10 Employed persons,total, and employed persons at work by status and sex. Number of man-weeks worked1
and actual working hours per week (LFS).

  Annual average 2004 2005
  2003 2004 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter
                   
Employed persons total 2 269 2 276 2 283 2 290 2 274 2 267 2 286 2 304
    Salaried employees 2 098 2 105 2 110 2 117 2 107 2 097 2 114 2 130
    Self-employed 158 161 164 162 158 161 162 164
    Family workers 7 7 7 8 6 7 6 7
                   
    MALES                
Employed persons total 1 198 1 201 1 203 1 210 1 200 1 199 1 212 1 217
    Salaried employees 1 076 1 078 1 077 1 087 1 078 1 077 1 090 1 093
    Self-employed 116 118 120 117 116 118 117 118
    Family workers 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
                   
    FEMALES                
Employed persons total 1 071 1 074 1 080 1 080 1 075 1 069 1 074 1 087
    Salaried employees 1 022 1 027 1 032 1 031 1 029 1 021 1 023 1 037
    Self-employed 42 43 43 45 41 43 45 46
    Family workers 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
                   
Employed persons at work 2 1 914 1 911 1 967 1 711 1 998 1 997 2 039 1 673
    Salaried employees 1 762 1 760 1 811 1 567 1 846 1 841 1 878 1 533
    Self-employed 141 143 149 135 143 147 151 132
    Family workers 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6
                   
    MALES                
Employed persons at work 2 1 040 1 035 1 060 938 1 082 1 082 1 105 916
    Salaried employees 931 925 946 834 971 971 991 815
    Self-employed 104 106 110 99 107 108 110 97
    Family workers 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
                   
    FEMALES                
Employed persons at work 2 874 875 907 773 916 914 934 757
    Salaried employees 831 835 865 733 875 871 887 718
    Self-employed 37 37 38 36 37 40 41 36
    Family workers 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
                   
Man-weeks worked 3 1 765 1 761 1 754 1 631 1 838 1 823 1 878 1 589
    Salaried employees 1 603 1 600 1 584 1 476 1 681 1 664 1 702 1 436
    Self-employed 154 156 165 149 153 155 170 147
    Family workers 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4
                   
    MALES                
Man-weeks worked 3 1 055 1 053 1 048 979 1 102 1 086 1 121 949
    Salaried employees 931 928 915 859 980 964 986 832
    Self-employed 120 123 130 117 120 120 132 115
    Family workers 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
                   
    FEMALES                
Man-weeks worked 3 710 708 706 652 736 737 757 639
    Salaried employees 672 672 669 617 701 700 716 605
    Self-employed 34 33 35 32 33 36 38 32
    Family workers 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1
                   
    HOURS PER WEEK                
                   
Actual working hours 34,6 34,6 33,4 35,8 34,5 34,2 34,6 35,6
    Salaried employees 34,1 34,1 32,8 35,3 34,1 33,9 34,0 35,1
    Self-employed 41,0 40,9 41,7 41,6 40,1 39,6 42,1 41,7
    Family workers 22,5 19,5 21,3 19,8 15,7 17,9 22,9 21,1
                   
    MALES                
Actual working hours 38,0 38,1 37,1 39,1 38,2 37,6 38,0 38,9
    Salaried employees 37,5 37,6 36,3 38,6 37,8 37,2 37,3 38,3
    Self-employed 43,4 43,3 44,3 44,5 42,1 41,8 45,0 44,7
    Family workers 25,6 20,3 24,2 18,7 16,6 21,2 22,7 24,2
                   
    FEMALES                
Actual working hours 30,4 30,3 29,2 31,6 30,1 30,2 30,4 31,6
    Salaried employees 30,3 30,2 29,0 31,6 30,0 30,2 30,3 31,6
    Self-employed 34,5 33,8 34,3 33,7 34,2 33,8 34,3 33,7
    Family workers 20,2 18,6 17,9 21,2 14,6 14,4 23,2 17,4