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Appendix table 21. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of full-time 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      
39,1 40,0 38,2
1 Legislators, senior officials and managers 41,5 42,1 40,4
2 Professionals 38,5 39,0 37,9
3 Technicians and associate professionals 38,7 39,8 38,0
4 Clerks 37,8 38,2 37,6
5 Service and care workers, and shop and market sales workers 38,2 38,8 38,0
6 Skilled agricultural and fishery workers 39,4 40,3 38,5
7 Craft and related trades workers 40,0 40,0 39,2
8 Plant and machine operators and assemblers 40,9 41,2 39,6
9 Elementary occupations 38,2 38,8 37,6
0 Armed forces 40,0 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 21. Average usual weekly working hours in main job of full-time employees aged 15-74 by occupation (Occupational Classification 2001) and sex in 2010 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 21.12.2024].
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