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Appendix table 20. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employees aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2010

  Usual weekly working hours, hours/week
Both sexes Males Females
Classification of Occupations 2001      
36,5 38,3 34,9
1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 40,7 41,5 39,3
2 Professionals 36,8 37,7 35,8
3 Technicians and associate professionals 36,6 38,2 35,7
4 Clerks 35,0 35,9 34,8
5 Service and care workers, and shop and market sales workers 33,6 34,7 33,3
6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 35,8 36,6 34,9
7 Craft and related trades workers 39,1 39,3 36,7
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 39,8 40,1 38,1
9 Elementary occupations 32,6 33,9 31,4
0 Armed forces 39,8 40,0 .

Source: Labour force survey 2010. Statistics Finland

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Updated 7.6.2011

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Labour force survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-7857. 15 2010, Appendix table 20. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of employees aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2010 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.12.2024].
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