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Appendix table 3. Most common occupational groups in 2014 of wage and salary earners that became unemployed in 2015 1)

Occupational group (AML 2010) Unemployed among wage and salary earners at the end of 2015 2) 3) Wage and salary earners in 2014, total 5)
Total Women Men Young people aged under 29 Share of young people among all wage and salary earners who became unemployed, % 4)
5223 Shop sales assistants 4,803 3,139 1,664 1,654 34.4 105,786
7111 House builders 2,580 110 2,470 789 30.6 20,967
91121 Office cleaners, etc. 2,559 2,021 538 621 24.3 44,101
9333 Freight handlers 2,353 409 1,944 751 31.9 35,167
4120 Secretaries (general) 2,202 1,867 335 244 11.1 38,968
7115 Carpenters and joiners 1,983 26 1,957 311 15.7 13,434
8332 Heavy truck and lorry drivers 1,866 97 1,769 412 22.1 32,608
91123 Hospital and institutional helpers 1,594 1,293 301 315 19.8 18,819
3322 Commercial sales representatives 1,574 588 986 110 7.0 36,355
51201 Cooks 1,464 901 563 518 35.4 22,227
Total 97,005 43,754 53,251 21,312 22.0 2,034,106
Unknown 3,397 1,646 1,751 1,280 37.7 57,027
1) The occupational groups are in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2010.
2) Unemployed at the end of 2015 of the wage and salary earners aged 18 to 74 employed in 2014
3) Of all wage and salary earners in 2014 who became unemployed in 2015 the data on occupations remained unknown for around 3.5 per cent.
4) Share of young wage and salary earners aged under 29, who became unemployed in 2015 among all wage and salary earners who became unemployed in 2015 by occupational group.
5) In 2014, the data on occupations remained unknown for around 2.8 per cent of all wage and salary earners.

Source: Employment Statistics, Statistics Finland

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Updated 04.11.2016

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Employment [e-publication].
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