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Appendix table 4. Employed population with tertiary level education in 2011

Industrial activity 2008 Tertiary degree total Doctorate Licensiate Higher level tertiary degree Other tertiary degree
Toimialat yhteensä 907,088 20,793 6,527 269,227 610,541
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 16,796 83 29 2,279 14,405
Mining and quarrying 1,281 16 9 304 952
Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco 7,075 45 10 1,458 5,562
Manufacture of textiles and leather 1,953 1 5 256 1,691
Manufacture of wood and paper, printing 13,431 50 41 2,739 10,601
Manufacture of coke and petroleum, rubber and plastic products 4,277 22 28 996 3,231
Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceutical products 7,160 321 100 2,629 4,110
Manufacture of basic metals and metal products 12,040 47 60 2,426 9,507
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, electrical equipment 27,475 513 252 11,139 15,571
Other machinery and equipment 18,571 128 73 5,277 13,093
Motor vehicles 3,542 15 15 671 2,841
Other manufacturing 12,107 71 50 2,036 9,950
Electricity, gas and water supply and waste management 9,020 66 42 2,162 6,750
Construction 26,989 15 46 2,671 24,257
Whole sale and retail trade, accommodation and food service 92,697 309 158 13,282 78,948
Transportation and storage 23,284 33 30 3,023 20,198
Computer programming and consultancy 28,322 276 166 11,118 16,762
Other information and communication 24,291 172 101 8,096 15,922
Financial and incurance activities 31,008 149 127 8,864 21,868
Research institutes in public sector 8,155 1,804 377 4,019 1,955
Other reseach and development 3,212 405 85 1,532 1,190
Professional and technical activities 71,740 725 479 25,368 45,168
Administrative and support service activities 27,696 95 52 5,478 22,071
Public administration 74,195 1,041 759 25,816 46,579
Universities 27,168 7,950 1,135 12,785 5,298
Other tertiary level education 12,063 940 760 6,596 3,767
Other education 88,959 577 593 55,674 32,115
Health and social services 174,987 4,037 521 31,842 138,587
Other industries 49,257 632 324 15,959 32,342
Industry unknown 8,337 255 100 2,732 5,250

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2012. Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.3.2014

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