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Appendix table 3b. Most common occupational groups of wage and salary earners aged 18 to 74 with families included in the group of service and sales workers in 2015 1)

Service and sales workers (AML 2010) Wage and salary earners with families
Total Women Men
5223 Shop sales assistants 73,732 49,779 23,953
53213 Social work assistants 32,894 30,729 2,165
53111 Childminders in kindergartens and other institutions 23,393 22,777 616
5153 Building caretakers 17,250 2,777 14,473
53219 Other practical nurses 16,454 15,221 1,233
53221 Household service workers 15,620 15,003 617
51201 Cooks 15,436 11,116 4,320
51202 Restaurant services supervisors and shift managers 10,638 8,643 1,995
5222 Shop supervisors 10,462 6,894 3,568
5312 Teachers' aides 9,421 8,508 913
5230 Cashiers and ticket clerks 8,858 7,751 1,107
5131 Waiters 8,644 6,593 2,051
53112 Private childminders 7,291 7,260 31
5246 Food service counter attendants 7,147 6,009 1,138
5414 Security guards 6,744 1,552 5,192
53212 Mental handicap nurses 5,058 4,426 632
53291 Dental assistants 4,243 4,217 26
5244 Contact centre salespersons 3,915 2,171 1,744
5411 Fire-fighters 3,649 141 3,508
5412 Police officers 3,567 555 3,012
Total 284,416 212,122 72,294
Service and sales workers total 313,815 234,310 79,505
1) A family is formed by married or cohabiting couples or those in registered partnerships and their children, by one of the parents with their children and by married and cohabiting couples and registered partners without children. The child's age is not significant. The occupational groups are in accordance with the Classification of Occupations 2010.

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Updated 20.10.2017

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