| Employed persons, thousands | Total | Total | | 585.3 | 589.6 | 589.9 | 602.9 | 601.9 | 615.6 | 651.7 | 657.6 | 656.0 | 593.9 | 568.0 | 603.2 | 614.9 | 621.3 | 624.8 | 640.9 | 644.6 | 658.6 | 664.7 |
| Managers | | 67.4 | 63.6 | 63.0 | 62.9 | 69.0 | 70.4 | 74.3 | 76.5 | 71.8 | 65.4 | 63.0 | 55.9 | 56.8 | 60.0 | 68.3 | 77.7 | 76.7 | 79.9 | 82.8 |
| Professionals | | 79.7 | 77.0 | 82.4 | 84.8 | 82.5 | 91.9 | 99.3 | 96.3 | 90.3 | 97.1 | 114.6 | 118.2 | 119.4 | 118.8 | 114.8 | 126.9 | 131.1 | 132.2 | 138.5 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 81.6 | 81.4 | 78.5 | 79.9 | 82.0 | 80.4 | 83.9 | 87.2 | 89.2 | 83.9 | 61.3 | 78.1 | 83.8 | 81.1 | 83.8 | 76.8 | 76.3 | 88.3 | 91.2 |
| Clerical support workers | | 27.5 | 26.9 | 28.7 | 28.1 | 25.4 | 28.2 | 32.3 | 30.1 | 31.0 | 28.5 | 29.4 | 32.4 | 37.1 | 36.7 | 38.7 | 38.6 | 39.4 | 38.0 | 35.0 |
| Service and sales workers | | 67.6 | 72.0 | 73.8 | 83.4 | 76.0 | 79.0 | 84.7 | 82.6 | 90.5 | 83.9 | 80.9 | 78.4 | 80.4 | 80.9 | 87.3 | 87.3 | 83.0 | 81.0 | 86.1 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 19.7 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 93.5 | 90.8 | 88.0 | 91.6 | 92.1 | 93.6 | 102.4 | 112.1 | 113.5 | 87.9 | 79.8 | 92.7 | 91.9 | 88.5 | 89.7 | 92.8 | 87.5 | 87.7 | 86.5 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 81.8 | 85.9 | 84.8 | 85.6 | 84.0 | 85.9 | 94.3 | 90.8 | 92.1 | 81.8 | 73.3 | 78.6 | 80.3 | 84.6 | 76.3 | 74.6 | 81.3 | 78.3 | 77.9 |
| Elementary occupations | | 64.8 | 72.4 | 70.0 | 68.5 | 73.2 | 68.5 | 64.3 | 65.9 | 61.8 | 53.4 | 51.9 | 54.9 | 51.3 | 58.0 | 53.6 | 52.4 | 56.0 | 61.5 | 55.4 |
| Armed forces occupations | | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Estonians | Total | | 394.2 | 397.4 | 403.2 | 413.7 | 415.3 | 418.9 | 445.4 | 446.8 | 447.0 | 406.6 | 391.6 | 416.5 | 426.6 | 430.0 | 438.7 | 448.1 | 455.0 | 460.5 | 461.0 |
| Managers | | 52.2 | 51.1 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 51.6 | 53.2 | 58.7 | 61.6 | 58.8 | 53.9 | 50.5 | 47.4 | 48.7 | 50.3 | 56.2 | 62.2 | 63.2 | 64.4 | 65.6 |
| Professionals | | 59.8 | 59.2 | 60.6 | 65.5 | 64.6 | 72.9 | 77.1 | 74.6 | 70.8 | 74.6 | 87.4 | 92.4 | 93.6 | 93.9 | 91.6 | 97.8 | 102.6 | 103.5 | 105.4 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 56.6 | 59.9 | 59.7 | 59.6 | 60.0 | 58.3 | 60.7 | 63.1 | 64.9 | 59.9 | 46.0 | 56.5 | 61.4 | 59.9 | 62.1 | 55.8 | 56.9 | 65.4 | 67.8 |
| Clerical support workers | | 20.5 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 20.6 | 19.1 | 21.2 | 20.6 | 20.3 | 22.4 | 26.0 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 27.1 | 28.2 | 25.6 | 22.4 |
| Service and sales workers | | 47.8 | 49.8 | 52.0 | 55.3 | 52.6 | 54.9 | 56.3 | 56.2 | 61.7 | 54.8 | 52.9 | 52.4 | 56.0 | 56.6 | 57.5 | 57.9 | 55.8 | 56.9 | 58.7 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 17.6 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 12.6 | 11.3 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 7.3 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 54.5 | 51.8 | 50.8 | 53.1 | 55.6 | 57.0 | 61.5 | 66.1 | 65.4 | 51.5 | 48.8 | 54.9 | 53.4 | 52.8 | 55.8 | 58.4 | 54.5 | 51.4 | 52.0 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 44.9 | 46.9 | 48.9 | 51.5 | 54.1 | 51.2 | 57.7 | 54.7 | 55.8 | 50.7 | 43.7 | 47.4 | 46.5 | 48.1 | 47.5 | 45.2 | 50.8 | 48.6 | 48.1 |
| Elementary occupations | | 38.7 | 42.5 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 42.7 | 40.2 | 37.6 | 36.1 | 33.9 | 29.7 | 29.5 | 30.7 | 28.2 | 31.6 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.6 | 34.0 | 30.7 |
| Armed forces occupations | | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| Russians | Total | | 150.5 | 151.8 | 145.5 | 155.2 | 156.4 | 166.4 | 173.0 | 175.1 | 170.4 | 157.4 | 149.0 | 158.0 | 160.5 | 160.9 | 154.0 | 158.6 | 159.5 | 166.3 | 170.3 |
| Managers | | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 14.0 |
| Professionals | | 15.2 | 13.2 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 18.1 | 18.4 | 17.0 | 19.1 | 22.8 | 21.4 | 21.0 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 24.2 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 26.8 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 19.9 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 13.9 | 19.3 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 16.9 | 15.5 | 18.9 | 19.2 |
| Clerical support workers | | 5.6 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Service and sales workers | | 16.5 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 22.8 | 19.6 | 20.7 | 23.8 | 21.8 | 23.5 | 24.6 | 24.2 | 21.5 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 25.0 | 24.8 | 23.6 | 21.0 | 23.2 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 1.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 30.9 | 30.4 | 29.2 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 31.4 | 34.5 | 37.7 | 38.3 | 30.3 | 25.9 | 32.4 | 34.1 | 32.1 | 29.8 | 30.3 | 28.4 | 31.4 | 28.8 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 29.8 | 31.7 | 27.9 | 27.7 | 24.9 | 30.3 | 31.1 | 30.1 | 29.3 | 26.1 | 24.8 | 26.4 | 29.2 | 30.7 | 23.3 | 23.7 | 26.1 | 25.5 | 26.0 |
| Elementary occupations | | 20.3 | 24.3 | 19.7 | 22.2 | 25.9 | 24.1 | 22.6 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 20.3 | 19.1 | 21.4 | 18.6 | 17.1 | 21.5 | 22.9 | 20.5 |
| Persons of other ethnic nationality | Total | | 40.6 | 40.3 | 41.2 | 34.1 | 30.2 | 30.2 | 33.3 | 35.8 | 38.6 | 29.9 | 27.3 | 28.7 | 27.9 | 30.4 | 32.1 | 34.3 | 30.1 | 31.7 | 33.4 |
| Managers | | 4.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Professionals | | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.4 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | .. | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Clerical support workers | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.6 | 1.8 | .. | .. | .. | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Service and sales workers | | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Elementary occupations | | 5.9 | 5.6 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.1 |
| Persons whose domestic language is Estonian | Total | | 394.5 | 394.8 | 402.6 | 412.5 | 414.6 | 415.4 | 442.1 | 443.4 | 444.2 | 406.1 | 393.4 | 414.5 | 421.9 | 424.0 | 435.5 | 446.5 | 453.4 | 455.9 | 455.6 |
| Managers | | 52.8 | 51.2 | 52.0 | 51.8 | 52.2 | 53.4 | 58.6 | 60.6 | 57.7 | 54.1 | 51.2 | 47.8 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 56.2 | 62.6 | 63.0 | 63.7 | 64.9 |
| Professionals | | 60.5 | 58.8 | 60.6 | 66.2 | 65.3 | 73.4 | 77.3 | 74.5 | 70.3 | 75.0 | 87.2 | 91.9 | 91.6 | 92.3 | 91.5 | 98.3 | 102.8 | 102.6 | 104.8 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 56.5 | 59.5 | 59.1 | 59.5 | 60.3 | 58.3 | 59.9 | 63.3 | 65.7 | 59.7 | 45.9 | 56.8 | 61.0 | 58.7 | 60.4 | 55.5 | 56.7 | 65.3 | 66.8 |
| Clerical support workers | | 20.7 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 14.6 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 25.3 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 27.2 | 28.2 | 24.8 | 22.0 |
| Service and sales workers | | 48.2 | 49.4 | 51.3 | 54.9 | 53.5 | 53.7 | 56.0 | 55.8 | 61.5 | 54.7 | 53.1 | 52.3 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 55.5 | 55.4 | 58.0 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 17.9 | 15.9 | 16.4 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 53.7 | 51.6 | 50.7 | 52.5 | 54.5 | 56.6 | 60.8 | 64.3 | 64.0 | 51.9 | 49.2 | 54.0 | 52.7 | 51.8 | 55.0 | 56.4 | 52.9 | 50.8 | 50.6 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 45.3 | 46.3 | 49.2 | 51.5 | 52.2 | 49.5 | 56.3 | 53.7 | 54.9 | 50.4 | 44.6 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 47.7 | 46.7 | 45.0 | 50.5 | 48.4 | 48.3 |
| Elementary occupations | | 37.5 | 41.9 | 42.5 | 40.8 | 42.1 | 40.0 | 37.3 | 36.6 | 34.4 | 29.6 | 29.1 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 34.2 | 30.0 |
| Armed forces occupations | | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Persons whose domestic language is Russian | Total | | 188.3 | 193.0 | 185.4 | 188.8 | 186.0 | 197.8 | 206.3 | 211.1 | 209.3 | 185.1 | 172.2 | 186.8 | 190.4 | 192.5 | 183.2 | 190.2 | 185.5 | 195.5 | 202.6 |
| Managers | | 14.4 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 16.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.6 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 16.4 |
| Professionals | | 18.9 | 18.2 | 21.8 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 21.2 | 21.6 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 26.4 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 25.3 | 21.6 | 27.8 | 26.2 | 27.8 | 31.9 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 24.7 | 21.9 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 15.1 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 18.6 | 22.5 | 23.7 |
| Clerical support workers | | 6.6 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 12.9 | 12.6 |
| Service and sales workers | | 19.0 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 28.3 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 28.4 | 26.3 | 28.4 | 28.9 | 27.3 | 25.8 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 29.3 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 25.4 | 27.8 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 1.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 39.5 | 38.8 | 37.0 | 38.4 | 37.3 | 36.9 | 41.4 | 47.2 | 49.3 | 35.6 | 30.5 | 38.6 | 39.0 | 36.3 | 33.8 | 36.1 | 34.0 | 35.9 | 35.5 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 36.4 | 38.9 | 35.0 | 34.1 | 31.7 | 36.2 | 37.9 | 36.7 | 36.9 | 31.3 | 28.5 | 32.2 | 34.5 | 36.2 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 29.2 |
| Elementary occupations | | 27.2 | 30.2 | 26.9 | 27.7 | 31.1 | 28.3 | 26.8 | 29.1 | 27.4 | 23.6 | 22.6 | 24.2 | 22.6 | 25.4 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 24.7 | 26.3 | 24.5 |
| Persons with other domestic language | Total | | 2.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 6.5 |
| Managers | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Professionals | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.6 | .. | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Born in Estonia | Total | | 472.0 | 480.0 | 486.9 | 507.0 | 507.3 | 520.6 | 549.8 | 557.0 | 561.2 | 510.9 | 495.5 | 525.6 | 537.8 | 545.8 | 553.9 | 568.5 | 572.7 | 588.1 | 595.3 |
| Managers | | 57.4 | 54.6 | 56.0 | 55.8 | 59.6 | 60.7 | 66.6 | 68.7 | 64.8 | 59.5 | 56.5 | 50.9 | 52.0 | 55.8 | 62.4 | 70.2 | 70.1 | 73.7 | 76.4 |
| Professionals | | 65.1 | 64.9 | 70.7 | 74.1 | 71.6 | 81.3 | 87.2 | 85.4 | 81.4 | 86.0 | 103.6 | 108.7 | 107.5 | 107.2 | 104.3 | 115.8 | 118.7 | 121.1 | 126.4 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 66.4 | 67.2 | 66.0 | 69.4 | 69.7 | 69.6 | 71.6 | 75.4 | 79.4 | 74.9 | 55.3 | 70.5 | 75.3 | 73.4 | 76.2 | 69.1 | 69.7 | 80.2 | 82.8 |
| Clerical support workers | | 23.0 | 21.8 | 22.4 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 23.7 | 25.9 | 24.3 | 26.4 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 28.2 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 34.0 | 34.9 | 34.9 | 33.4 | 31.2 |
| Service and sales workers | | 56.8 | 61.5 | 62.3 | 70.6 | 66.7 | 69.3 | 72.4 | 71.1 | 79.5 | 72.5 | 72.6 | 69.8 | 71.6 | 72.4 | 77.6 | 77.8 | 73.7 | 74.3 | 77.9 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 18.6 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 7.9 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 72.0 | 70.0 | 68.9 | 74.3 | 77.5 | 79.2 | 86.7 | 94.0 | 93.5 | 72.3 | 66.1 | 76.6 | 77.7 | 76.5 | 78.2 | 81.2 | 77.2 | 76.6 | 75.7 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 63.1 | 66.2 | 68.4 | 69.0 | 68.0 | 69.0 | 77.4 | 74.4 | 74.8 | 67.6 | 61.9 | 64.6 | 67.9 | 71.2 | 64.6 | 63.3 | 70.1 | 67.2 | 67.8 |
| Elementary occupations | | 47.9 | 55.1 | 53.0 | 53.2 | 54.5 | 50.9 | 46.5 | 48.3 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 39.0 | 43.3 | 40.3 | 45.6 | 44.6 | 42.7 | 45.4 | 50.4 | 46.2 |
| Armed forces occupations | | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
| Born in Russia | Total | | 79.7 | 78.4 | 72.4 | 67.1 | 67.4 | 66.4 | 72.9 | 71.3 | 63.9 | 57.4 | 50.7 | 53.0 | 51.4 | 51.1 | 47.3 | 48.7 | 46.9 | 41.3 | 40.3 |
| Managers | | 6.2 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
| Professionals | | 9.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 6.4 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 11.0 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
| Clerical support workers | | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.1 | .. | 1.6 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| Service and sales workers | | 8.6 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | .. | .. | 1.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 14.1 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 13.2 | 14.1 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 6.7 |
| Elementary occupations | | 12.7 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
| Born in other country | Total | | 33.6 | 31.3 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 28.6 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 31.0 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 24.6 | 25.6 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 25.0 | 29.2 | 29.1 |
| Managers | | 3.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | .. | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | .. | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Professionals | | 5.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Clerical support workers | | .. | .. | .. | 2.0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.5 | .. | .. | .. | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Service and sales workers | | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 7.4 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| Elementary occupations | | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Estonian citizens | Total | | 473.5 | 477.9 | 486.2 | 495.5 | 496.6 | 512.9 | 542.0 | 548.7 | 544.5 | 494.9 | 481.5 | 514.8 | 524.5 | 530.3 | 537.7 | 553.8 | 555.6 | 565.8 | 570.0 |
| Managers | | 61.3 | 58.3 | 59.7 | 57.4 | 60.8 | 62.7 | 67.7 | 70.1 | 65.7 | 61.2 | 58.1 | 52.1 | 53.2 | 56.8 | 63.3 | 71.4 | 71.3 | 74.0 | 76.3 |
| Professionals | | 70.6 | 69.6 | 74.1 | 76.8 | 75.4 | 85.8 | 92.7 | 90.3 | 84.5 | 88.6 | 106.1 | 111.9 | 112.8 | 112.1 | 107.0 | 120.4 | 123.6 | 124.0 | 129.5 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 68.8 | 71.2 | 70.6 | 72.3 | 73.2 | 72.5 | 74.9 | 78.7 | 81.7 | 76.8 | 57.4 | 70.6 | 75.2 | 73.7 | 75.8 | 68.1 | 69.8 | 80.7 | 82.1 |
| Clerical support workers | | 24.0 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 23.6 | 22.3 | 24.1 | 27.4 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 29.1 | 32.7 | 32.3 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 34.1 | 33.0 | 30.4 |
| Service and sales workers | | 56.5 | 60.4 | 62.0 | 66.9 | 63.4 | 67.2 | 71.1 | 71.7 | 77.1 | 70.3 | 69.3 | 68.5 | 70.3 | 71.4 | 76.0 | 77.6 | 71.7 | 71.8 | 74.9 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 18.7 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 7.5 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 65.8 | 63.8 | 61.4 | 65.5 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 73.8 | 81.3 | 81.2 | 61.8 | 58.9 | 70.1 | 68.7 | 67.0 | 70.1 | 71.4 | 68.4 | 64.6 | 64.4 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 58.0 | 58.4 | 61.3 | 64.0 | 62.6 | 63.0 | 70.6 | 67.6 | 69.1 | 60.8 | 54.1 | 59.1 | 59.3 | 61.5 | 57.1 | 56.8 | 62.4 | 60.1 | 59.8 |
| Elementary occupations | | 48.2 | 54.4 | 53.2 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 49.8 | 47.8 | 48.1 | 43.6 | 38.0 | 37.2 | 39.9 | 38.9 | 43.3 | 42.1 | 40.4 | 41.3 | 46.5 | 41.9 |
| Armed forces occupations | | 1.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
| Russian citizens | Total | | 32.3 | 32.4 | 35.1 | 35.7 | 32.4 | 35.4 | 39.1 | 36.7 | 41.1 | 40.7 | 36.5 | 36.4 | 38.3 | 39.8 | 37.4 | 37.1 | 36.8 | 35.4 | 37.3 |
| Managers | | 2.0 | 3.1 | .. | .. | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | .. | 1.5 | .. | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| Professionals | | 3.3 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| Clerical support workers | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | .. | .. | .. | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 |
| Service and sales workers | | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 6.4 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 |
| Elementary occupations | | 4.7 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| Persons with undetermined citizenship | Total | | 70.1 | 74.9 | 65.5 | 68.1 | 67.7 | 61.6 | 65.1 | 66.8 | 64.1 | 52.6 | 43.8 | 46.4 | 46.6 | 44.8 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 44.3 |
| Managers | | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.4 | .. | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| Professionals | | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 3.3 | .. | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .. | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 8.2 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | .. | 3.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| Clerical support workers | | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 | .. | .. | .. | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Service and sales workers | | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 16.4 | 18.5 | 16.9 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 14.0 | 17.9 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 15.4 | 11.0 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 9.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 16.0 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 15.0 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
| Elementary occupations | | 10.8 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 13.7 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 7.3 |
| Persons with other citizenship | Total | | 9.5 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 13.4 | 13.1 |
| Managers | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Professionals | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.6 | .. | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| Service and sales workers | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.0 | .. |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 3.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.7 | 1.0 | .. | .. | 1.8 | .. | .. | 1.3 | 1.2 | .. | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.2 | 1.4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| Elementary occupations | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.2 | 1.4 |
| Knowing Estonian as a domestic language | Total | | 408.4 | 406.4 | 411.4 | 422.2 | 424.3 | 424.6 | 456.2 | 457.9 | 444.2 | 406.1 | 393.4 | 414.5 | 421.9 | 424.0 | 435.5 | 446.5 | 453.4 | 455.9 | 455.6 |
| Managers | | 54.3 | 52.8 | 52.9 | 52.3 | 53.0 | 54.6 | 60.4 | 62.9 | 57.7 | 54.1 | 51.2 | 47.8 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 56.2 | 62.6 | 63.0 | 63.7 | 64.9 |
| Professionals | | 62.5 | 60.5 | 61.2 | 67.5 | 66.4 | 74.5 | 79.0 | 76.3 | 70.3 | 75.0 | 87.2 | 91.9 | 91.6 | 92.3 | 91.5 | 98.3 | 102.8 | 102.6 | 104.8 |
| Technicians and associate professionals | | 58.2 | 60.5 | 59.7 | 60.8 | 61.8 | 58.9 | 61.7 | 64.6 | 65.7 | 59.7 | 45.9 | 56.8 | 61.0 | 58.7 | 60.4 | 55.5 | 56.7 | 65.3 | 66.8 |
| Clerical support workers | | 21.4 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 15.4 | 21.7 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 25.3 | 24.3 | 25.2 | 27.2 | 28.2 | 24.8 | 22.0 |
| Service and sales workers | | 49.5 | 50.7 | 52.8 | 55.7 | 54.5 | 54.4 | 57.6 | 57.8 | 61.5 | 54.7 | 53.1 | 52.3 | 55.5 | 55.5 | 57.2 | 57.6 | 55.5 | 55.4 | 58.0 |
| Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 18.1 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 7.3 |
| Craft and related trades workers | | 55.9 | 53.6 | 52.3 | 54.0 | 56.2 | 58.9 | 62.6 | 66.8 | 64.0 | 51.9 | 49.2 | 54.0 | 52.7 | 51.8 | 55.0 | 56.4 | 52.9 | 50.8 | 50.6 |
| Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 47.2 | 48.6 | 50.9 | 53.9 | 53.7 | 50.6 | 59.0 | 56.0 | 54.9 | 50.4 | 44.6 | 46.3 | 45.5 | 47.7 | 46.7 | 45.0 | 50.5 | 48.4 | 48.3 |
| Elementary occupations | | 39.9 | 43.0 | 43.5 | 42.0 | 43.6 | 41.0 | 38.6 | 38.4 | 34.4 | 29.6 | 29.1 | 30.5 | 28.6 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.1 | 31.1 | 34.2 | 30.0 |
| Armed forces occupations | | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Persons who can speak and write in Estonian | Total | | 34.4 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 39.2 | 40.9 | 53.1 | 51.3 | 57.4 | 70.9 | 70.3 | 70.1 | 77.5 | 83.6 | 82.9 | 82.5 | 78.5 | 74.3 | 80.5 | 91.9 |