlers	33	2	8	5	16	2
	34122 Youth leaders (not parishes)	30	19	4	3	4	0
New employed persons total, men		1 932	716	354	349	439	74
56 Food and beverage service activities
Gender	Occupational group	New employed persons	Age
			18–29	30–39	40–49	50–59	60–
Total	9412 Kitchen helpers	2 779	2 151	222	195	178	33
	5246 Food service counter attendants	1 909	1 484	195	121	73	36
	5131 Waiters	1 488	1 117	173	97	64	37
	51201 (Not more specifically classified) Cooks	1 170	703	228	123	78	38
	9411 Fast food preparers	705	599	59	31	12	4
	51202 Restaurant services supervisors and shift managers	575	178	173	141	72	11
	91121 Office cleaners, etc.	97	28	15	25	22	7
	4224 Hotel receptionists	69	54	10	4	1	0
	5230 Cashiers and ticket clerks	45	30	8	3	3	1
	7512 Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers	45	35	6	4	0	0
	4120 Secretaries (general)	43	15	8	13	6	1
	5132 Bartenders	42	26	9	4	1	2
	5223 Shop sales assistants	36	24	3	6	3	0
	5245 Service station attendants	36	30	5	1	0	0
	7412 Electrical mechanics and fitters	33	19	4	4	4	2
New employed persons total		9 894	6 900	1 292	909	588	205
Women	9412 Kitchen helpers	2 131	1 619	172	160	149	31
	5246 Food service counter attendants	1 433	1 128	133	84	59	29
	5131 Waiters	1 026	785	112	57	46	26
	51201 (Not more specifically classified) Cooks	709	405	139	76	58	31
	9411 Fast food preparers	491	439	30	8	10	4
	51202 Restaurant services supervisors and shift managers	321	98	109	67	41	6
	91121 Office cleaners, etc.	88	25	11	25	20	7
	4224 Hotel receptionists	61	48	9	3	1	0
	7512 Bakers, pastry-cooks and confectionery makers	43	34	6	3	0	0
	5230 Cashiers and ticket clerks	37	25	7	1	3	1
	4120 Secretaries (general)	36	11	7	11	6	1
	5223 Shop sales assistants	32	22	2	5	3	0
	5245 Service station attendants	29	23	5	1	0	0
	5132 Bartenders	25	17	2	3	1	2
	91122 Hotel cleaners	21	12	2	3	2	2
New employed persons total, women		6 919	4 933	834	565	429	158
Men	9412 Kitchen helpers	648	532	50	35	29	2
	5246 Food service counter attendants	476	356	62	37	14	7
	5131 Waiters	462	332	61	40	18	11
	51201 (Not more specifically classified) Cooks	461	298	89	47	20	7
	51202 Restaurant services supervisors and shift managers	254	80	64	74	31	5
	9411 Fast food preparers	214	160	29	23	2	0
	7412 Electrical mechanics and fitters	28	16	4	3	3	2
	8322 Car, taxi and van drivers	23	14	5	4	0	0
	5132 Bartenders	17	9	7	1	0	0
	8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers	15	3	3	5	2	2
	5414 Security guards	14	9	3	2	0	0
	7111 House builders	12	9	2	0	1	0
	9333 Freight handlers	12	6	3	1	1	1
	3434 Chefs	11	1	4	2	4	0
	1412 Restaurant managers	9	1	1	4	1	2
New employed persons total, men		2 975	1 967	458	344	159	47

1) 2-digit industries according to the Standard Industrial Classification TOL 2008 with most growth in the number of jobs from 2007 to 2012.
2) The occupational groups are in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2010. Occupational data were unknown for 11.5 per cent of new employed persons.
3) New employed persons in 2012 were employed who, according to Statistics Finland's employment statistics, have not been employed in 2011.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 06.11.2014