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LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 1st Qu. 2008
8 Employed persons aged 15-74 by major industry division (LFS). 1 000
  SN94 Annual average 2006 2007 2008
2006 2007 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
                   
ALL INDUSTRIES 00-99  2 362 2 443 2 389 2 397 2 434 2 459 2 484 2 497
                   
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 01-02  63 56 59 55 59 57 55 56
FISHING 05  14 13 13 14 12 13 13 14
OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION 11  31 35 31 31 36 36 36 35
MINING AND QUARRYING 10,12-14 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 5
                   
MANUFACTURING 15-37  271 277 275 274 276 277 281 283
Food products, beverages, tobacco 15-16  48 48 49 50 46 48 48 54
Textiles, wearing apparel, leather. 17-19  7 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
Wood and wood products 20  15 17 15 15 17 18 18 18
Pulp, paper and paper products 21  6 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
Publishing, printing, reproduction. 22  29 31 29 30 32 29 33 33
Refineries,chemicals,rubber,plastic 23-25  22 23 21 21 23 24 23 21
Other non-metallic mineral products 26  11 12 11 11 12 14 12 12
Basic metals and fabricated metal products 27-28  34 34 35 34 33 34 33 34
Machinery and equipment n.e.c 29  28 27 28 27 27 26 27 27
Electrical and optical equipment 30-33  20 20 21 19 20 20 21 23
Transport equipment 34-35  39 41 41 42 41 40 41 38
Furniture and other manufacturing 36-37  12 13 12 12 12 13 13 13
                   
ELECTRICITY,GAS,WATER SUPPLY 40-41  16 17 16 17 16 17 17 18
                   
CONSTRUCTION 45  167 180 175 178 178 182 183 182
                   
DOMESTIC TRADE,HOTELS,RESTAURANTS 50-55  421 425 422 419 424 429 428 428
Motor vehicle services 50  55 58 53 57 58 58 58 57
Wholesale trade, commission trade 51  103 107 106 105 106 107 108 109
Retail trade,repair personal goods. 52  195 193 196 192 192 193 196 197
Hotels and restaurants 55  68 67 67 65 67 71 66 65
                   
TRANSPORT,COMMUNICATION 60-64  156 158 152 154 158 160 159 158
Land transport,pipeline transport 60  57 59 55 57 59 60 59 60
Water transport 61  24 22 23 22 21 23 22 22
Air transport 62  10 9 10 9 10 8 8 9
Supporting transport activities 63  30 32 30 30 33 33 31 30
Post and telecommunications 64  36 36 35 35 35 36 39 38
                   
FINANCIAL INTERMEDATION, REAL ESTATE,BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 65-74  311 324 323 320 319 324 333 340
Financial intermediation 65-67  54 55 56 54 54 55 55 54
Real estate activities 70  25 27 27 26 26 29 27 34
Renting, business activities 71-74  231 242 240 239 239 240 252 252
                   
OTHER SERVICES 75-99  907 953 920 931 950 958 972 976
Public administration and defence 75  143 154 145 151 152 151 161 158
Education1 80  193 215 199 208 212 218 221 222
Healt and social work1 85  470 476 469 465 475 481 482 485
Membership organizations n.e.c 91  20 20 19 19 21 21 20 20
Cultural and sporting activities 92  44 50 48 49 52 49 50 52
Domestic services 95  3 3 3 4 4 2 2 2
Other service activities 90,93,99 34 35 37 35 33 36 35 35
                   
Unspecified 00  1 1 - 1 1 2 2 1

1 Some of the growth in education is caused by employees being incorrectly registered in this industry instead of health and social work.