Employed persons, thousands | Estonians and non-Estonians | 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 | 671.3 |
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 | 70.8 |
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 | 143.8 |
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 | 97.9 |
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 | 36.7 |
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 | 87.9 |
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 | 8.0 |
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 | 84.2 |
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 | 81.8 |
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 | 56.5 |
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 | 3.6 |
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 | 459.6 |
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 | 54.4 |
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 | 109.6 |
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 | 72.1 |
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 | 23.5 |
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 | 59.1 |
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 | 7.5 |
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 | 50.3 |
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 | 48.4 |
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 | 31.2 |
Non-Estonians | Total | | 191.1 | 192.2 | 186.7 | 189.3 | 186.6 | 196.6 | 206.3 | 210.8 | 209.0 | 187.3 | 176.4 | 186.7 | 188.4 | 191.3 | 186.1 | 192.8 | 189.7 | 198.1 | 203.7 | 211.7 |
Managers | | 15.2 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 17.2 | 16.4 |
Professionals | | 19.8 | 17.8 | 21.8 | 19.2 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 22.2 | 21.7 | 19.6 | 22.5 | 27.2 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 24.9 | 23.2 | 29.1 | 28.5 | 28.6 | 33.1 | 34.2 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 25.0 | 21.5 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 22.0 | 22.2 | 23.1 | 24.1 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 15.3 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 19.5 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 25.8 |
Clerical support workers | | 7.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 7.9 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 13.2 |
Service and sales workers | | 19.8 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 28.0 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 28.4 | 26.4 | 28.8 | 29.1 | 27.9 | 26.0 | 24.4 | 24.2 | 29.7 | 29.4 | 27.2 | 24.1 | 27.4 | 28.8 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.6 | .. | .. | 1.5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.3 | .. | .. | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | .. |
Craft and related trades workers | | 39.1 | 39.0 | 37.3 | 38.5 | 36.6 | 36.6 | 40.9 | 46.0 | 48.1 | 36.3 | 31.1 | 37.8 | 38.5 | 35.7 | 33.9 | 34.4 | 33.0 | 36.3 | 34.5 | 33.9 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 36.9 | 39.0 | 35.9 | 34.1 | 30.0 | 34.6 | 36.6 | 36.1 | 36.3 | 31.1 | 29.6 | 31.2 | 33.8 | 36.5 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 30.5 | 29.7 | 29.8 | 33.4 |
Elementary occupations | | 26.1 | 30.0 | 27.8 | 26.7 | 30.5 | 28.3 | 26.8 | 29.8 | 27.9 | 23.6 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 23.1 | 26.4 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 25.4 | 27.5 | 24.7 | 25.3 |
Proportion of the employed (occupations total=100), % | Estonians and non-Estonians | 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 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 10.5 |
Professionals | | 13.6 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 16.4 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 19.4 | 19.1 | 18.4 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 21.4 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14.6 |
Clerical support workers | | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
Service and sales workers | | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 13.1 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Craft and related trades workers | | 16.0 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.2 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 17.3 | 14.8 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.5 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.6 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
Elementary occupations | | 11.1 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 |
Armed forces occupations | | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Estonians | 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 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 11.8 |
Professionals | | 15.2 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 23.9 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 15.7 |
Clerical support workers | | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
Service and sales workers | | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.9 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
Craft and related trades workers | | 13.8 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.0 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 11.4 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.1 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.5 |
Elementary occupations | | 9.8 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
Non-Estonians | 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 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Managers | | 8.0 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
Professionals | | 10.4 | 9.3 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 16.3 | 16.2 |
Technicians and associate professionals | | 13.1 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 8.6 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 12.2 |
Clerical support workers | | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
Service and sales workers | | 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 13.6 |
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | .. | .. | 0.7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.7 | .. | .. | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | .. |
Craft and related trades workers | | 20.4 | 20.3 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 19.6 | 18.6 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 23.0 | 19.4 | 17.6 | 20.3 | 20.4 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 16.0 |
Plant and machine operators, and assemblers | | 19.3 | 20.3 | 19.2 | 18.0 | 16.1 | 17.6 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 17.4 | 16.6 | 16.8 | 16.7 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 15.8 |
Elementary occupations | | 13.7 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 12.0 |