| Employed persons, thousands | Total | | 48.2 | 46.5 | 40.1 | 32.5 | 25.2 | 26.5 | 23.6 | 20.1 | 19.8 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 28.4 |
| Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Professionals | | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 11.1 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.0 |
| Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Craft and related trade workers | | 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.3 | .. | .. | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Elementary occupations | | 5.2 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Proportion of the employed, % | Total | | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Legislators, senior officials and managers | | 8.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 15.8 | 15.2 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 8.4 |
| Professionals | | 30.2 | 29.4 | 31.3 | 33.0 | 30.1 | 31.7 | 30.8 | 27.5 | 33.5 | 34.1 | 33.8 | 29.1 | 32.3 | 39.0 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 17.4 | 18.2 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 26.7 | 24.6 | 16.1 | 24.0 | 22.2 | 24.2 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 21.3 |
| Service workers and shop and market sales workers | | 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Skilled agricultural and fishery workers | | 9.4 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| Craft and related trade workers | | 12.2 | 11.6 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 9.7 | .. | .. | 9.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Plant and machine operators and assemblers | | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 3.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Elementary occupations | | 10.7 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 8.8 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.0 |