| 3 | Emlpoyed persons by sex and occupation (4th digit in the code) (LFS). Annual average 2002 and 2004. 1 000 |
| TOTAL | Males | Females | |||||||
| Occupation | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| TOTAL | 2 286 | 2 269 | 2 276 | 1 210 | 1 198 | 1 201 | 1 076 | 1 071 | 1 074 |
| 1 LEGISLATORS, SENIOR OFFICIAL AND MANAGERS | 174 | 170 | 163 | 125 | 119 | 115 | 49 | 51 | 48 |
| 1210 Directors and chief executives | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1222 Production and operations department managers in manufacturing,mining and quarrying,electricity,gas | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1224 Production and operations department managers in wholesale and retail trade, hotels and restaurants | 13 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 1226 Production and operations department managers in business services | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1227 Production and operations department managers in public administration | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 1228 Production and operations department managers in education, health and social security | 16 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 1231 Finance and administration department managers | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 1232 Personnel department managers | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 1233 Sales department managers | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1234 Advertising and public relations department managers | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1235 Supply and distribution department managers | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1314 General managers in wholesale and retail trade | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 1317 General managers in business services | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 PROFESSIONALS | 255 | 251 | 267 | 147 | 144 | 150 | 108 | 106 | 117 |
| 2130 Computer systems designers and computer programmers | 37 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 2141 Architects, town and traffic planners | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2142 Civil engineers | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2147 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2149 Other engineers and related professionals not elsewhere classified | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2221 Medical doctors | 16 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2230 Nursing and midwifery professionals | 17 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
| 2310 College, university and higher education teaching professionals | 15 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 2320 Secondary education teaching professionals | 20 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 2340 Special education teaching professionals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2352 School inspectors | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 2410 Public service administrative professionals | 25 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| 2512 Personnel and careers professionals | 14 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 2519 Market analysts and business professionals not elsewhere classified | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2521 Lawyers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2541 Economists | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 2545 Psychologists | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS | 523 | 524 | 530 | 249 | 245 | 247 | 275 | 279 | 283 |
| 3111 Civil engineering technicians | 16 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3112 Electrical engineering technicians | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 3113 Electronics and telecommunications engineering technicians | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3114 Mechanical engineering technicians | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 3116 Oil, mining and metallurgical technicians | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3119 Engineering technicians not elsewhere classified | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3120 Computer associate professionals | 20 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 3141 Ships' engineers | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 0 |
| 3142 Ships' deck officers and pilots | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3152 Safety inspectors | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3211 Life science technicians | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 3226 Physiotherapists and related associate professionals | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| 3231 Nurses | 50 | 53 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 48 | 52 |
| 3232 RNMS | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 3310 Primary education teaching associate professionals | 70 | 69 | 70 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 47 | 47 | 48 |
| 3320 Pre-primary education teaching associate professionals | 21 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 3341 Technical and subject teaching associate professionals (secondary education) | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3349 Other teaching associate and pedagogical professionals not elsewhere classified | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 3412 Insurance representatives | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3413 Estate agents | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 3415 Technical and commercial sales representatives | 43 | 46 | 47 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| 3416 Buyers | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 3418 Bank associate professionals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 3419 Marketing and advertising advisers | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 3431 Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals | 6 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 3432 Accountant associate professionals and bookkeepers | 23 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 19 |
| 3443 Government social benefits officials | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3449 Other public service administrative associate professionals | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 3450 Police officers | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3460 Sosial workers (college-trained), child care officers,etc. | 17 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| 3471 Government social benefits officials | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 3475 Athlets, sportspersons and coaches | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3491 Journalists and information associate professionals | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 4 CLERKS | 183 | 177 | 171 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 125 | 118 | 113 |
| 4113 Secretaries | 43 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 32 | 23 |
| 4114 Clerical officers | 34 | 36 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 35 |
| 4121 Accounting and book-keeping clerks | 22 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| 4131 Stock clerks | 25 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 4133 Transport clerks | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4142 Mail carriers and sorting clerks | 17 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 4222 Receptionists and information clerks | 12 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| 4223 Telephone switchboard operators | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 5 SERVICE WORKERS AND SHOP AND MARKET SALES WORKERS | 500 | 506 | 522 | 134 | 139 | 147 | 365 | 367 | 375 |
| 5122 Cooks | 23 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| 5123 Head waiters, waiters, waitresses and bartenders | 21 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| 5131 Child-care workers | 64 | 66 | 68 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
| 5132 Nursing assistants and care assistants | 71 | 76 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 67 | 73 | 71 |
| 5133 Home helpers | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
| 5134 Dentist's secretaries | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 5135 Doctor's secretaries | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 5136 Trainees, nursemaids, etc. | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 5139 Personal care and related workers not elsewhere classified | 53 | 50 | 48 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 36 | 36 |
| 5141 Hairdressers, barbers, beauticians and related workers | 15 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| 5163 Caretakers | 24 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5164 Security guards | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5221 Shop salespersons and other salespersons (retail) | 160 | 166 | 177 | 51 | 57 | 59 | 109 | 110 | 117 |
| 5223 Door-to-door salesmen and related workers | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY AND FISHERY WORKERS | 77 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| 6111 Field crop and vegetable growers | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6121 Dairy and livestock producers | 29 | 28 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 6130 Crop and animal producers | 23 | 21 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| 6411 Fishery workers | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS | 251 | 250 | 253 | 233 | 232 | 236 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
| 7121 Bricklayer and stonemasons | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 7125 Carpenters and joiners | 40 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 37 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7126 Road workers and construction workers | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | - | - |
| 7134 Plumbers | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7141 Painters and related workers | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7212 Welders | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7214 Sheet-metal workers | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| 7231 Motor vehicle mechanics and fitters | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7237 Industrial mechanics and fitters | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 7241 Electricians, electrical and electronic equipment mechanics and fitters | 27 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7242 Telegraph and telephone installers, repairers and servicers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7411 Butchers, fishmongers and related food preparers | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7421 Cabinet-makers | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 PLANT AND MACHINE OPERATORS AND ASSEMBLERS | 177 | 175 | 166 | 146 | 147 | 140 | 30 | 28 | 26 |
| 8113 Oil- and gas-processing-plant operators | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8121 Ore and metal furnace operators | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8211 Metal-products machine operators | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 8251 Graphic printing-machine operators | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8271 Fish-processing-machine operators | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 8321 Car, taxi and van drivers | 16 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 8322 Bus- and tram drivers | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8323 Heavy truck and lorry drivers | 29 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8331 Earth-moving and related plant operators | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS | 123 | 119 | 114 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 85 | 83 | 78 |
| 9132 Helpers and cleaners in offices and other establishments | 61 | 59 | 59 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 52 | 52 |
| 9133 Kitchen helps and related workers | 23 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| 9151 Messengers, package and luggage porters and deliverers | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 9152 Doorkeepers, watchpersons and related workers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9160 Garbage collectors and related labourers | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9320 Labourers in manufacturing | 11 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 0 ARMED FORCES AND UNSPECIFIED | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 0000 Unspecified or unidentified occupations | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 0111 Privates and corporals | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | - | 0 | 1 |