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 |
Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland
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Updated 20.10.2017
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