Table

Persons employed and man-years by employment position in kindergartens.
	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
¹The profession «Assistants» is not in use from 2017.
²The category "Early childhood educators or other employees with the same qualifications" is not in use from 2017.
³The profession "Childcare and youth worker" is not in use from 2017.
All positions
Employees	96 744	96 098	94 540	93 952	93 974
Man-years	78 055	77 101	75 534	75 031	74 647
Directors
Employees	6 054	6 198	6 249	6 300	6 367
Man-years	4 786	4 783	4 821	4 803	4 846
Educational leaders
Employees	31 694	31 249	27 652	27 021	26 878
Man-years	29 476	28 971	25 583	24 968	24 675
Assistants¹
Employees	0	0	0	28 923	29 761
Man-years	0	0	0	24 686	25 392
Bilingual assistants
Employees	1 200	1 347	1 398	1 299	1 330
Man-years	358	399	405	388	384
Early childhood educators or other employees with the same qualifications²
Employees	0	0	0	812	951
Man-years	0	0	0	593	758
Childcare and youth worker³
Employees	0	0	0	13 799	13 010
Man-years	0	0	0	12 368	11 596
Other primary functions
Employees	40 873	40 675	42 790	0	0
Man-years	35 368	35 165	37 123	0	0
Other educational personnel
Employees	8 315	7 698	7 415	6 728	6 239
Man-years	4 945	4 565	4 358	3 983	3 676
Office staff
Employees	1 244	1 453	1 446	1 441	1 498
Man-years	411	459	478	491	516
Other paid help
Employees	7 364	7 478	7 590	7 629	7 940
Man-years	2 711	2 760	2 766	2 750	2 804