Annual average		2002	2003				2004
	2002	2003	4th quarter	1st quarter	2nd quarter	3rd quarter	4th quarter	1st quarter
Employed persons total	2 286	2 269	2 267	2 261	2 275	2 278	2 260	2 255
Salaried employees	2 118	2 098	2 103	2 095	2 100	2 109	2 089	2 085
Self-employed	154	158	152	155	159	156	162	159
Family workers	7	7	5	6	8	9	5	8
MALES
Employed persons total	1 210	1 198	1 199	1 197	1 203	1 199	1 192	1 191
Salaried employees	1 091	1 076	1 081	1 078	1 079	1 080	1 068	1 068
Self-employed	113	116	114	114	117	114	119	118
Family workers	3	3	1	2	3	3	3	4
FEMALES
Employed persons total	1 076	1 071	1 068	1 064	1 072	1 079	1 068	1 063
Salaried employees	1 027	1 022	1 023	1 017	1 021	1 029	1 021	1 017
Self-employed	40	42	38	41	42	42	43	41
Family workers	5	4	4	3	5	6	2	4
Employed persons at work 2	1 912	1 914	1 968	2 008	1 949	1 714	1 985	1 967
Salaried employees	1 763	1 762	1 819	1 856	1 790	1 575	1 827	1 815
Self-employed	136	141	139	143	145	127	149	144
Family workers	7	6	5	6	8	8	5	7
MALES
Employed persons at work 2	1 044	1 040	1 065	1 091	1 062	931	1 076	1 061
Salaried employees	938	931	956	982	948	832	961	949
Self-employed	102	104	105	105	108	93	110	108
Family workers	2	3	1	2	3	3	2	3
FEMALES
Employed persons at work 2	867	874	903	917	887	783	909	906
Salaried employees	826	831	862	874	842	743	866	865
Self-employed	35	37	34	38	37	34	39	36
Family workers	4	4	4	3	5	5	2	4
Man-weeks worked 3	1 774	1 765	1 838	1 854	1 737	1 637	1 832	1 819
Salaried employees	1 613	1 603	1 676	1 695	1 567	1 484	1 667	1 660
Self-employed	154	154	155	154	161	144	159	154
Family workers	3	4	3	2	5	6	3	4
MALES
Man-weeks worked 3	1 070	1 055	1 098	1 112	1 040	977	1 091	1 083
Salaried employees	946	931	972	990	910	861	963	958
Self-employed	121	120	123	120	125	112	125	123
Family workers	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	2
FEMALES
Man-weeks worked 3	704	710	740	742	697	660	741	736
Salaried employees	667	672	704	705	657	624	704	702
Self-employed	32	34	32	34	36	33	34	32
Family workers	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2
HOURS PER WEEK
Actual working hours	34,8	34,6	35,0	34,6	33,4	35,8	34,6	34,7
Salaried employees	34,3	34,1	34,6	34,3	32,8	35,3	34,2	34,3
Self-employed	42,2	41,0	41,8	40,4	41,6	42,5	39,9	40,1
Family workers	19,6	22,5	20,3	15,1	25,4	25,8	20,7	21,0
MALES
Actual working hours	38,4	38,0	38,6	38,2	36,7	39,4	38,0	38,3
Salaried employees	37,8	37,5	38,1	37,8	36,0	38,8	37,6	37,8
Self-employed	44,7	43,4	43,8	42,8	43,4	44,9	42,5	42,6
Family workers	18,4	25,6	20,2	11,2	28,7	32,9	25,2	22,0
FEMALES
Actual working hours	30,4	30,4	30,7	30,3	29,4	31,6	30,5	30,5
Salaried employees	30,3	30,3	30,6	30,2	29,2	31,5	30,5	30,4
Self-employed	34,9	34,5	35,6	33,6	36,2	35,8	32,8	32,8
Family workers	20,2	20,2	20,4	17,6	23,2	21,2	15,5	20,0

1 There may be occasional breaks in the time series of man-hours worked due to public holidays (movable feasts).

2 Temporarily absent from work not included.

3 A 37,5 hours.