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Appendix table 4c. Most common occupational groups of wage and salary earners aged 18 to 74 without 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	25,647	16,123	9,524	68.3	15.6	16.1
91121 Office cleaners, etc.	13,102	9,738	3,364	40.8	20.6	38.6
32211 Nurses	10,441	9,292	1,149	38.9	25.4	35.8
9333 Freight handlers	10,270	1,622	8,648	59.6	25.0	15.4
53213 Social work assistants	9,529	8,464	1,065	43.5	18.3	38.2
8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers	9,074	361	8,713	46.4	30.5	23.1
4120 Secretaries (general)	7,715	6,438	1,277	34.0	22.5	43.5
7111 House builders	6,878	284	6,594	54.6	27.8	17.6
3322 Commercial sales representatives	6,786	2,702	4,084	37.7	34.2	28.1
5153 Building caretakers	6,563	1,018	5,545	32.8	25.6	41.6
51201 Cooks	6,269	3,501	2,768	57.4	20.1	22.5
34121 Social instructors	5,553	4,226	1,327	41.7	26.7	31.6
5131 Waiters	5,186	3,570	1,616	71.2	15.7	13.1
91123 Hospital and institutional helpers	5,053	4,254	799	37.6	14.8	47.6
53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions	4,942	4,684	258	46.2	19.6	34.2
53219 Other practical nurses	4,880	4,301	579	41.1	16.5	42.4
2512 Software developers	4,749	827	3,922	47.7	35.9	16.4
7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and repairers	4,578	173	4,405	54.5	25.4	20.1
9412 Kitchen helpers	4,570	3,426	1,144	50.9	17.4	31.8
53221 Household service workers	4,179	3,816	363	36.1	16.4	47.5
Total	155,964	88,820	67,144	49.3	22.1	28.6
Wage and salary earners without families total	474,236	229,000	245,236	45.3	25.1	29.6
Unknown total	21,833	10,459	11,374	62.4	17.9	19.8

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