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Appendix table 8. Employed persons aged 15-74 by socio-economic group and sex in 2009 - 2011

		Year			Change	Change
		2009	2010	2011 1)	2010/2011	2010/2011
		1000 persons	1000 persons	1000 persons	1000 persons	Per cent, %
Sex	Socio-economic groups
Both sexes total	Employed persons total	2 457	2 447	2 474	.	.
	Employees total	2 123	2 120	2 143	.	.
	- upper-level employees	603	626	597	.	.
	- lower-level employees	816	805	842	.	.
	- wage earners	697	682	695	.	.
	Self-employed persons and unpaid family workers	334	328	331	.	.
	- of which unpaid family workers	13	14	12	.	.
Males	Employed persons total	1 255	1 259	1 278	.	.
	Employees total	1 029	1 038	1 052	.	.
	- upper-level employees	324	343	327	.	.
	- lower-level employees	212	213	239	.	.
	- wage earners	490	478	482	.	.
	Self-employed persons and unpaid family workers	226	221	225	.	.
	- of which unpaid family workers	8	8	7	.	.
Females	Employed persons total	1 202	1 188	1 196	.	.
	Employees total	1 094	1 082	1 091	.	.
	- upper-level employees	279	283	271	.	.
	- lower-level employees	604	592	603	.	.
	- wage earners	207	203	213	.	.
	Self-employed persons and unpaid family workers	109	107	105	.	.
	- of which unpaid family workers	5	6	4	.	.

1) Socio-economic group has been determined in 2011 from the Classification of Occupations 2010 and prior to that from the Classification of Occupations 1987. The data are not comparable with each other.

Source: Labour Force Survey 2011. Statistics Finland

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Updated 9.3.2012