Table

Persons in the labour force with a health care education, by category of personnel, status of employment and age. 4th quarter1
2017
In the labour force, totalEmployedUnemployed
All agesAll ages15-66 years67+All ages
1As from 2015, the employment are based on new data sources (a-ordningen), see further details in «About the statistics». The figures for 2015 and onwards are not comparable with the figures for previous years. For more information, see the article linked to the 2015-figures: http://www.ssb.no/en/arbeid-og-lonn/statistikker/regsys/aar/2016-05-27
2Health worker is a new health care education from 2009
3From 2011 only clinical psychologists are included
Total, health care education418 834416 728405 27011 4582 106
Medical secretary11 90511 74911 588161156
Auxilliary Nurse53 37553 10149 8113 290274
Health workers226 12425 88425 718166240
Care worker11 03610 96110 54042175
Paramedic4 6624 6464 5757116
Pharmacy technician5 3965 3055 2406591
Chiropodist1 8731 8551 7876818
Child care worker27 57727 30127 164137276
Dental secretary5 0184 9584 83812060
Dental technician682673620539
Unqualified occupational therapist3 3553 3353 23210320
Health care education, secondary level7 8907 8887 861272
Occupational therapist4 8744 8554 8084719
Physioterapist12 85712 82312 28154234
Midwives3 2683 2643 167974
Radiographer3 7703 7523 7183418
Nurse105 371105 141103 2081 933230
Social educator16 83616 78016 61416656
Health visitor4 6024 5974 4461515
Dental nurses1 4841 4751 448279
Audiologist54854654242
Medical laboratory technologist7 0697 0326 88714537
Optometrist1 8091 7981 7504811
Certified prosthetist23123122380
Child welfare officer12 96812 88312 74214185
Social worker16 54616 46116 03642585
Pharmacist29292270
Other health care education, university level14 68614 68414 611732
Clinical nutritionist82281380499
Dispensing pharmacist1 9851 9631 9184522
Dispensing pharmacist3 2143 2053 161449
Chiropractor865862849133
Perfusionist45454500
Licenced medical student39639239204
Physician313 32013 17012 989181150
Specialised physician15 22915 22313 5151 7086
Dentist4 7224 7034 34835519
Specialist in dentistry627627543840
Psychologist7 7717 7397 27946032
Other health care education, college/university3 9973 9793 9502918