| 3 Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education by category of personnel and settled man-years | 
| Per cent of employed and per cent of settled man-years1. 4. q. 2008 | 
| Health care service | ||||||||||||
| Employed all services | Employed | Settled man-years | Settled man- years excl. persons on maternity leave | Settled man- years excl. doctor certified sickness absence | Settled man- years excl. doctor certified absence and maternity leave | |||||||
| 2008 | Emplo- yed perc. | 2008 | Emplo- yed perc. | 2008 | Man- years perc. | 2008 | Man- years perc. | 2008 | Man- years perc. | 2008 | Man- years perc. | |
| Total | 327 737 | 87,6 | 242 520 | 64,8 | 205 674 | 55,0 | 199 786 | 53,4 | 189 612 | 50,7 | 183 724 | 49,1 | 
| Medical secretary | 10 652 | 86,0 | 7 710 | 62,2 | 6 332 | 51,1 | 6 161 | 49,7 | 5 757 | 46,5 | 5 586 | 45,1 | 
| Auxiliary Nurse | 72 912 | 80,9 | 58 188 | 64,6 | 45 051 | 50,0 | 44 413 | 49,3 | 40 439 | 44,9 | 39 801 | 44,2 | 
| Care worker | 17 338 | 86,8 | 12 532 | 62,8 | 9 966 | 49,9 | 9 727 | 48,7 | 8 959 | 44,9 | 8 719 | 43,7 | 
| Paramedic | 2 897 | 94,5 | 2 313 | 75,4 | 2 245 | 73,2 | 2 210 | 72,1 | 2 079 | 67,8 | 2 045 | 66,7 | 
| Pharmacy technician | 4 916 | 86,3 | 267 | 4,7 | 191 | 3,4 | 184 | 3,2 | 176 | 3,1 | 169 | 3,0 | 
| Chiropodist | 1 729 | 82,3 | 900 | 42,8 | 751 | 35,7 | 737 | 35,1 | 687 | 32,7 | 672 | 32,0 | 
| Child care worker | 13 716 | 90,3 | 1 325 | 8,7 | 1 058 | 7,0 | 1 030 | 6,8 | 957 | 6,3 | 929 | 6,1 | 
| Dental secretary | 5 005 | 86,3 | 3 268 | 56,4 | 2 717 | 46,9 | 2 662 | 45,9 | 2 522 | 43,5 | 2 467 | 42,5 | 
| Dental technician | 721 | 87,4 | 199 | 24,1 | 201 | 24,3 | 199 | 24,2 | 190 | 23,0 | 188 | 22,8 | 
| Unqualified occupational therapists | 4 141 | 82,5 | 2 323 | 46,3 | 1 854 | 36,9 | 1 817 | 36,2 | 1 689 | 33,7 | 1 651 | 32,9 | 
| Other health care education, sec. level | 670 | 99,0 | 612 | 90,4 | 521 | 77,0 | 517 | 76,3 | 473 | 69,8 | 468 | 69,1 | 
| Occupational therapist | 3 563 | 90,1 | 2 658 | 67,2 | 2 388 | 60,4 | 2 258 | 57,1 | 2 232 | 56,5 | 2 102 | 53,2 | 
| Physiotherapist | 10 171 | 91,9 | 8 635 | 78,0 | 8 154 | 73,7 | 7 836 | 70,8 | 7 704 | 69,6 | 7 386 | 66,7 | 
| Midwife | 2 748 | 89,8 | 2 438 | 79,7 | 1 960 | 64,0 | 1 889 | 61,7 | 1 814 | 59,3 | 1 743 | 57,0 | 
| Radiographer | 2 750 | 89,7 | 2 335 | 76,2 | 2 157 | 70,4 | 2 075 | 67,7 | 2 031 | 66,2 | 1 949 | 63,6 | 
| Nurse | 85 620 | 89,3 | 71 496 | 74,6 | 60 578 | 63,2 | 58 327 | 60,8 | 55 867 | 58,3 | 53 616 | 55,9 | 
| Social educator | 11 322 | 92,3 | 8 799 | 71,7 | 8 066 | 65,8 | 7 762 | 63,3 | 7 392 | 60,3 | 7 088 | 57,8 | 
| Public health nurse | 3 599 | 88,9 | 3 087 | 76,2 | 2 636 | 65,1 | 2 595 | 64,1 | 2 468 | 61,0 | 2 427 | 59,9 | 
| Dental nurse | 1 139 | 90,4 | 874 | 69,4 | 767 | 60,9 | 730 | 57,9 | 711 | 56,4 | 674 | 53,5 | 
| Audiologist | 373 | 90,5 | 232 | 56,3 | 214 | 51,9 | 209 | 50,6 | 202 | 48,9 | 196 | 47,7 | 
| Medical laboratory technologist | 6 310 | 90,9 | 4 554 | 65,6 | 4 109 | 59,2 | 3 962 | 57,1 | 3 884 | 56,0 | 3 737 | 53,9 | 
| Optometrist | 1 353 | 93,4 | 75 | 5,2 | 67 | 4,6 | 66 | 4,6 | 64 | 4,4 | 64 | 4,4 | 
| Child welfare officer | 8 830 | 90,5 | 5 626 | 57,7 | 5 201 | 53,3 | 4 964 | 50,9 | 4 774 | 48,9 | 4 538 | 46,5 | 
| Social worker | 12 265 | 89,0 | 8 223 | 59,7 | 7 620 | 55,3 | 7 353 | 53,4 | 7 019 | 50,9 | 6 753 | 49,0 | 
| Other health care education, college level2 6 612 | 96,3 | 5 959 | 86,8 | 3 881 | 56,5 | 3 846 | 56,0 | 3 661 | 53,3 | 3 626 | 52,8 |  | 
| Clinical nutritionist | 392 | 93,3 | 171 | 40,7 | 160 | 38,0 | 152 | 36,2 | 154 | 36,6 | 146 | 34,7 | 
| Pharmacist and dispensing chemist | 3 593 | 91,7 | 93 | 2,4 | 83 | 2,1 | 80 | 2,0 | 80 | 2,0 | 77 | 2,0 | 
| Chiropractor | 413 | 86,9 | 388 | 81,7 | 387 | 81,5 | 379 | 79,9 | 370 | 77,9 | 362 | 76,2 | 
| Perfusionist | 34 | 94,4 | 33 | 91,7 | 33 | 91,7 | 33 | 91,7 | 31 | 86,7 | 31 | 86,7 | 
| Physician | 9 778 | 91,2 | 8 395 | 78,3 | 8 193 | 76,5 | 7 777 | 72,6 | 7 881 | 73,5 | 7 464 | 69,7 | 
| Medical student with license | 461 | 48,7 | 314 | 33,2 | 147 | 15,5 | 146 | 15,4 | 141 | 14,9 | 140 | 14,8 | 
| Specialised physician | 10 717 | 96,5 | 9 716 | 87,5 | 9 692 | 87,3 | 9 647 | 86,9 | 9 305 | 83,8 | 9 260 | 83,4 | 
| Dentist | 3 862 | 91,1 | 3 507 | 82,8 | 3 436 | 81,1 | 3 341 | 78,8 | 3 283 | 77,5 | 3 188 | 75,2 | 
| Specialist in dentistry | 430 | 96,8 | 359 | 80,9 | 360 | 81,0 | 357 | 80,5 | 347 | 78,2 | 345 | 77,7 | 
| Psychologist | 5 777 | 94,2 | 4 093 | 66,7 | 4 058 | 66,2 | 3 909 | 63,7 | 3 845 | 62,7 | 3 696 | 60,3 | 
| Other health care education, university level | 928 | 90,9 | 823 | 80,6 | 441 | 43,2 | 438 | 42,9 | 425 | 41,6 | 421 | 41,3 | 
| 1Per cent of employed and per cent of man-years are respectively number of persons employed and man-years in per cent of total | 
| 2College level courses of shorter duration are included from 2006 | 
| Source: Registerbased employment statistics for health care personnel, Statistics Norway |